function showMessage()
{
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
		document.getElementById("loading").style.visibility = "visible";
	}
	else if (document.layers)
	{
		document.loading.visibility = "show";
	}
	else if (document.all)
	{
		document.all.item("loading").style.visibility = "visible";
	}
}

function hideMessage()
{
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
		document.getElementById("loading").style.visibility = "hidden";
	}
	else if (document.layers)
	{
		document.loading.visibility = "hide";
	}
	else if (document.all)
	{
		document.all.item("loading").style.visibility = "hidden";
	}
}

function animateStatusMessage()
{
	statusText = window.status;
  switch(statusText)
  {
  	case "Loading Please Be Patient" :
    	window.status = "Loading Please Be Patient.";
    	break;
   	case "Loading Please Be Patient." :
   		window.status = "Loading Please Be Patient. .";
   		break;
    case "Loading Please Be Patient. ." :
    	window.status = "Loading Please Be Patient. . .";
    	break;
    case "Loading Please Be Patient. . ." :
    	window.status = "Loading Please Be Patient. . . .";
    	break;
    default :
    	window.status = "Loading Please Be Patient";
   }

   return true;
}

function animatePageMessage()
{
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
 	 	if (document.getElementById("message").innerHTML == ". . .")
 	 	{
 	 		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = "";
 	 	}
 	 	else if (document.getElementById("message").innerHTML == "")
 	 	{
	 		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = ".";
	 	}
	 	else if (document.getElementById("message").innerHTML == ".")
	 	{
	 		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = ". .";
   	}
   	else if (document.getElementById("message").innerHTML == ". .")
	 	{
	 		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = ". . .";
   	}
	}
}

function showCurrentYear()
{
	var now = new Date();
	var theYear = now.getYear()
  if (theYear < 2000)
  {
  	theYear += 1900;
  }
	document.write(theYear);
}

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_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_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  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 && d.getElementById) x=d.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];}
}