cnt_sleep()
{
   move ${MAX_LINES} 1
   clrtoeol
   attrset blink
   attrset rev
   addstr "Sleeping for ${1} second(s)"
   attroff
   refresh
   SLEEP_CNT="0"
   while (( ${SLEEP_CNT} < ${1} ))
   do
       SLEEP_CNT="$(( ${SLEEP_CNT} + 1 ))"
       addstr "."
       refresh
       sleep 1
   done
   mvclrtoeol ${MAX_LINES} 1
   refresh
}