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

// Universal transparent-PNG enabler for MSIE/Win 5.5+
		// http://dsandler.org
		// From original code: http://www.youngpup.net/?request=/snippets/sleight.xml
		// and background-image code: http://www.allinthehead.com/retro/69
		// also:
		//  * use sizingMethod=crop to avoid scaling PNGs (who would do such a thing?)
		//  * only do this once, to make it compatible with CSS rollovers
		
		if (navigator.platform == "Win32" && navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && window.attachEvent) {
			window.attachEvent("onload", enableAlphaImages);
		}
		
		function enableAlphaImages(){
			var rslt = navigator.appVersion.match(/MSIE (\d+\.\d+)/, '');
			var itsAllGood = (rslt != null && Number(rslt[1]) >= 5.5);
			if (itsAllGood) {
				for (var i=0; i<document.all.length; i++){
					var obj = document.all[i];
					var bg = obj.currentStyle.backgroundImage;
					var img = document.images[i];
					if (bg && bg.match(/\.png/i) != null) {
						var img = bg.substring(5,bg.length-2);
						var offset = obj.style["background-position"];
						obj.style.filter =
						"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+img+"', sizingMethod='crop')";
						obj.style.backgroundImage = "url('images/spacer.gif')";
						//obj.style["background-position"] = offset; // reapply
					} else if (img && img.src.match(/\.png$/i) != null) {
						var src = img.src;
						img.style.width = img.width + "px";
						img.style.height = img.height + "px";
						img.style.filter =
						"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='"+src+"', sizingMethod='crop')"
						img.src = "images/spacer.gif";
						img.alt=img.alt;
					}
					
				}
			bods=document.getElementsByTagName("body")
			 bods[0].style.visibility="visible"
			 }
		}
		
// Browser Detect

var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var os,browser,version,data;

if (detect('konqueror')) {browser = "Konqueror"; os = "Linux";}
else if (detect('safari')) browser = "Safari";
else if (detect('omniweb')) browser = "OmniWeb";
else if (detect('netscape')) browser = "Netscape";
else if (detect('firefox')) browser = "Firefox";
else if (detect('opera')) browser = "Opera";
else if (detect('webtv')) browser = "WebTV";
else if (detect('icab')) browser = "iCab";
else if (detect('msie')) browser = "Internet Explorer";
else if (!detect('compatible')) {browser = "Netscape Navigator"; version = ua.charAt(8);}
else browser = "An unknown browser";

if (!version) version = ua.charAt(stringposition + data.length);

if (!os) {
   if (detect('linux')) os = "Linux";
   else if (detect('x11')) os = "Unix";
   else if (detect('mac')) os = "Mac";
   else if (detect('win')) os = "Windows";
   else os = "An unknown operating system";
}

function detect(text) {
   stringposition = ua.indexOf(text) + 1;
   data = text;
   return stringposition;
   }
   
   
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];}}
}