// news ticker function
var newslist=new Array();
var cnt=0;			// current news item
var curr = "";
var i=-1;			// current letter being typed

newslist[1]=new Array("")


function newsticker()
{
// next character of current item
cnt=1;
if (cnt > 0)
{
    if (i < newslist[cnt][0].length - 1)
    {
    i++;
    temp1 = newslist[cnt][0];
    temp1 = temp1.split('');
    curr = curr+temp1[i];
    temp2 = newslist[cnt][1];
    mtxt.innerHTML = "<a style='font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#990000; text-decoration:none' href='"+temp2+"'><b>"+curr+"</b></a>";
    setTimeout('newsticker()',1)
    return;
    }
}
// new item
i = -1; curr = "";
if (cnt<newslist.length-1)
cnt++;
else
cnt=0;
setTimeout('newsticker()',3000)
}