//<!--

		// date script

		var ticktock = new Date() ;
		var monthInt = ticktock.getMonth() ;
		var yearInt = ticktock.getFullYear() ;
		var dayInt = ticktock.getDate();
		var htmlStr ;

		monthStr = new Array(12) ;

		monthStr[0] = "January" ;
		monthStr[1] = "February" ;
		monthStr[2] = "March" ;
		monthStr[3] = "April" ;
		monthStr[4] = "May" ;
		monthStr[5] = "June" ;
		monthStr[6] = "July" ;
		monthStr[7] = "August" ;
		monthStr[8] = "September" ;
		monthStr[9] = "October" ;
		monthStr[10] = "November" ;
		monthStr[11] = "December" ;

		monthStr = monthStr[monthInt] ;
		htmlStr = "<span class='headerLink'> | " + monthStr + "&nbsp;" + dayInt + ",&nbsp;" + yearInt + "</span>" ;

		// rollover script to preload images

		if (document.images) {

				neon_0 = new Image ; neon_0.src = '../images/neon_0.gif' ;
				neon_1 = new Image ; neon_1.src = '../images/neon_1.gif' ;
				events_0 = new Image ; events_0.src = '../images/events_0.gif' ;
				events_1 = new Image ; events_1.src = '../images/events_1.gif' ;
				news_0 = new Image ; news_0.src = '../images/news_0.gif' ;
				news_1 = new Image ; news_1.src = '../images/news_1.gif' ;
				overview_0 = new Image ; overview_0.src = '../images/overview_0.gif' ;
				overview_1 = new Image ; overview_1.src = '../images/overview_1.gif' ;
				reports_0 = new Image ; reports_0.src = '../images/reports_0.gif' ;
				reports_1 = new Image ; reports_1.src = '../images/reports_1.gif' ;
				working_group_0 = new Image ; working_group_0.src = '../images/working_group_0.gif' ;
				working_group_1 = new Image ; working_group_1.src = '../images/working_group_1.gif' ;
				/*
					get_involved_0 = new Image ; get_involved_0.src = '../images/get_involved_0.gif' ;
					get_involved_1 = new Image ; get_involved_1.src = '../images/get_involved_1.gif' ;
					faq_0 = new Image ; faq_0.src = '../images/faq_0.gif' ;
					faq_1 = new Image ; faq_1.src = '../images/faq_1.gif' ;
				*/

				} else {

				neon_0 = "" ;
				neon_1 = "" ;
				events_0 = "" ;
				events_1 = "" ;
				news_0 = "" ;
				news_1 = "" ;
				overview_0 = "" ;
				overview_1 = "" ;
				reports_0 = "" ;
				reports_1 = "" ;
				working_group_0 = "" ;
				working_group_1 = "" ;
				/*
					get_involved_0 = "" ;
					get_involved_1 = "" ;
					faq_0 = "" ;
					faq_1 = "" ;
				*/

				}

	//-->

			function mto(url) {
				url = url.replace(/mto:\/\//i, "");
				document.write("<a href=\"&#00109;&#X0061;i&#108;t&#00111;:"+url.split('/')[1]+"&#X00040;"+url.split('/')[0]+"\">"+url.split('/')[1]+"&#64;"+url.split('/')[0]+"<\/a>");
			}

function toggle(whichLayer)
{

if (document.getElementById)
{
// this is the way the standards work
var style2 = document.getElementById(whichLayer).style;
// alert(style2.display);

style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
else if (document.all)
{
// this is the way old msie versions work
var style2 = document.all[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
// this is the way nn4 works
var style2 = document.layers[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
}


function createCookie(name,value,days)
{
	if (days)
	{
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name)
{
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
	{
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name)
{
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function initNotice() {
	var hide = readCookie('seenit');
	// alert (hide);
	if (hide)
	{
		// alert ('hide is not null');
	}
	else
	{
		// alert ('hide is null');
	//	toggle('note-container');
	}
}

function hideNotice() {
	toggle('note-container');
	createCookie('seenit','yup',1);
}