// Simplify getElementById()
function $(id) {
  return document.getElementById(id);
}

/* 
 * Cross-browser event model helper function
 *
 * addEvent(window, 'load', 'functionName');
 * addEvent(window, 'load', function() { doSomething(someParam); });
 */
 
var addEvent;
if (document.addEventListener) { // Non-IE
	addEvent = function(element, type, handler) {
		element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
	};
} else if (document.attachEvent) { // IE6+
    addEvent = function(element, type, handler) {
        element.attachEvent("on" + type, handler);
    };
} else { // Older Browsers
    addEvent = function(element, type, handler) {
		var oldHandler = element['on' + type];
		if (oldHandler === null) {
			element['on' + type] = handler;
		} else {
			element['on' + type] = function(e) { oldHandler(e); handler(e); };
		}
	};
}

function copyrightDate(startYear) {
	var d = new Date();
	var y = new Date().getFullYear();
	
	var result = (y != startYear) ? startYear + "-" + y : startYear;
	return result;
}

// NoSpamEmail Script
// Example: nospam("domain.com","info","Click here to get more information");
function nospam(domain,name,visible){
	document.write('<a href=\"mail' + 'to:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');
	document.write(visible + '</a>');
}


String.prototype.trim = function() { return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/, ''); }

// External Links Script
function externalLinks() {
 if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
 var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
 for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
   var anchor = anchors[i];
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
       anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
     anchor.target = "_blank";
 }
}
window.onload = externalLinks;

// Roll Over Image Script
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];}
}

//Slide Show script (this notice must stay intact)
//For this and more scripts
//visit java-scripts.net or http://wsabstract.com

if (document.images) {
     button1 = new Image
     button2 = new Image
	 button3 = new Image
	 button4 = new Image

     button1.src = 'images/buttons/headerLinks_06.gif'
     button2.src = 'images/buttons/headerLinks_active_06.gif'
	 button3.src = 'images/buttons/headerLinks_08.gif'
     button4.src = 'images/buttons/headerLinks_active_08.gif'
 }