// This is a routine to make text blink.
// Include this in the head using the script hypertext. and call as follows:
// <span style="blink">Text to blink</span>
// 

//Also include a style called .blink somewhere in a stylesheet or in the header


	var b_timer = null; // blink timer 
	var b_on = true; // blink state 
	var blnkrs = null; // array of spans 

	function blink() { 
		var tmp = document.getElementsByTagName("span"); 
		if (tmp) { 
			blnkrs = new Array(); 
			var b_count = 0; 
			for (var i = 0; i < tmp.length; ++i) { 
				if (tmp[i].className == "blink") { 
				blnkrs[b_count] = tmp[i]; 
				++b_count; 
				} 
			} 
			// time in m.secs between blinks 
			// 500 = 1/2 second 
			blinkTimer(750); 
		} 
	} 

	function blinkTimer(ival) { 
		if (b_timer) { 
			window.clearTimeout(b_timer); 
			b_timer = null; 
		} 
		blinkIt(); 
		b_timer = window.setTimeout('blinkTimer(' + ival + ')', ival); 
	} 

	function blinkIt() { 
		for (var i = 0; i < blnkrs.length; ++i) { 
			if (b_on == true) { 
				blnkrs[i].style.visibility = "hidden"; 
			} 
			else { 
				blnkrs[i].style.visibility = "visible"; 
			} 
		} 
		b_on =!b_on; 
	}