<script language="Javascript">
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function initArray(n) {
  this.length = n;
  for (var i =1; i <= n; i++) {
    this[i] = ' '
  }
}

slide = new initArray(4)
slide[0]="This is Message 1"
slide[1]="Now it is Message 2"
slide[2]="No, do not say I have to do 3 messages"
slide[3]="Yea, this message, 4, is the last message (and it's long)"

var delay1 = 3
var delay2 = 3000

var text = slide[0] + " "
var str = " " 
var leftmsg = "" 
var nextmsg = 0

function setMessage() {
    
if (str.length == 1) {

while (text.substring(0, 1) == " ") {

leftmsg += str
str = text.substring(0, 1)
text = text.substring(1, text.length) 
}

leftmsg += str            
str = text.substring(0, 1)
text = text.substring(1, text.length) 

for (var x = 0; x < 120; x++) {
str = " " + str
}
}

else {
str = str.substring(10, str.length)
}

window.status = leftmsg + str

if (text == "") {

str = " "
nextmsg++

if (nextmsg > slide.length) {
nextmsg = 0
}

text = slide[nextmsg] + " "
leftmsg = ""  

setTimeout('setMessage()',delay2)
}

else {
setTimeout('setMessage()',delay1)
}
}

setMessage();
//-->
</script>