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

newslist[0]=new Array("Welcome")
newslist[1]=new Array("Willkommen")
newslist[2]=new Array("欢迎光临")
newslist[3]=new Array("Yang-Siebert Engineering")

function newsticker()
{
	// next character of current item
	if (i < newslist[cnt][0].length - 1)
	{
		i++;
		temp1 = newslist[cnt][0];	
		temp1 = temp1.split('');	
  		curr = curr+temp1[i];
  		mtxt.innerHTML = "<div><b><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\" color=\"blue\">"+curr+"</font></b></div>";
  		setTimeout('newsticker()',10)
		return;
	}

	// new item
	i = -1; curr = "";
	if (cnt<newslist.length-1)
		cnt++;
	else
		cnt=0;
	setTimeout('newsticker()',3000)

}