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

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

/*
   name - name of the cookie
   value - value of the cookie
   [expires] - expiration date of the cookie
     (defaults to end of current session)
   [path] - path for which the cookie is valid
     (defaults to path of calling document)
   [domain] - domain for which the cookie is valid
     (defaults to domain of calling document)
   [secure] - Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires
     a secure transmission
   * an argument defaults when it is assigned null as a placeholder
   * a null placeholder is not required for trailing omitted arguments
*/

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}


/*
  name - name of the desired cookie
  return string containing value of specified cookie or null
  if cookie does not exist
*/

function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}


/*
   name - name of the cookie
   [path] - path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
   [domain] - domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to
     create cookie)
   path and domain default if assigned null or omitted if no explicit
     argument proceeds
*/

function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
  if (getCookie(name)) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
  }
}

// date - any instance of the Date object
// * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs"

function fixDate(date) {
  var base = new Date(0);
  var skew = base.getTime();
  if (skew > 0)
    date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}

function printPage()
{
	var strTemp;
	strTemp = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase();
	if (strTemp.indexOf("mac") > 0){
       alert("Press Command-P for Macintosh to Print this page."); 
	}else{
		window.print();
	}
}

function URLEncode(decodedtext)
{
	// The Javascript escape and unescape functions do not correspond
	// with what browsers actually do...
	var SAFECHARS = "0123456789" +					// Numeric
					"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" +	// Alphabetic
					"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" +
					"-_.!~*'()";					// RFC2396 Mark characters
	var HEX = "0123456789ABCDEF";

	var plaintext = decodedtext;
	var encoded = "";
	for (var i = 0; i < plaintext.length; i++ ) {
		var ch = plaintext.charAt(i);
	    if (ch == " ") {
		    encoded += "+";				// x-www-urlencoded, rather than %20
		} else if (SAFECHARS.indexOf(ch) != -1) {
		    encoded += ch;
		} else {
		    var charCode = ch.charCodeAt(0);
			if (charCode > 255) {
			    alert( "Unicode Character '" 
                        + ch 
                        + "' cannot be encoded using standard URL encoding.\n" +
				          "(URL encoding only supports 8-bit characters.)\n" +
						  "A space (+) will be substituted." );
				encoded += "+";
			} else {
				encoded += "%";
				encoded += HEX.charAt((charCode >> 4) & 0xF);
				encoded += HEX.charAt(charCode & 0xF);
			}
		}
	} // for

	return encoded;
}

function URLDecode(encodedtext)
{
	// Replace + with ' '
	// Replace %xx with equivalent character
	// Put [ERROR] in output if %xx is invalid.
	var HEXCHARS = "0123456789ABCDEFabcdef"; 
	var encoded = encodedtext;
	var plaintext = '';
	var i = 0;
	
	if(encoded)
	{
		while (i < encoded.length) {
		   var ch = encoded.charAt(i);
		   if (ch == "+") {
			   plaintext += " ";
			   i++;
		   } else if (ch == "%") {
				if (i < (encoded.length-2) 
						&& HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+1)) != -1 
						&& HEXCHARS.indexOf(encoded.charAt(i+2)) != -1 ) {
					plaintext += unescape( encoded.substr(i,3) );
					i += 3;
				} else {
					alert( 'Bad escape combination near ...' + encoded.substr(i) );
					plaintext += "%[ERROR]";
					i++;
				}
			} else {
			   plaintext += ch;
			   i++;
			}
		} // while
		return plaintext;
	}
	return ' ';
}


function cpt(xx) 
{
	var yy = xx.split(" ");
	for (x=0; x<yy.length; x++) 
	{
		yy[x] = yy[x].substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()+yy[x].substring(1);
	}
	xx = yy.join(" ");
	return xx;
}