String.prototype.parseColor = function() {  
  var color = '#';  
  if(this.slice(0,4) == 'rgb(') {  
    var cols = this.slice(4,this.length-1).split(',');  
    var i=0; do { color += parseInt(cols[i]).toColorPart() } while (++i<3);  
  } else {  
    if(this.slice(0,1) == '#') {  
      if(this.length==4) for(var i=1;i<4;i++) color += (this.charAt(i) + this.charAt(i)).toLowerCase();  
      if(this.length==7) color = this.toLowerCase();  
    }  
  }  
  return(color.length==7 ? color : (arguments[0] || this));  
}

Element.collectTextNodes = function(element) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
      (node.hasChildNodes() ? Element.collectTextNodes(node) : ''));
  }).flatten().join('');
}

Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass = function(element, className) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
      ((node.hasChildNodes() && !Element.hasClassName(node,className)) ? 
        Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass(node, className) : ''));
  }).flatten().join('');
}

Element.setStyle = function(element, style) {
  element = $(element);
  for(k in style) element.style[k.camelize()] = style[k];
}

Element.setContentZoom = function(element, percent) {  
  Element.setStyle(element, {fontSize: (percent/100) + 'em'});   
  if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf('AppleWebKit')>0) window.scrollBy(0,0);  
}

Element.getOpacity = function(element){  
  var opacity;
  if (opacity = Element.getStyle(element, 'opacity'))  
    return parseFloat(opacity);  
  if (opacity = (Element.getStyle(element, 'filter') || '').match(/alpha\(opacity=(.*)\)/))  
    if(opacity[1]) return parseFloat(opacity[1]) / 100;  
  return 1.0;  
}

Element.setOpacity = function(element, value){  
  element= $(element);  
  if (value == 1){
    Element.setStyle(element, { opacity: 
      (/Gecko/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) ? 
      0.999999 : null });
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent))  
      Element.setStyle(element, {filter: Element.getStyle(element,'filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'')});  
  } else {  
    if(value < 0.00001) value = 0;  
    Element.setStyle(element, {opacity: value});
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent))  
     Element.setStyle(element, 
       { filter: Element.getStyle(element,'filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'') +
                 'alpha(opacity='+value*100+')' });  
  }   
}  
 
Element.getInlineOpacity = function(element){  
  return $(element).style.opacity || '';
}  

Element.childrenWithClassName = function(element, className) {  
  return $A($(element).getElementsByTagName('*')).select(
    function(c) { return Element.hasClassName(c, className) });
}

Array.prototype.call = function() {
  var args = arguments;
  this.each(function(f){ f.apply(this, args) });
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Effect = {
  tagifyText: function(element) {
    var tagifyStyle = 'position:relative';
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) tagifyStyle += ';zoom:1';
    element = $(element);
    $A(element.childNodes).each( function(child) {
      if(child.nodeType==3) {
        child.nodeValue.toArray().each( function(character) {
          element.insertBefore(
            Builder.node('span',{style: tagifyStyle},
              character == ' ' ? String.fromCharCode(160) : character), 
              child);
        });
        Element.remove(child);
      }
    });
  },
  multiple: function(element, effect) {
    var elements;
    if(((typeof element == 'object') || 
        (typeof element == 'function')) && 
       (element.length))
      elements = element;
    else
      elements = $(element).childNodes;
      
    var options = Object.extend({
      speed: 0.1,
      delay: 0.0
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    var masterDelay = options.delay;

    $A(elements).each( function(element, index) {
      new effect(element, Object.extend(options, { delay: index * options.speed + masterDelay }));
    });
  },
  PAIRS: {
    'blind':  ['BlindDown','BlindUp'],
    'appear': ['Appear','Fade']
  },
  toggle: function(element, effect) {
    element = $(element);
    effect = (effect || 'appear').toLowerCase();
    var options = Object.extend({
      queue: { position:'end', scope:(element.id || 'global'), limit: 1 }
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    Effect[Element.visible(element) ? 
      Effect.PAIRS[effect][1] : Effect.PAIRS[effect][0]](element, options);
  }
};

var Effect2 = Effect; // deprecated

/* ------------- transitions ------------- */

Effect.Transitions = {}

Effect.Transitions.linear = function(pos) {
  return pos;
}
Effect.Transitions.sinoidal = function(pos) {
  return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/2) + 0.5;
}
Effect.Transitions.reverse  = function(pos) {
  return 1-pos;
}
Effect.Transitions.none = function(pos) {
  return 0;
}
Effect.Transitions.full = function(pos) {
  return 1;
}

/* ------------- core effects ------------- */

function show_hide_user_links(thediv)
{
	if(window.Effect){
		if(thediv.style.display == 'none')
		{Effect.Appear(thediv); return false;}
		else
		{Effect.Fade(thediv); return false;}
	}else{
		var replydisplay=thediv.style.display ? '' : 'none';
		thediv.style.display = replydisplay;					
	}
}

function largerThan(a,b)
{
return a>b;
}

  
function bookmarksite(title, url)
{
	if (document.all)
		window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
	else if (window.sidebar)
		window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "")
}

//** Tab Content script- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//** Last updated: Nov 8th, 06

var enabletabpersistence=1 //enable tab persistence via session only cookies, so selected tab is remembered?

////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW////////////////////////
var tabcontentIDs=new Object()

function expandcontent(linkobj){
var ulid=linkobj.parentNode.parentNode.id //id of DIV element
var ullist=document.getElementById(ulid).getElementsByTagName("span") //get list of SPANs corresponding to the tab contents
for (var i=0; i<ullist.length; i++){
ullist[i].className=""  //deselect all tabs
if (typeof tabcontentIDs[ulid][i]!="undefined") //if tab content within this array index exists (exception: More tabs than there are tab contents)
document.getElementById(tabcontentIDs[ulid][i]).style.display="none" //hide all tab contents
}
linkobj.parentNode.className="selected"  //highlight currently clicked on tab
document.getElementById(linkobj.getAttribute("rel")).style.display="block" //expand corresponding tab content
saveselectedtabcontentid(ulid, linkobj.getAttribute("rel"))
}

function expandtab(tabcontentid, tabnumber){ //interface for selecting a tab (plus expand corresponding content)
var thetab=document.getElementById(tabcontentid).getElementsByTagName("a")[tabnumber]
if (thetab.getAttribute("rel"))
expandcontent(thetab)
}

function savetabcontentids(ulid, relattribute){// save ids of tab content divs
if (typeof tabcontentIDs[ulid]=="undefined") //if this array doesn't exist yet
tabcontentIDs[ulid]=new Array()
tabcontentIDs[ulid][tabcontentIDs[ulid].length]=relattribute
}

function saveselectedtabcontentid(ulid, selectedtabid){ //set id of clicked on tab as selected tab id & enter into cookie
if (enabletabpersistence==1) //if persistence feature turned on
setCookie(ulid, selectedtabid)
}

function getullistlinkbyId(ulid, tabcontentid){ //returns a tab link based on the ID of the associated tab content
var ullist=document.getElementById(ulid).getElementsByTagName("li")
for (var i=0; i<ullist.length; i++){
if (ullist[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].getAttribute("rel")==tabcontentid){
return ullist[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0]
break
}
}
}

function initializetabcontent(){
for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){ //loop through passed UL ids
if (enabletabpersistence==0 && getCookie(arguments[i])!="") //clean up cookie if persist=off
setCookie(arguments[i], "")
var clickedontab=getCookie(arguments[i]) //retrieve ID of last clicked on tab from cookie, if any
var ulobj=document.getElementById(arguments[i])
var ulist=ulobj.getElementsByTagName("span") //array containing the LI elements within UL
for (var x=0; x<ulist.length; x++){ //loop through each LI element
var ulistlink=ulist[x].getElementsByTagName("a")[0]
if (ulistlink.getAttribute("rel")){
savetabcontentids(arguments[i], ulistlink.getAttribute("rel")) //save id of each tab content as loop runs
ulistlink.onclick=function(){
expandcontent(this)
return false
}
if (ulist[x].className=="selected" && clickedontab=="") //if a tab is set to be selected by default
expandcontent(ulistlink) //auto load currenly selected tab content
}
} //end inner for loop
if (clickedontab!=""){ //if a tab has been previously clicked on per the cookie value
var culistlink=getullistlinkbyId(arguments[i], clickedontab)
if (typeof culistlink!="undefined") //if match found between tabcontent id and rel attribute value
expandcontent(culistlink) //auto load currenly selected tab content
else //else if no match found between tabcontent id and rel attribute value (cookie mis-association)
expandcontent(ulist[0].getElementsByTagName("a")[0]) //just auto load first tab instead
}
} //end outer for loop
}


function getCookie(Name){ 
var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
return ""
}

function setCookie(name, value){
document.cookie = name+"="+value //cookie value is domain wide (path=/)
}

Effect.ScopedQueue = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.ScopedQueue.prototype, Enumerable), {
  initialize: function() {
    this.effects  = [];
    this.interval = null;
  },
  _each: function(iterator) {
    this.effects._each(iterator);
  },
  add: function(effect) {
    var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
    
    var position = (typeof effect.options.queue == 'string') ? 
      effect.options.queue : effect.options.queue.position;
    
    switch(position) {
      case 'front':
        // move unstarted effects after this effect  
        this.effects.findAll(function(e){ return e.state=='idle' }).each( function(e) {
            e.startOn  += effect.finishOn;
            e.finishOn += effect.finishOn;
          });
        break;
      case 'end':
        // start effect after last queued effect has finished
        timestamp = this.effects.pluck('finishOn').max() || timestamp;
        break;
    }
    
    effect.startOn  += timestamp;
    effect.finishOn += timestamp;

    if(!effect.options.queue.limit || (this.effects.length < effect.options.queue.limit))
      this.effects.push(effect);
    
    if(!this.interval) 
      this.interval = setInterval(this.loop.bind(this), 40);
  },
  remove: function(effect) {
    this.effects = this.effects.reject(function(e) { return e==effect });
    if(this.effects.length == 0) {
      clearInterval(this.interval);
      this.interval = null;
    }
  },
  loop: function() {
    var timePos = new Date().getTime();
    this.effects.invoke('loop', timePos);
  }
});

Effect.Queues = {
  instances: $H(),
  get: function(queueName) {
    if(typeof queueName != 'string') return queueName;
    
    if(!this.instances[queueName])
      this.instances[queueName] = new Effect.ScopedQueue();
      
    return this.instances[queueName];
  }
}
Effect.Queue = Effect.Queues.get('global');

Effect.DefaultOptions = {
  transition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
  duration:   1.0,   // seconds
  fps:        25.0,  // max. 25fps due to Effect.Queue implementation
  sync:       false, // true for combining
  from:       0.0,
  to:         1.0,
  delay:      0.0,
  queue:      'parallel'
}

Effect.Base = function() {};
Effect.Base.prototype = {
  position: null,
  start: function(options) {
    this.options      = Object.extend(Object.extend({},Effect.DefaultOptions), options || {});
    this.currentFrame = 0;
    this.state        = 'idle';
    this.startOn      = this.options.delay*1000;
    this.finishOn     = this.startOn + (this.options.duration*1000);
    this.event('beforeStart');
    if(!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).add(this);
  },
  loop: function(timePos) {
    if(timePos >= this.startOn) {
      if(timePos >= this.finishOn) {
        this.render(1.0);
        this.cancel();
        this.event('beforeFinish');
        if(this.finish) this.finish(); 
        this.event('afterFinish');
        return;  
      }
      var pos   = (timePos - this.startOn) / (this.finishOn - this.startOn);
      var frame = Math.round(pos * this.options.fps * this.options.duration);
      if(frame > this.currentFrame) {
        this.render(pos);
        this.currentFrame = frame;
      }
    }
  },
  render: function(pos) {
    if(this.state == 'idle') {
      this.state = 'running';
      this.event('beforeSetup');
      if(this.setup) this.setup();
      this.event('afterSetup');
    }
    if(this.state == 'running') {
      if(this.options.transition) pos = this.options.transition(pos);
      pos *= (this.options.to-this.options.from);
      pos += this.options.from;
      this.position = pos;
      this.event('beforeUpdate');
      if(this.update) this.update(pos);
      this.event('afterUpdate');
    }
  },
  cancel: function() {
    if(!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).remove(this);
    this.state = 'finished';
  },
  event: function(eventName) {
    if(this.options[eventName + 'Internal']) this.options[eventName + 'Internal'](this);
    if(this.options[eventName]) this.options[eventName](this);
  },
  inspect: function() {
    return '#<Effect:' + $H(this).inspect() + ',options:' + $H(this.options).inspect() + '>';
  }
}

Effect.Opacity = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Opacity.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    // make this work on IE on elements without 'layout'
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && (!this.element.hasLayout))
      Element.setStyle(this.element, {zoom: 1});
    var options = Object.extend({
      from: Element.getOpacity(this.element) || 0.0,
      to:   1.0
    }, arguments[1] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  update: function(position) {
    Element.setOpacity(this.element, position);
  }
});

Effect.Scale = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Scale.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element, percent) {
    this.element = $(element)
    var options = Object.extend({
      scaleX: true,
      scaleY: true,
      scaleContent: true,
      scaleFromCenter: false,
      scaleMode: 'box',        // 'box' or 'contents' or {} with provided values
      scaleFrom: 100.0,
      scaleTo:   percent
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    this.restoreAfterFinish = this.options.restoreAfterFinish || false;
    this.elementPositioning = Element.getStyle(this.element,'position');
    
    this.originalStyle = {};
    ['top','left','width','height','fontSize'].each( function(k) {
      this.originalStyle[k] = this.element.style[k];
    }.bind(this));
      
    this.originalTop  = this.element.offsetTop;
    this.originalLeft = this.element.offsetLeft;
    
    var fontSize = Element.getStyle(this.element,'font-size') || '100%';
    ['em','px','%'].each( function(fontSizeType) {
      if(fontSize.indexOf(fontSizeType)>0) {
        this.fontSize     = parseFloat(fontSize);
        this.fontSizeType = fontSizeType;
      }
    }.bind(this));
    
    this.factor = (this.options.scaleTo - this.options.scaleFrom)/100;
    
    this.dims = null;
    if(this.options.scaleMode=='box')
      this.dims = [this.element.offsetHeight, this.element.offsetWidth];
    if(/^content/.test(this.options.scaleMode))
      this.dims = [this.element.scrollHeight, this.element.scrollWidth];
    if(!this.dims)
      this.dims = [this.options.scaleMode.originalHeight,
                   this.options.scaleMode.originalWidth];
  },
  update: function(position) {
    var currentScale = (this.options.scaleFrom/100.0) + (this.factor * position);
    if(this.options.scaleContent && this.fontSize)
      Element.setStyle(this.element, {fontSize: this.fontSize * currentScale + this.fontSizeType });
    this.setDimensions(this.dims[0] * currentScale, this.dims[1] * currentScale);
  },
  finish: function(position) {
    if (this.restoreAfterFinish) Element.setStyle(this.element, this.originalStyle);
  },
  setDimensions: function(height, width) {
    var d = {};
    if(this.options.scaleX) d.width = width + 'px';
    if(this.options.scaleY) d.height = height + 'px';
    if(this.options.scaleFromCenter) {
      var topd  = (height - this.dims[0])/2;
      var leftd = (width  - this.dims[1])/2;
      if(this.elementPositioning == 'absolute') {
        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = this.originalTop-topd + 'px';
        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = this.originalLeft-leftd + 'px';
      } else {
        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = -topd + 'px';
        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = -leftd + 'px';
      }
    }
    Element.setStyle(this.element, d);
  }
});

/* ------------- combination effects ------------- */

Effect.Fade = function(element) {
  var oldOpacity = Element.getInlineOpacity(element);
  var options = Object.extend({
  from: Element.getOpacity(element) || 1.0,
  to:   0.0,
  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { with(Element) { 
    if(effect.options.to!=0) return;
    hide(effect.element);
    setStyle(effect.element, {opacity: oldOpacity}); }}
  }, arguments[1] || {});
  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
}

Effect.Appear = function(element) {
  var options = Object.extend({
  from: (Element.getStyle(element, 'display') == 'none' ? 0.0 : Element.getOpacity(element) || 0.0),
  to:   1.0,
  beforeSetup: function(effect) { with(Element) {
    setOpacity(effect.element, effect.options.from);
    show(effect.element); }}
  }, arguments[1] || {});
  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
}

Effect.BlindUp = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  Element.makeClipping(element);
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 0, 
    Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
      scaleX: false, 
      restoreAfterFinish: true,
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { with(Element) {
        [hide, undoClipping].call(effect.element); }} 
    }, arguments[1] || {})
  );
}

Effect.BlindDown = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var elementDimensions = Element.getDimensions(element);
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, 
    Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
      scaleX: false,
      scaleFrom: 0,
      scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
      restoreAfterFinish: true,
      afterSetup: function(effect) { with(Element) {
        makeClipping(effect.element);
        setStyle(effect.element, {height: '0px'});
        show(effect.element); 
      }},  
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
        Element.undoClipping(effect.element);
      }
    }, arguments[1] || {})
  );
}