// Created on 05-Dec-2005 15:43:54 -->


var stop = false;
var i = 0;



// PUT THE TEXT OF THE NEWS ITEMS HERE
//####################################
flashes = new Array();
//flashes[0] = '<h1>Buddhist Himalaya</h1><h2>21<sup>st</sup> - 27<sup>th</sup> October 2007</h2><p>A Festival celebrating <em>The Land of Snows</em> at the <strong>Rheged Centre</strong> in Cumbria.<p><a href="http://www.rokpauk.org/news.html#buddhisthimalaya">Read more....</a></p>';
//flashes[0] = '<h1>Autumn Newsletter</h1><p>The <span lang="bo" xml:lang="bo">Rokpa</span> <acronym title="United Kingdom">UK</acronym> Autumn Newsletter 2007 is now available.</p><p><a href="http://www.rokpauk.org/newsletters/07Autumn/frontpage.html">Read it online....</a></p>';

//flashes[3] = '<h1></h1><h2>Sunday 18<sup>th</sup> June 2006</h2><p></p><p><a href="news.html#???">Read more...</a></p>';
//flashes[4] = '';
//flashes[5] = '';
//flashes[6] = '';
//flashes[7] = '';
//####################################

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function changeme()
{
var noosbit = document.getElementById('newsflash');
var newsnum = document.getElementById('itemnumb');

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var noosbit = document.getElementById('newsflash');
var newsnum = document.getElementById('itemnumb');

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