/* Fade in for the main content */
function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 


function changeOpac(opacity, id) { 
    var ie4=document.all
	var myobj=ie4? eval("document.all." + id) : document.getElementById(id);
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 

} 



function hidecontent(name,timedelay,timespan) {
 var ie4=document.all
 var myobj=ie4? eval("document.all." + name) : document.getElementById(name);
 var object = document.getElementById(name).style;


    object.opacity = 0;
	object.MozOpacity = 0;
	object.KhtmlOpacity = 0;
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + 2 + ")"; 

 object.visibility = 'visible';

 setTimeout("opacity('" + name + "',2,100," +timespan+ ")",timedelay);
}



/* Show expanded news content */
function showNews() {
	var object = document.getElementById("dark").style;
	object.visibility = 'visible';
}
/* Hide expanded news content */
function hideNews() {
	var object = document.getElementById("dark").style;
	object.visibility = 'hidden';
}




/* mouseover images */
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) { //v4.01
  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];}
}

/* short delay, to show background logo */
function showImage() {
	document.getElementById("mainframe").style.visibility = 'visible';
}

function mainTimer() {
	setTimeout("hidecontent('mainframe',0,500)",'2000');
	setTimeout("hidecontent('contentframe',1000,1500)",'3500');
}