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  /***************************************************
  * Original:    Kelly Johnson
  * WebSite:     http://js-articles.8m.net
  * Email:       steelersfan47@comcast.net

  * Name:        Text Scroller
  * Description: Scrolls any amount of text
                 > showing a constant number of
                 > characters at a constant rate
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  /*** EDIT THESE VALUES ONLY, BELOW THIS POINT ***/

    // these are the messages that are scrolled, edit them, be sure not
    // to change the format they are in, always str[#], where the 
    // numbers increment as messages increase
    var str = new Array()
      str[0] = "The Blackfeet people, once referred to as “Lords of the Plains,” invite you to visit northwestern Montana."
   
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    var milliFrame = 200  // number of milliseconds to pause between scrolls
    var joinChar = " ---- "   // character used to join different elements of str

  /*** EDIT THESE VALUES ONLY, ABOVE THIS POINT ***/  


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    str[str.length - 1] += joinChar
    str = new String(str.join(joinChar))
    var show = str.substr(0,charsToShow)
    var scrolling;

    function scroll() {
      // show the current scroll
      document.getElementById('scroller').firstChild.nodeValue = show

      // set up scroll for next loop
      str = str.substr(1,str.length) +""+ str.charAt(0)
      show = str.substr(0,charsToShow)
      scrolling = setTimeout('scroll()',milliFrame)
    } 

    function copyright() {
      // create link for copyrights, first the line break
      document.getElementById('scroller').appendChild(document.createElement('br'));

      // now the link
      var link = document.getElementById('scroller').appendChild(document.createElement('a')); 
      link.href = 'http://js-articles.8m.net' 
      link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(''));
    }

    function stopScroll() {
      // stop scrolling
      clearTimeout(scrolling)
    }

    function startScroll() {
      // start scrolling again
      scrolling = setTimeout('scroll()',milliFrame)
    }

  /*** NO NEED TO EDIT ABOVE THIS POINT ***/

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