function setStatus(text) 
{ 
  window.status = text;
  return true;
}

function checkOldBrowser()
{
	//check if the user's browser is new.  If not, we present them with a alert message indicating that they aren't seeing the site the way it was intended
	if (!document.getElementById)
	{
		//Old Browser!  Check if old Opera, IE, or NN.
		var browserMsg = "The browser you are using is outdated.  Although you will still be able to read our information, your browser prevents you from viewing the site the way it is intended.\n\nWould you like to download the latest version of your browser (in a new window)?";
		
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") > 0)
		{
			if(confirm(browserMsg))
				window.open("http://www.opera.com");
		}
		else if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
		{
			if(confirm(browserMsg))
				window.open("http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.asp");
		}
		else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape")
		{
			if(confirm(browserMsg))
				window.open("http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp");
		}
	}
}

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_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_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_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 openPopup(thePage, theWidth, theHeight, theWindowName, intScroll)
{
	//This function accepts the page to be loaded, the width and height of the popup, and the name of the window so that
	//new popups open in their own window and not in other ones
	//Also accepts intScroll indicating if scrollbars should be included (0=no, 1=yes)
	
	//POPUP PROPERTIES CODE
	var popWin, theProperties, popWidth, popHeight, leftPos, topPos;
	
	popWidth = theWidth;
	popHeight = theHeight;
	
	//open in center
	leftPos = (screen.width-popWidth)/2;
	topPos = (screen.height-popHeight)/2;
	
	//popup only has scrollbars
	theProperties = "menubar=0,toolbar=0,resizable=yes,scrollbars=" + intScroll + ",width=" + popWidth + ",height=" + popHeight + ",left=" + leftPos + ",top=" + topPos;
	
	//Open a popup window
	popWin = window.open(thePage, theWindowName, theProperties);
	popWin.focus();
}