var request = null;
		   
try {
   request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   } catch (trymicrosoft) {
   try {
     request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
   } catch (othermicrosoft) {
     try {
       request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
     } catch (failed) {
       request = null;
     }
   }
 }

if (request == null)
   alert("Error creating request object!");  
		   
		   
		   

function replaceText(el, text) {
  if (el != null) {
    clearText(el);
    var newNode = document.createTextNode(text);
    el.appendChild(newNode);
  }
}

function clearText(el) {
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        el.removeChild(childNode);
      }
    }
  }
}

function getText(el) {
  var text = "";
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        if (childNode.nodeValue != null) {
          text = text + childNode.nodeValue;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return text;
}

// function to change the style of any object   
function setStyle(obj,style,value){
	getRef(obj).style[style]= value;
}

function getRef(obj){
	return (typeof obj == "string") ?
		 document.getElementById(obj) : obj;
}

function classChange(styleChange,item) {
	item.className = styleChange;	
}
function ShowPop(id){
   document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = "visible";
}
function HidePop(id){
   document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = "hidden";
}

function popUp(URL) {
	day = new Date();
	id = day.getTime();
	eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=800,height=600,left = 240,top = 212');");
}

// generic function to set visibility of multiple elements
function toggle_element_visability(elName,id,numEl){
	// set visibility of all related elements to non first
	var el = elName + id;
	for (var x = 0 ; x < numEl ; x++) {
		if(x != id) document.getElementById(elName + x).style.display = 'none';	
	}
	// now set the current selected element visibility
	if(document.getElementById(el).style.display == 'block') {
		document.getElementById(el).style.display = 'none';
	} else {
		document.getElementById(el).style.display = 'block';
	}
}


/***********************************************
* Cross browser Marquee II- � Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/

var delayb4scroll=2000 //Specify initial delay before marquee starts to scroll on page (2000=2 seconds)
var marqueespeed=1 //Specify marquee scroll speed (larger is faster 1-10)
var pauseit=1 //Pause marquee onMousever (0=no. 1=yes)?

////START SCROLLER SCRIPT////////////

var copyspeed=marqueespeed
var pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0
var actualheight=''

function scrollmarquee(){
if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top)>(actualheight*(-1)+8))
cross_marquee.style.top=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top)-copyspeed+"px"
else
cross_marquee.style.top=parseInt(marqueeheight)+8+"px"
}

function initializemarquee(){
  if(document.getElementById("vmarquee") != null){
    cross_marquee=document.getElementById("vmarquee")
    cross_marquee.style.top=0
    marqueeheight=document.getElementById("marqueecontainer").offsetHeight
    actualheight=cross_marquee.offsetHeight
    if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7")!=-1){ //if Opera or Netscape 7x, add scrollbars to scroll and exit
      cross_marquee.style.height=marqueeheight+"px"
      cross_marquee.style.overflow="scroll"
      return
    }
    setTimeout('lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",30)', delayb4scroll)
  }
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", initializemarquee, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", initializemarquee)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=initializemarquee

////END SCROLLER SCRIPT////////////