function displayDate() {
	var d = new Date();
	var weekday = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
	var monthname = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
	document.write(weekday[d.getDay()] + ", " + d.getDate() + " " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + ", " + d.getFullYear());
}
function launchURL(url, sitename) {
	msg = "About to launch \"" + sitename + "\" in a new browser window. \nClose that window to return to this site. \n\nContinue? ";
	yes = confirm(msg);
	if (yes) {
		window.open(url);
	}
}
function showHide(el) {
	eval(el).style.display=(eval(el).style.display=="block")?"none":"block";
}
function high(whichEl){
	theobj = whichEl;
	highlighting = setInterval("gradientfade(theobj)", 5);
}
function low(whichEl){
	clearInterval(highlighting);
	whichEl.filters.alpha.opacity = 80;
}
function gradientfade(whichEl){
	if (whichEl.filters.alpha.opacity < 100) {
		whichEl.filters.alpha.opacity += 2;
	} else {
		clearInterval(highlighting);
	}
}