function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

    function NewWindow(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll) {
    	var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2;
    	var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2;
    	winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll
    	win = window.open(mypage, myname, winprops)
    	if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) { win.window.focus(); }
    }    
	
    function ShowHide(nr)
    {
        if(document.getElementById(nr).style.display=="none")
        {
            document.getElementById(nr).style.display=''  ;
        }
        else
        {
            document.getElementById(nr).style.display="none";
        }
    }
    
    function ValidComment(){
        if (document.frm.name.value=="") {
        	alert("Please enter your name.")
        	document.frm.name.focus()
        return false }
        if (document.frm.email.value=="") {
        	alert("Please enter your email address. (It will not be posted online, but used internally if we need to contact you about your comments.)")
        	document.frm.email.focus()
        return false }
        if (document.frm.comment.value=="") {
        	alert("Please enter comment contents.")
        	document.frm.comment.focus()
        return false }
    }
    
    function ValidateSendEmail(){
        if (document.frm.email.value=="") {
        	alert("Please enter Friend's email address.")
        	document.frm.email.focus()
        return false }
        if (document.frm.msg.value=="") {
        	alert("Please enter your message.")
        	document.frm.msg.focus()
        return false }
    }
	
	function validate_news_search()
{
	if (document.news_search.search.value == "")
       {
          document.news_search.search.focus();
		  document.news_search.search.style.backgroundColor = "ffffcc"
          return !(alert ("please enter text to search"));
	   }
}