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

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_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];}
}

function outputTopFlash()
{
  document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="530" height="210" class="mg10l">');
  document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
  document.write('<param name="movie" value="images/flash01.swf" />');
  document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
  document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
  document.write('<embed src="images/flash01.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="530" height="210" name="topics" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
  document.write('</object>');
}

// *********************************
// NEW ICON
// *********************************
var display_span = 30;
var icon_str = "<img src='/images/icon_new.gif' alt='NEW' valign='absmiddle' />";
var today = new Date();
var upday = new Date();

function new_icon(y, m, d)
{
   upday.setFullYear(y);
   m = m - 1;
   upday.setMonth(m);
   upday.setDate(d);
   difference = today.getTime() - upday.getTime();
   difference = Math.floor(difference / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
   if (difference < display_span)
   {
      document.write(icon_str);
   }
}