var displayText = new Array();

var currentIndex = 0;
var currentPosition = 1;
var processingString = true;
var characterTicker = 75;
var storyTicker = 3000;

var tickerTimer = 0;

function runTicker()
{
	if(displayText.length > 0)
	{
		var contentElement = document.getElementById('ticker-area');
		var anchorObject = document.getElementById('ticker-anchor');

		if(contentElement)
		{
			displayTextLength = displayText[currentIndex][0].length;

			if(currentPosition <= displayTextLength)
			{
				anchorObject.href = displayText[currentIndex][1];

				var content = displayText[currentIndex][0].substring(0, currentPosition);
				anchorObject.innerHTML = content.replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

				currentPosition ++; 
				processingString = true;
				tickerTimer = characterTicker;
			}
			else
			{
				processingString = false;
				currentPosition = 1;
				tickerTimer = storyTicker;
			}
		}

		if(!processingString)
		{
			if(currentIndex < (displayText.length - 1))
				currentIndex ++;
			else
				currentIndex = 0;
		}

		setTimeout("runTicker()", tickerTimer);
	}
}