newsItems =  new Array("Do you have a technical question? Please contact our technical team on 01227 813219",
						 		 			 "Available now from stock - PP, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, EVA, GPPS, HIPS and PET. Please contact the Sales Office on 01227 813201",
					  					 "Hellyar at PDM. Visit us at PDM2008, 15-17th April. Stand N20 - Play golf and win a domestic appliance!");





var lastItem = 99;

var nextItem = 0;

var hex = 255;

var startAt = 0;

var totalElements = newsItems.length;













function fadetext()

{ 



   

   



   if(hex>96) //If color is not black yet

   { 

      hex-=2; // increase color darkness

      document.getElementById("innerbranding").style.color="rgb("+hex+","+hex+","+hex+")";

      setTimeout("fadetext()",6); 

   }

   else

   {

      document.getElementById("innerbranding").style.color="rgb(0,46,92)";

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}













function rotate()

{

   



   hex = 255;

   if(document.images)

   {

      startAt++;

      if(startAt==totalElements)

      {  startAt=0;}



      nextItem = Math.floor(Math.random() * totalElements);

       

      //alert(lastItem + ' <> ' + nextItem);      



      if(lastItem != nextItem)

        {

          document.getElementById("innerbranding").replaceChild(

          document.createTextNode(newsItems[nextItem]),

          document.getElementById("innerbranding").childNodes[0]);

      

      

          fadetext();    

        }

      lastItem = nextItem;

      setTimeout("rotate()",5*1000);

   }

}