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];}
}

// JUMP MENU FUNCTION
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}


// Clear input form function
function clickclear(thisfield, defaulttext) {
if (thisfield.value == defaulttext) {
thisfield.value = "";
}
}

function clickrecall(thisfield, defaulttext) {
if (thisfield.value == "") {
thisfield.value = defaulttext;
}
}

// NEWS TICKER

var sText = ""
var i=0
var iNews=0
var rss = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
rss.async = false
rss.load("/xml/news.xml")

function GetNewsSource(){
var itemNodes = rss.selectNodes("/rss/channel/item")
var iMax = itemNodes.length

sText = itemNodes.item(iNews).getElementsByTagName("title").item(0).text
myTicker.href = itemNodes.item(iNews).getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).text
ticker()
iNews+=1
if(iNews==iMax){
iNews=0
}
window.setTimeout("GetNewsSource()", (90*sText.length +4000))
}

function ticker(){
i+=1
myTicker.innerText = sText.substring(0,i) + "*"
if(i<sText.length){
window.setTimeout("ticker()",90)
}
else{
i=0
}
}

function externalLinks() {    // to maintain accessibility this function adds icons after external and pdf links
 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";
	 if (!anchor.className) {
		  	anchor.className = "externalLink" ; //IE PROPRIETORY VERSION
		}
	 if (!anchor.getAttribute("class")) {
		    anchor.setAttribute("class", "externalLink");
	 	}
	 }
   // a similar trick with pdf extensions, after already having set all the above.
   if (anchor.getAttribute("href").substring(anchor.getAttribute("href").lastIndexOf(".")) == ".pdf" ) {
	 anchor.setAttribute("class", "pdfLink");
	 anchor.className = "pdfLink" ; //IE PROPRIETORY VERSION
   }
 } 
} 
window.onload = externalLinks;