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

function blink() { 
var tmp = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); 
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(500); 
} 
} 

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.color = "#990000"; 
blnkrs[i].style.borderBottom = "#990000 1px double";
} 
else { 
blnkrs[i].style.color = "#999999"; 
blnkrs[i].style.borderBottom = "#FFFFFF 1px solid";
} 
} 
b_on =!b_on; 
}