var Headlines = {
    lines: [
      '<img src="images/ec_logo.gif" alt="" width="650" height="29" />',
      'engineering Reality',
      'engineering Innovation',
      'engineering Energy',
      '<img src="images/ec_logo.gif" alt="" width="650" height="29" />'
    ],

    current: 0,

    timeout: function(func, millis) {
      window.setTimeout(func, millis);
    },

    delayedAppear: function() {
      window.setTimeout(Headlines.appear, 200);
    },

    appear: function() {
      $('logotext').innerHTML = Headlines.lines[Headlines.current % Headlines.lines.length];
      Headlines.current += 1;
      new Effect.Appear('splash', { afterFinish: Headlines.delayedFade });
    },

    delayedFade: function() {
      if (Headlines.current<5)
      {
        window.setTimeout(Headlines.fade, 2000);
      }
    },

    fade: function() {
      new Effect.Fade('splash', { afterFinish: Headlines.delayedAppear });
    },
    
    drop: function() {
      //new Effect.Fade('sidetext', { afterFinish: Headlines.delayedAppear });
      new Effect.BlindDown('splash', { afterFinish: Headlines.delayedAppear });
    },

    slide: function() {
      //new Effect.Fade('sidetext', { afterFinish: Headlines.delayedAppear });
      new Effect.SlideUp('splash');
    },

    start: function() {
      Headlines.delayedAppear();
    }
  }
  
    Headlines.start();