image1=new Image;image1.src="images/indexover.gif";image2=new Image;image2.src="images/aboutusover.gif";image3=new Image;image3.src="images/contactusover.gif";image4=new Image;image4.src="images/howtojoinover.gif";function swap(element){if(element.className!="over"){if(element.src.match(/over.gif/i)){element.src=element.src.replace("over.gif","out.gif");}else{element.src=element.src.replace("out.gif","over.gif");}}}
var newsItems;function loadNews(data,delay){newsItems=null;if(data!=null){itemData=data.getElementsByTagName("item");if(itemData!=null){var count=0;for(var i=0;i<itemData.length;i++){message=null;href=null;target=null;expiration=null;messageNode=itemData[i].getElementsByTagName("message")[0];if(messageNode!=undefined){message=messageNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue;}
hrefNode=itemData[i].getElementsByTagName("href")[0];if(hrefNode!=undefined){href=hrefNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue;}
targetNode=itemData[i].getElementsByTagName("target")[0];if(targetNode!=undefined){target=targetNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue;}
expirationNode=itemData[i].getElementsByTagName("expiration")[0];if(expirationNode!=undefined){expiration=expirationNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue;}
var item=new NewsItem(message,href,target,expiration);if(!item.isExpired()){if(newsItems==null){newsItems=new Array();}
newsItems[count]=item;count++;}}}}
displayNews(delay);}
var index=0;function displayNews(delay){if(newsItems!=null){var count=newsItems.length;if(count>0){if(index==count){index=0;}
$("#news").css('visibility','visible');$('#item').html(newsItems[index].getDisplay());$('#item a').hide();$('#item a').fadeIn(delay/4,"linear");if(count>1){index++
setTimeout("displayNews("+delay+")",delay);}}else{$("#news").css('visibility','hidden');}}}
function getTodayString(){var now=new Date();var ret=(now.getMonth()+1)+"/"+now.getDate()+"/"+now.getFullYear();return ret;}
function NewsItem(message,href,target,expiration){this.message=message;this.href=href;this.target=target;this.expiration=expiration;NewsItem.prototype.getDisplay=function(){var display="";if(this.href!=null){display+="<a href=\""+this.href+"\"";if(this.target!=null){display+=" target=\""+this.target+"\"";}
display+=" title=\"Learn more.\">";}
display+=this.message;if(this.href!=null){display+="</a>";}
return display;}
NewsItem.prototype.isExpired=function(){var isExpired=false;if(this.expiration!=null){var today=new Date(getTodayString());var expire=new Date(this.expiration);if(today>expire){isExpired=true;}}
return isExpired;}
NewsItem.prototype.toString=function(){alert("message: "+this.message+"\n"
+"href: "+this.href+"\n"
+"target: "+this.target+"\n"
+"expiration: "+this.expiration+"\n");}}