function Special1 () {
document.getElementById("special1").innerHTML = '<DIV style="line-height: 1.2; font-size: 16px; margin: 5px 20px 5px 20px; color: brown; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Free Shipping in U.S<BR>$10 for Canada and W. Europe<DIV>';
}

/* ----------------------------  old function
function Special2 () {
document.getElementById("special2").innerHTML = '<DIV style="text-align: center; padding-top: 5px; font-size: 18px; margin: 5px 20px 5px 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><A style="color: red;" HREF="specials.html">Save $50 Today!...</A><DIV>';
}
-------------------------------- */


// ----------------- globals for Special2() -------------
      var count=0;
      var numtxt=1;
      cycle = 1;
      tempo1 = 7000;
      tempo2 = 10000;

      var txt0 =  '<DIV style="border: 1px solid white; background: white; text-align: center; padding: 5px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><A style="color: #9b54c7;" HREF="http://multilingualbooks.com/sales-current.html">Save $50 On These Great Courses!</A><DIV>';
      var txt1 =  '<DIV style="border: 1px solid white; background: white; text-align: center; padding: 5px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><A style="color: green;" HREF="fsi-platiquemos.html">Platiquemos, World&#146;s Best Spanish Program!</A><DIV>';

      var specials = [ txt0, txt1,  ];
      start=1;    // flag to get the first html block to show before timer starts...

function doSpecial () {
      if (count > numtxt)    { count=0; }
      document.getElementById("special2").innerHTML = specials[count];
      count++;
      cycle++;
      if (cycle > count) 
      { 
      clearInterval(intervalID); 
      intervalID= setInterval ( "doSpecial()", tempo2 );  
      }
}

function Special2 () {
   if (start==1) {
       document.getElementById("special2").innerHTML = specials[0];
       start=0;    // start is off from now on....
       count=1;
   }
   intervalID= setInterval ( "doSpecial()", tempo1 );    

}