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HTML

              
                <span id="searchLabelText" class="searchLabelText">Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes</span>

              
            
!

CSS

              
                #searchLabelText {
  font-size:250%;
}
              
            
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JS

              
                            /* rainbows going from red to green to blue. I use a script to
               create the later rainbows from the previous ones. The script
               calculates the 'in-between' colors */
    
            var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors3InCycle = [ 
'rgb(255,0,0)',
'rgb(0,128,0)',
'rgb(0,0,255)'
                ];

            var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors6InCycle = [ 
'rgb(0,0,255)',
'rgb(128,0,128)',
'rgb(255,0,0)',
'rgb(128,64,0)',
'rgb(0,128,0)',
'rgb(0,64,128)'
                ];

            var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors12InCycle = [ 
'rgb(0,64,128)',
'rgb(0,32,192)',
'rgb(0,0,255)',
'rgb(64,0,192)',
'rgb(128,0,128)',
'rgb(192,0,64)',
'rgb(255,0,0)',
'rgb(192,32,0)',
'rgb(128,64,0)',
'rgb(64,96,0)',
'rgb(0,128,0)',
'rgb(0,96,64)'
                ];

            var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors24InCycle = [ 
'rgb(0,96,64)',
'rgb(0,80,96)',
'rgb(0,64,128)',
'rgb(0,48,160)',
'rgb(0,32,192)',
'rgb(0,16,224)',
'rgb(0,0,255)',
'rgb(32,0,224)',
'rgb(64,0,192)',
'rgb(96,0,160)',
'rgb(128,0,128)',
'rgb(160,0,96)',
'rgb(192,0,64)',
'rgb(224,0,32)',
'rgb(255,0,0)',
'rgb(224,16,0)',
'rgb(192,32,0)',
'rgb(160,48,0)',
'rgb(128,64,0)',
'rgb(96,80,0)',
'rgb(64,96,0)',
'rgb(32,112,0)',
'rgb(0,128,0)',
'rgb(0,112,32)'
                ];

            var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors48InCycle = [ 
'rgb(0,112,32)',
'rgb(0,104,48)',
'rgb(0,96,64)',
'rgb(0,88,80)',
'rgb(0,80,96)',
'rgb(0,72,112)',
'rgb(0,64,128)',
'rgb(0,56,144)',
'rgb(0,48,160)',
'rgb(0,40,176)',
'rgb(0,32,192)',
'rgb(0,24,208)',
'rgb(0,16,224)',
'rgb(0,8,240)',
'rgb(0,0,255)',
'rgb(16,0,240)',
'rgb(32,0,224)',
'rgb(48,0,208)',
'rgb(64,0,192)',
'rgb(80,0,176)',
'rgb(96,0,160)',
'rgb(112,0,144)',
'rgb(128,0,128)',
'rgb(144,0,112)',
'rgb(160,0,96)',
'rgb(176,0,80)',
'rgb(192,0,64)',
'rgb(208,0,48)',
'rgb(224,0,32)',
'rgb(240,0,16)',
'rgb(255,0,0)',
'rgb(240,8,0)',
'rgb(224,16,0)',
'rgb(208,24,0)',
'rgb(192,32,0)',
'rgb(176,40,0)',
'rgb(160,48,0)',
'rgb(144,56,0)',
'rgb(128,64,0)',
'rgb(112,72,0)',
'rgb(96,80,0)',
'rgb(80,88,0)',
'rgb(64,96,0)',
'rgb(48,104,0)',
'rgb(32,112,0)',
'rgb(16,120,0)',
'rgb(0,128,0)',
'rgb(0,120,16)'
                ];

                    var rainbowOfDarkStrongColors96InCycle = [ 
        'rgb(0,120,16)',
        'rgb(0,116,24)',
        'rgb(0,112,32)',
        'rgb(0,108,40)',
        'rgb(0,104,48)',
        'rgb(0,100,56)',
        'rgb(0,96,64)',
        'rgb(0,92,72)',
        'rgb(0,88,80)',
        'rgb(0,84,88)',
        'rgb(0,80,96)',
        'rgb(0,76,104)',
        'rgb(0,72,112)',
        'rgb(0,68,120)',
        'rgb(0,64,128)',
        'rgb(0,60,136)',
        'rgb(0,56,144)',
        'rgb(0,52,152)',
        'rgb(0,48,160)',
        'rgb(0,44,168)',
        'rgb(0,40,176)',
        'rgb(0,36,184)',
        'rgb(0,32,192)',
        'rgb(0,28,200)',
        'rgb(0,24,208)',
        'rgb(0,20,216)',
        'rgb(0,16,224)',
        'rgb(0,12,232)',
        'rgb(0,8,240)',
        'rgb(0,4,248)',
        'rgb(0,0,255)',
        'rgb(8,0,248)',
        'rgb(16,0,240)',
        'rgb(24,0,232)',
        'rgb(32,0,224)',
        'rgb(40,0,216)',
        'rgb(48,0,208)',
        'rgb(56,0,200)',
        'rgb(64,0,192)',
        'rgb(72,0,184)',
        'rgb(80,0,176)',
        'rgb(88,0,168)',
        'rgb(96,0,160)',
        'rgb(104,0,152)',
        'rgb(112,0,144)',
        'rgb(120,0,136)',
        'rgb(128,0,128)',
        'rgb(136,0,120)',
        'rgb(144,0,112)',
        'rgb(152,0,104)',
        'rgb(160,0,96)',
        'rgb(168,0,88)',
        'rgb(176,0,80)',
        'rgb(184,0,72)',
        'rgb(192,0,64)',
        'rgb(200,0,56)',
        'rgb(208,0,48)',
        'rgb(216,0,40)',
        'rgb(224,0,32)',
        'rgb(232,0,24)',
        'rgb(240,0,16)',
        'rgb(248,0,8)',
        'rgb(255,0,0)',
        'rgb(248,4,0)',
        'rgb(240,8,0)',
        'rgb(232,12,0)',
        'rgb(224,16,0)',
        'rgb(216,20,0)',
        'rgb(208,24,0)',
        'rgb(200,28,0)',
        'rgb(192,32,0)',
        'rgb(184,36,0)',
        'rgb(176,40,0)',
        'rgb(168,44,0)',
        'rgb(160,48,0)',
        'rgb(152,52,0)',
        'rgb(144,56,0)',
        'rgb(136,60,0)',
        'rgb(128,64,0)',
        'rgb(120,68,0)',
        'rgb(112,72,0)',
        'rgb(104,76,0)',
        'rgb(96,80,0)',
        'rgb(88,84,0)',
        'rgb(80,88,0)',
        'rgb(72,92,0)',
        'rgb(64,96,0)',
        'rgb(56,100,0)',
        'rgb(48,104,0)',
        'rgb(40,108,0)',
        'rgb(32,112,0)',
        'rgb(24,116,0)',
        'rgb(16,120,0)',
        'rgb(8,124,0)',
        'rgb(0,128,0)',
        'rgb(0,124,8)'
                        ];

        var _Array_prototype = Array.prototype;

        /**
         * @constructor
         */
        function IndexandElement(index, eLement)
        {
            this.index = index;
            this.element = eLement;
        }

        _Array_prototype.myGetRandomIndexAndElement = function()
        {
            var countElementsInArray = this.length; 
            var randomIndexAndElement = null;

            switch(countElementsInArray) {
                case 0:
                    randomIndexAndElement = null;
                    break;
                case 1:
                    randomIndexAndElement = new IndexandElement(0, this[0]);
                    break;

                default:
                    var randomIndexInArray = Math.floor(Math.random() * 
                                                        countElementsInArray);
                    var randomElementInArray = this[randomIndexInArray];

                    randomIndexAndElement = new IndexandElement(
                                                    randomIndexInArray, 
                                                    randomElementInArray);
                    break;
            }

            return randomIndexAndElement;
        };

        _Array_prototype.myGetRandomIndx = function()
        {
            var randomIndex;

            var randomIndexAndElement = this.myGetRandomIndexAndElement();

            if (randomIndexAndElement === null) {
               randomIndex = null;
            } else {
               randomIndex = randomIndexAndElement.index;
            }
 
            return randomIndex;
        };

        _Array_prototype.myGetRandomElemnt = function()
        {
            var randomElement;

            var randomIndexAndElement = this.myGetRandomIndexAndElement();

            if (randomIndexAndElement === null) {
               randomElement = null;
            } else {
               randomElement = randomIndexAndElement.element;
            }

            return randomElement;
        };

        /* Class to get a random number from a given set of numbers */

        /**
         * @constructor
         */
        function RandomNumbersFromSet(lowest, highest /*, numToExclude */
                  /* or setOfNumbers (array) [ , copyArray (true/false) ] ) */ )
        {
            if (lowest instanceof Array) {
                var setOfNumbers = lowest;
                if (arguments.length > 1 && arguments[1] === false) {
                    this.setOfNumbers = setOfNumbers; 
                } else {
                    this.setOfNumbers = [];
                    this.setOfNumbers = this.setOfNumbers.concat(setOfNumbers);
                }
                this.countSetOfNumbers = this.setOfNumbers.length;
                return;
            }

            this.setOfNumbers = [];

            var excludeNum = false;
            var numToExclude;

            if (arguments.length > 2 && arguments[2] !== null && 
                                                         lowest !== highest ) {
                excludeNum = true;
                numToExclude = arguments[2]; 
            }

            for (var i = lowest; i <= highest; i++) {
               if (excludeNum && i === numToExclude) {
                   // skip
               } else {
                   this.setOfNumbers.push(i);
               } 
            }

            this.countSetOfNumbers = this.setOfNumbers.length;

        } /* end of RandomNumbersFromSet class */

        //var RandomElementsFromSet = RandomNumbersFromSet;

        RandomNumbersFromSet.prototype.getnumber = function()
        {
            var number;

            if (this.countSetOfNumbers === 0) {
                number = null;
            } else if (this.countSetOfNumbers === 1) {
                number = this.setOfNumbers[0];
                this.setOfNumbers.length = 0;
                this.countSetOfNumbers--;
            } else {
                var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.countSetOfNumbers);
                number = this.setOfNumbers[index]; 
                this.setOfNumbers.splice(index, 1); // remove item
                this.countSetOfNumbers--;
            }

            return number;
        };

        RandomNumbersFromSet.prototype.getElmnt = 
                                       RandomNumbersFromSet.prototype.getnumber;

        RandomNumbersFromSet.prototype.isEmpty = function()
        {
            return this.countSetOfNumbers === 0;
        };

        RandomNumbersFromSet.prototype.rnfsGetNumbersLeft = function()
        {
            return this.setOfNumbers;
        };

        /* class to get random numbers from a given set of numbers and not
           repeat a number. In fact, goes through all the numbers in the set
           and then starts afresh. Uses the class 'RandomNumbersFromSet' */

        /**
         * @constructor
         */
        //TODO: gotoplanb
        function RandomElementsfromArrayWithNoRepeats(
                                 theArray /* or lowestNumber, highestNumber */ )
        {
            if (typeof theArray === 'number' && arguments.length >= 2) {
                var lowest = theArray;
                var heighest = arguments[1];
                this.theArray = [];
                for (var i = lowest; i <= heighest; i++) {
                    this.theArray.push(i);
                }
                
            } else {
                this.theArray = theArray;
            } 

            this.randomNumbersFromSet = null;
            this.lastNumber = null;
            this.renrSetup();

        } /* end of RandomElementsfromArrayWithNoRepeats class */
      
        /**
         * @constructor
         */
        RandomElementsfromArrayWithNoRepeats.prototype.renrSetup = function()
        {
            this.randomNumbersFromSet = 
                new RandomNumbersFromSet(0, this.theArray.length - 1, 
                                                        this.lastNumber);
        };

        RandomElementsfromArrayWithNoRepeats.prototype.getelement = function()
        {
            if (this.randomNumbersFromSet === null ||
                this.randomNumbersFromSet.isEmpty() ) {
                this.renrSetup();
            }

            var arrayIndex = this.randomNumbersFromSet.getnumber();
            this.lastNumber = arrayIndex;
            return this.theArray[arrayIndex];
        };

        RandomElementsfromArrayWithNoRepeats.prototype.isEmpty = function()
        {
            return this.randomNumbersFromSet.isEmpty();
        };


        function ElementsFromArrayInOrder(a, startonEven, startOnOdd, increment /* , debug */)
        /* Notes:
             - 'startonEven' means starting on element 0, 2, 4 etc */  
        {
            this.a = a;
            this.l = a.length;
            this.i = 0;
            this.startOnEven = startonEven;
            this.startOnOdd = startOnOdd;
            if (increment === undefined) {
                increment = 1;
            }
            //TODO: rm else {}
            else {
                //window.alert('sinc: ' + increment);
            }
            this.increment = increment;
            //TODO: rm
            //this.debug = debug;

            this.setRandomStart();
        }
    
        ElementsFromArrayInOrder.prototype.setRandomStart = function()
        {
            var si = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.l);

            // TODO: rm 
            //if (this.debug) {
            //    window.alert('raw:' + si);
            //}

            if (this.startOnEven) {

                si = Math.floor(si / 2) * 2;

            } else if (this.startOnOdd) {

                var isEven = si % 2 == 0;

                if (isEven) {
                    var isLast = si === this.l - 1;

                    if (isLast) {
                        si--;
                    } else if (si === 0) {
                        si++;
                    } else {
                        var goUp = Math.random() < 0.5;
                        if (goUp) {
                            si++;
                        } else {
                            si--;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            /* TODO: rm 
            if (this.debug) {
                window.alert('mod:' + si);
            }
            */

            this.s = si;

            this.i = si;
    
            this.inc = (Math.random() < 0.5) ? 1 : -1;

            this.sinc = (Math.random() < 0.5) ? 
                           this.increment : -this.increment;
        };
    
        ElementsFromArrayInOrder.prototype.incrementStart = function()
        {
            this.s += this.sinc;
            if (this.s >= this.l) {
                this.s = this.s - this.l; // 0
            } else if (this.s < 0) {
                this.s = this.l + this.s; //this.l - 1
            }
            this.i = this.s;
        };
    
        ElementsFromArrayInOrder.prototype.get = function()
        {
            if (this.i >= this.l) {
                this.i = 0;
            } else if (this.i < 0) {
                this.i = this.l - 1;
            }
    
            var ret = this.a[this.i];

            /* TODO: rm 
            if (this.debug) {
                window.alert('get:' + this.i + ',' + this.a + ',' + ret);
            }
            */
    
            this.i += this.inc;
    
            return ret; 
        };

        function myAddSpanAroundEachTextChar(s, cssClass)
        {
            var len = s.length;
            var i;
            var chr;
            var ss = '';
            var openTag = '<span class="' + cssClass + '">';
      
            for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                chr = s[i];
                if (chr === ' ') {
                    ss += chr;
                } else {
                    //TODO: rm
                    //ss += '<span>' + chr + '</span>';
                    ss += openTag + chr + '</span>';
                }
            }
      
            return ss;
        }
      
        function myGetSpanElementsAroundText(firstNode)
        {
            var a = [];
            var n;
      
            for (n = firstNode; n ; n = n.nextSibling) {
                if (n.nodeName === 'SPAN') {
                    a.push(n);
                }
            } 
      
            return a;
        }

            var isIntersectionObserver = 
                    typeof IntersectionObserver !== 'undefined';

                function SetupObserverCommon(indexImage, targetElementId, indexImage2)
                {
                    this.indexImage = indexImage;
                    this.targetElementId = targetElementId;
                    this.indexImage2 = indexImage2;
                    this.isRunning = false;

                } // end class SetupObserverCommon()

                SetupObserverCommon.prototype.start = function()
                {
                    this.isRunning = false;

                    var that = this;
                    
                    function callback (entries)
                    {
                        var i;
                        var c = entries.length;
                        var e;
                    
                        for (i = 0; i < c; i++) {
                            e = entries[i];
                            //alert(e.isIntersecting);
                            var isVisible = e.isIntersecting;
                            if (isVisible) {
                                if (!that.isRunning) {
                                    /*
                                    if (that.isRunning === undefined) {
                                        //alert('initialise');
                                        //that.indexImage2.obsInitialise();
                                    }
                                    */
                                    //alert('start:'+that.targetElementId);
                                    that.indexImage.obsStart();
                                    if (that.indexImage2) {
                                        that.indexImage2.obsStart();
                                    }
                                    that.isRunning = true;
                                } 
                            } else /* not visible */ {
                                if (that.isRunning) {
                                    //alert('stop:'+that.targetElementId);
                                    that.indexImage.obsStop();
                                    if (that.indexImage2) {
                                        that.indexImage2.obsStop();
                                    }
                                    that.isRunning = false;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    //alert('initialise@setup:'+that.targetElementId);
                    that.indexImage.obsInitialise();
                    if (that.indexImage2) {
                        that.indexImage2.obsInitialise();
                    }
                    
                    var options = {
                      root: null,
                      rootMargin: '0px',
                      threshold: 0.1
                    };
                    
                    var observer = new IntersectionObserver(callback, options);
                    
                    //var target = document.getElementById('freesoundList');
                    var target = document.getElementById(that.targetElementId);
                    observer.observe(target);
                
                }; // end method SetupObserverCommo.start()

                function setupObserverCommon(indexImage, targetElementId, indexImage2)
                {
                    var myObserver = 
                           new SetupObserverCommon(indexImage, targetElementId,
                                                   indexImage2);

                    myObserver.start();
                }

        function TickerForTwinkleTextCommon(setFunction, minTimeBetweenUpdates, maxTimeBetweenUpdates, defaultTimeBetweenUpdates, isCreateTransStyle, delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart, doc, headElement, envForSetFunction, stopFunction, twinkleCSSClass, debugLabel)
        {
            var udef;

            this.setFunction = setFunction;
            this.stopFunction = stopFunction;
            this.minTimeBetweenUpdates = minTimeBetweenUpdates;
            this.maxTimeBetweenUpdates = maxTimeBetweenUpdates;
            this.defaultTimeBetweenUpdates = defaultTimeBetweenUpdates;
            this.isCreateTransStyle = isCreateTransStyle;
            this.delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart =
                     delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart;
            this.doc = doc;
            this.headElement = headElement;
            this.envForSetFunction = envForSetFunction;
            this.debugLabel = debugLabel;

            this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText = udef;

            this.mTimeoutIdForNext = null; 
            this.mTimeoutIdForDelayCreateStyleReadyNext = null;

            this.firstTime = true;

            this.twinkleCSSClass = twinkleCSSClass;
        }

//        TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.initialise = function()
//        {
//        }

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setRandomTimeBetweenUpdates = function()
    {
        var intervalForTimeBetweenUpdates = 
              this.maxTimeBetweenUpdates -
              this.minTimeBetweenUpdates; 

        var randomIntervalForTimeBetweenUpdates = 
                  Math.random() * intervalForTimeBetweenUpdates;

        var timeBetweenUpdates = 
              this.minTimeBetweenUpdates +
              randomIntervalForTimeBetweenUpdates; 

        this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText =
                                             timeBetweenUpdates;

        //TODO: rm
        /*
        window.alert('warntckr:setNxtTm:' +
                 mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText);
        */
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.createTransitionStylesheet = function(transitionDuration)
    {
        if (transitionDuration === undefined) {
            transitionDuration = 
                this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText;
        }

        //TODO: rm
        //removeAnyTransitionStylesheet();

        var transitionStylesheet = this.doc.createElement('style');

        var transitionDurationInCSS = Math.floor(transitionDuration);

        var endOFTransition = 
                       transitionDurationInCSS + 'ms linear';

        var wholeColorTransition = 
                'color '        + endOFTransition + ', ' +
                'border-color ' + endOFTransition + ';';

        var twinkleCSSClass = this.twinkleCSSClass;

        if (!twinkleCSSClass) {
            twinkleCSSClass = 'Twinkle';
        }

        var transitionCSS =

            //'.Twinkle ' +
            '.' + twinkleCSSClass + ' ' +
            '{ ' +
            '    -moz-transition: '    + wholeColorTransition +
            '    -khtml-transition: '  + wholeColorTransition +
            '    -webkit-transition: ' + wholeColorTransition +
            '    -ms-transition: '     + wholeColorTransition +
            '    -o-transition: '      + wholeColorTransition +
            '    transition: '         + wholeColorTransition +

            // TODO: rm
            //'    background-color: aqua; ' +
            //'    color: aqua; ' +
            //'    border: 1px solid red; ' +

            ' } '; 

//                'a { ' +
//                '    color: rgb(70,70,255); ' +
//                '} ' +
//                'a:hover { ' +
//                '    color: rgb(0,175,0); ' +
//                '} ' +
//                'a:active { ' +
//                '    color: rgb(210, 210, 210); ' +
//                '}  '; 

        transitionStylesheet.innerHTML = transitionCSS;

        //TODO: rm
        //window.alert('tckrStyl:' + transitionStylesheet.innerHTML);

        //TODO: rm
        //mTransitionStylesheet = transitionStylesheet;
        this.headElement.appendChild(transitionStylesheet);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.set = function()
    {
        if (this.envForSetFunction) {
            this.setFunction.call(this.envForSetFunction);
        } else {
            this.setFunction();
        }
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setReadyNext = function()
    {
        this.set();

        this.getReadyNext();
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.getReadyNext = function(timeDelay)
    {
         var that = this;

         function callSetReadyNext()
         {
             that.setReadyNext();
         }

         if (timeDelay === undefined) {
             timeDelay =
                 this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText;
         }

         //setTimeout(this.setReadyNext, timeDelay);
         this.mTimeoutIdForNext =
             setTimeout(callSetReadyNext, timeDelay);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.createTransStyleAndReadyNext = function()
    {
        if (this.isCreateTransStyle) {
            this.createTransitionStylesheet();
        } 

        this.firstTime = false;

        var timeDelay =
           this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText -
           this.delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart;

        this.getReadyNext(timeDelay);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.callCreateTransStyleReadyNextAfterTimeout = function()
    {
        var that = this;

        function callCreateTransStyleAndReadyNext()
        {
            that.createTransStyleAndReadyNext();
        }

        //setTimeout(this.createTransStyleAndReadyNext,
        this.mTimeoutIdForDelayCreateStyleReadyNext =
            setTimeout(callCreateTransStyleAndReadyNext,
                this.delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart);

        //TODO: rm
        //mTimeoutIdsForCreateTransStyle = timeoutId;
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.stop = function()
    {
        clearTimeout(this.mTimeoutIdForNext); 

        clearTimeout(this.mTimeoutIdForDelayCreateStyleReadyNext); 

        this.stopFunction.call(this.envForSetFunction);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.obsStop = function()
    {
        this.stop();

//alert('txtColr:obsStop:'+this.debugLabel);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.start = function()
    {
        if (this.firstTime) {
            this.setRandomTimeBetweenUpdates();
            this.callCreateTransStyleReadyNextAfterTimeout();
        } else {
            this.setReadyNext();
        }
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.obsStart = function()
    {
        this.start();

//alert('txtColr:obsStart:'+this.debugLabel);
    };

    TickerForTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.obsInitialise = function()
    {
//alert('txtColr:obsInit');
    };

        function AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon(stepInterval, numberOfstepsWanted /*setFunction, minTimeBetweenUpdates, maxTimeBetweenUpdates, defaultTimeBetweenUpdates, isCreateTransStyle, delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart, doc, headElement*/)
        {
//            var udef;
//
//            this.setFunction = setFunction;
//            this.minTimeBetweenUpdates = minTimeBetweenUpdates;
//            this.maxTimeBetweenUpdates = maxTimeBetweenUpdates;
//            this.defaultTimeBetweenUpdates = defaultTimeBetweenUpdates;
//            this.isCreateTransStyle = isCreateTransStyle;
//            this.delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart =
//                     delayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart;
//            this.doc = doc;
//            this.headElement = headElement;
//
//            this.mTimeBetweenUpdatesForTickerForTwinkleText = udef;

            if (!stepInterval) {
                stepInterval = 500;
            }

            this.mStepInterval = stepInterval;
            this.mNumberOfstepsWanted = numberOfstepsWanted;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors3InCycle =
                                      window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors3InCycle;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors6InCycle =
                                      window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors6InCycle;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors12InCycle =
                                     window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors12InCycle;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors24InCycle =
                                     window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors24InCycle;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors48InCycle =
                                     window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors48InCycle;

            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors96InCycle =
                                     window.rainbowOfDarkStrongColors96InCycle;

            this.mListOfListsOfElements = [];
            this.mListOfSelectors       = [];
            this.mIsBorderColor         = [];

            this.mStepTimeoutId = null;
        }

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setOneColor = function(twinkleTextelements, selectorforTextColorOfTwinkleTexts, isBorderColor)
        {
            if (!twinkleTextelements) {
                return;
            } 

            var countTwinkleTextElements = 
                                    twinkleTextelements.length;
            var indexIntoTwinkleTextElements;
            var twinkleTextElement;

            var textColorOfTwinkleText; 

            for(indexIntoTwinkleTextElements = 0;
                indexIntoTwinkleTextElements <
                                     countTwinkleTextElements;
                indexIntoTwinkleTextElements++) {

                twinkleTextElement =
                    twinkleTextelements[
                                indexIntoTwinkleTextElements];

                textColorOfTwinkleText =
                        selectorforTextColorOfTwinkleTexts.get();

                if (isBorderColor) {
                    twinkleTextElement.style.borderColor = 
                                          textColorOfTwinkleText;
                } else {
                    twinkleTextElement.style.color = 
                                          textColorOfTwinkleText;
                }
            }

            selectorforTextColorOfTwinkleTexts.incrementStart();
        };

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setElements = function(twinkleTextElements, doSetColor, isBorderColor)
        {
            var lengthElements = twinkleTextElements.length;

            if (!twinkleTextElements) {
                return;
            }

            var colorsForSelector;
            var incrementForSelector;

            if (lengthElements >= 80) {

                colorsForSelector = 
                             this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors96InCycle;
                incrementForSelector = 16;

            } else if (lengthElements >= 40) {

                colorsForSelector = 
                           this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors48InCycle;
                incrementForSelector = 8;

            } else if (lengthElements >= 20) { 

                colorsForSelector = 
                           this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors24InCycle;
                incrementForSelector = 4;

            } else if (lengthElements >= 10) {

                colorsForSelector =
                           this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors12InCycle;
                incrementForSelector = 2;

            } else if (lengthElements >= 5) {

                colorsForSelector =
                            this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors6InCycle;

            } else {

                colorsForSelector = 
                             this.mRainbowofDarkStrongColors3InCycle;
            }

            var selectorForTextColorOfTwinkleTexts;

                selectorForTextColorOfTwinkleTexts =
                    new ElementsFromArrayInOrder(
                           colorsForSelector, 
                           false /* startonEven */, 
                           false /* startOnOdd */, 
                           incrementForSelector);

            this.mListOfListsOfElements.
                              push(twinkleTextElements);
            this.mListOfSelectors.
                        push(selectorForTextColorOfTwinkleTexts);
            this.mIsBorderColor.push(isBorderColor);

            if (doSetColor === undefined) {
                doSetColor = true;
            }

            if (doSetColor) {
                this.setOneColor(twinkleTextElements, 
                            selectorForTextColorOfTwinkleTexts,
                            isBorderColor);
            }
        };

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStepSetCommon = function(startCountLists, endCountLists)
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;

            var listOfListsOfElements = this.mListOfListsOfElements;

            var isBorderColors = this.mIsBorderColor;

            var li;
            var listOfElements;
            var selector;
            var setoneColor = this.setOneColor;
            var isBorderColor;

            for (li = startCountLists; li < endCountLists; li++) {
                listOfElements = listOfListsOfElements[li];
                selector       = listOfSelectors[li];
                isBorderColor  = isBorderColors[li];

                setoneColor(listOfElements, selector, 
                            isBorderColor); 
            }
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep2 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 8);
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 4);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep3, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep3()
            {
                that.setColorStep3();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep3, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep3 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 4);
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 8);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep4, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep4()
            {
                that.setColorStep4();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep4, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep4 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 8);
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep5, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep5()
            {
                that.setColorStep5();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep5, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        };

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep5 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2 );
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 5 / 8);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep6, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep6()
            {
                that.setColorStep6();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep6, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep6 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 5 / 8 );
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 4);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep7, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep7()
            {
                that.setColorStep7();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep7, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        };

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep7 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 4 );
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 7 / 8);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            //setTimeout(setColorStep8, 2000);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep8()
            {
                that.setColorStep8();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep8, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep8 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 7 / 8);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, countLists);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorStep1 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = Math.floor(listOfSelectors.length / 8);

            /*
            if (countLists === 0) {
                return;
            }
            */

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(0, countLists);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorStep2()
            {
                that.setColorStep2();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorStep2, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorOneStep = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length; 

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(0, countLists);

            //alert('atxttt:setColorOneStep');
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorTwoSteps2 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, countLists);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorTwoSteps1 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(0, endCountLists);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorTwoSteps2()
            {
                that.setColorTwoSteps2();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorTwoSteps2, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
//alert('setColorTwoSteps1:intv:'+this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorTwoSteps = function()
        {
            this.setColorTwoSteps1();

            //alert('atxttt:setColorTwoSteps');
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorFourSteps1 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 4);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(0, endCountLists);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorFourSteps2()
            {
                that.setColorFourSteps2();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorFourSteps2, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorFourSteps2 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 4);
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorFourSteps3()
            {
                that.setColorFourSteps3();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorFourSteps3, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorFourSteps3 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists / 2);
            var endCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 4);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, endCountLists);

            var that = this;

            function callsetColorFourSteps4()
            {
                that.setColorFourSteps4();
            }

            this.mStepTimeoutId = setTimeout(callsetColorFourSteps4, 
                                             this.mStepInterval);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorFourSteps4 = function()
        {
            var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
            var countLists = listOfSelectors.length;
            var startCountLists = Math.floor(countLists * 3 / 4);

            this.setColorStepSetCommon(startCountLists, countLists);

//alert('s44:'+startCountLists+','+countLists);
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColorFourSteps = function()
        {
            this.setColorFourSteps1();

            //alert('atxttt:setColorFourSteps');
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.setColor = function()
        {

            var numberOfSteps = this.mNumberOfstepsWanted; 

            if (!numberOfSteps) {
                var listOfSelectors = this.mListOfSelectors;
                var countLists = listOfSelectors.length; 
                numberOfSteps = countLists;
            }

//alert('atctttc:setColor:#steps'+numberOfSteps);

            if (numberOfSteps === 1) {
                this.setColorOneStep();
            } else if (numberOfSteps === 2) {
                this.setColorTwoSteps();
            } else if (numberOfSteps <= 4) {
                this.setColorFourSteps();
            } else {
                this.setColorStep1();
            }
        }; 

        AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon.prototype.stop = function()
        {
            clearTimeout(this.mStepTimeoutId);
        }; 

        function setupAddTextColorForLineOfText(
            textElementId,
            twinkleClass,
            cDefaultTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker, 
            cMinTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker,
            cMaxTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker,
            gDelayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart, 
            isintersectionObserver,
            debugLabel
        )
        {
//            if (!isAPowerfulComputer) {
//                //alert('no ii1');
//                return;
//            }

            /* how often does the timer 'wake-up'. The color of the words 
               changes when the timer 'wakes up'. This value is given in 
               milliseconds. There is a default value which is used 
               when a random value has not yet been set. Normally,
               a random value is chosen which is between a minimum and 
               maximum value */
    
            /*
            var cDefaultTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 3000; //#BCON
    
            var cMinTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 2500; //#BCON
    
            var cMaxTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 3500; //#BCON
            */

//            var cDefaultTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 20000; //#BCON
//    
//            var cMinTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 17000; //#BCON
//    
//            var cMaxTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker = 23000; //#BCON
    
//            /* CSS transitions are not added until after HTML elements have been
//               coloured. A time delay lets the browser reflow the page.
//               This means that the first colouring happens right away.
//               Afterwards, when the colour changes, a CSS transition makes 
//               the colour change slowly. This is for elements whose colour
//               changes just after the page has loaded. The time is longer as 
//               the time taken to load the page may count towards this 
//               time delay. This is because the 'setTimeout' may run in the 
//               middle of the page loading. The longer delay makes sure
//               the colouring does not happen immediately after page load. I am
//               worried (un-necessarily) that a browser like Firefox will not 
//               cause a delay and the first black-to-color change will 
//               slowly transition */
//    
//            var gDelayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart = 1000; //#BCON

            var addTextColorsToTwinkleText =
                    new AddTextColorsToTwinkleTextCommon();

            var TickerForTwinkleText; 

//            var isintersectionObserver = isIntersectionObserver;
    
            function setupTickerForTwinkleText(doc, headelement)
            {
                //var tickerForTwinkleText;

                var isCreateTransStyleValue = false;
                var twinkleClassValue = null;

                if (isintersectionObserver) {
                    isCreateTransStyleValue = true;
                    twinkleClassValue = twinkleClass;
                }

                TickerForTwinkleText = 
                    new TickerForTwinkleTextCommon(
                            addTextColorsToTwinkleText.setColor, 
                            cMinTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker, 
                            cMaxTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker,
                            cDefaultTimeBetweenUpdatesForTicker, 
                            isCreateTransStyleValue /*isCreateTransStyle*/, 
                         gDelayBetweenAddColorandCreateTwinkleStylesheetAtStart,
                            doc, 
                            headelement,
                            addTextColorsToTwinkleText,
                            addTextColorsToTwinkleText.stop,
                            twinkleClassValue,
                            debugLabel );
    
            } // end of Session setupTickerForTwinkleText function

            var doc = document;

            function step2b()
            {

            //var elems = [ 
            //              doc.getElementById(textElementId)
            //    ];

            var elem;

            //var countElems = elems.length;
            //var ei;
            var strWithSpans;
            var spanElems;
            //var twinkleClass;
            var str;

            //for (ei = 0; ei < countElems; ei++) {
                //elem = elems[ei];
                elem = doc.getElementById(textElementId);
                str = elem.innerHTML;
                //twinkleClass = ei === 0 ? 'Twinkle2' : 'twinkle';
                strWithSpans = myAddSpanAroundEachTextChar(str, twinkleClass);
                //strWithSpans = myAddSpanAroundEachTextChar(str, twinkleClass);
                elem.innerHTML = strWithSpans;
                spanElems = myGetSpanElementsAroundText(elem.firstChild);
                addTextColorsToTwinkleText.setElements(spanElems);
            //}

            setTimeout(step4, 250);

            } // end function step2b

            function step4()
            {

            var headElement = doc.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];

            /* start the timer that 'wakes up' to change the colors of some
               of the text */

            setupTickerForTwinkleText(doc, headElement); 

            if (isintersectionObserver) {
                setupObserverCommon(TickerForTwinkleText, textElementId);
            } else {
                TickerForTwinkleText.setRandomTimeBetweenUpdates();
                TickerForTwinkleText. 
                                callCreateTransStyleReadyNextAfterTimeout();
            }

            } // end function step4

            step2b();

        } // end function setupAddTextColorForLineOfText 

            setupAddTextColorForLineOfText(
                'searchLabelText',
                'Twinkle2',
                20000, 
                17000,
                23000,
                1000, 
                isIntersectionObserver,
                'wowsSearch' 
            );

              
            
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