var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
	var theWidgetOne        = "_";
	var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
	var theLeadString       = "";

	var theSummaries = new Array();
	var theSiteLinks = new Array();

	var theItemCount = 3;
    
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		theSummaries[1] = "Specialists in Italian Food Holidays...";		theSiteLinks[1] = "home.php";		
		theSummaries[2] = "and Cooking Courses in Rome...";		theSiteLinks[2] = "home.php";
		
	
		

			

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