function startTickerKurse() {
  // Define run time values
  kurseCurrentStory     = -1;
  kurseCurrentLength    = 0;

  // Locate base objects
  if (document.getElementById) {	
    kurseAnchorObject = document.getElementById("tickerKurse");
    runkurseTicker();   	
  } else {
    document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
    return true;
  }
}


// Ticker main run loop
function runkurseTicker() {
  var myTimeout;  

  // Go for kurse next story data block
  if(kurseCurrentLength == 0) {
    kurseCurrentStory++;
    kurseCurrentStory      = kurseCurrentStory % kurseItemCount;
    kurseStorySummary      = kurseSummaries[kurseCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
    kurseTargetLink        = kurseSiteLinks[kurseCurrentStory];
    kurseAnchorObject.href = kurseTargetLink;
    kursePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"linkRed\">" + kurseLeadString + "</span>";
  }

  // Stuff kurse current ticker text into kurse anchor
  kurseAnchorObject.innerHTML = kursePrefix + 
    kurseStorySummary.substring(0,kurseCurrentLength) + whatKurseWidget();
  
  // Modify kurse length for kurse substring and define kurse timer
  if(kurseCurrentLength != kurseStorySummary.length) {
    kurseCurrentLength++;
    myTimeout = kurseCharacterTimeout;
  } else {
    kurseCurrentLength = 0;
    myTimeout = kurseStoryTimeout;
  }

  // Call up kurse next cycle of kurse ticker
  setTimeout("runkurseTicker()", myTimeout);
}

// Widget generator
function whatKurseWidget() {
  if(kurseCurrentLength == kurseStorySummary.length) {
    return kurseWidgetNone;
  }

  if((kurseCurrentLength % 2) == 1) {
    return kurseWidgetOne;
  } else {
    return kurseWidgetTwo;
  }
}

var kurseCharacterTimeout = 3;
var kurseStoryTimeout     = 4000;
var kurseWidgetOne        = "_";
var kurseWidgetTwo        = "-";
var kurseWidgetNone       = "";
var kurseLeadString       = "";

var kurseSummaries = new Array();
var kurseSiteLinks = new Array();

var kurseItemCount = 3;
kurseSummaries[0] = "FreEmotion startet in ein neues Jahr!";
kurseSiteLinks[0] = "freemotion/index.html";

kurseSummaries[1] = "3 neue Gruppen fuer Kinder zwischen 4 und 6 Jahren";
kurseSiteLinks[1] = "freemotion/index.html";

kurseSummaries[2] = "Neu!!! Maenner Yoga";
kurseSiteLinks[2] = "kurse/details/Maenneryoga.html";


startTickerKurse();