// Edited by Wondwossen Belay Tedla wwossen@yahoo.com
var speed = 50; 
// decrease value to increase speed (must be positive)
var pause = 2000 ;
// increase value to increase pause
var timerID = null;
var bannerRunning = false;
var ar = new Array();
ar[0] = "Our goal is simple: To be the BEST!";
//ar[1] = "MESSAGE #2";
//ar[2] = "MESSAGE #3";
//ar[3] = "MESSAGE #4";
var currentMessage = 0;
var offset = 0;
function stopBanner()
{        if (bannerRunning)               
			clearTimeout(timerID);        
			bannerRunning = false;
}
function startBanner() {       
	 stopBanner();        
	showBanner();
	}
function showBanner() {        
	var text = ar[currentMessage];        
	if (offset < text.length) {                
	if (text.charAt(offset) == " ") offset++;                                        
		var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1);					
		window.status = partialMessage;                
			offset++;                
			 timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed);               
			  bannerRunning = true ; 
		 }
	else {                
		offset = 0;                
		currentMessage++ ;        
       if (currentMessage == ar.length)                        
       currentMessage = 0 ;               
       timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause) ;          
		 bannerRunning = true;        
	}
}