var speed =75

var pause = 2500

var timerID = null

var NewsRunning = false

var MessageArray = new Array()

MessageArray[0]=text;

var currentMessage = 0

var offset = 0

function stopNews()

{

if (NewsRunning)

clearTimeout(timerID)

NewsRunning = false

}

function startNews()

{

stopNews()

showNews()

}

function showNews()

{

var text = MessageArray[currentMessage]

if (offset <text.length)

{

if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")

offset++

var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset +1)

document.NewsForm.NewsField.value = partialMessage

offset++

timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", speed)

NewsRunning = true

}

else

{

offset = 0

currentMessage++

if (currentMessage == MessageArray.length)

currentMessage = 0

timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", pause)

NewsRunning = true

}

}