var tmr;
var t;
var obj;




function sFa() {

	obj = gObj();
	sLft();
	shw(true);
	t = 0;
	sTmr();
}

function hFa() {
	t = -100;
	sTmr();
	return false;
}

function sTmr() {
	tmr = setInterval("fd()",20);
}

function fd() {
	var amt = Math.abs(t+=10);
	if(amt == 0 || amt == 100) clearInterval(tmr);
	amt = (amt == 100)?99.999:amt;
  	
	obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+amt+")";
	obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = amt/100;
	obj.style.MozOpacity = amt/100;
	obj.style.opacity = amt/100;
	
	if(amt == 0) shw(false);
}

function sLft() {
	var w = 291;	// set this to 1/2 the width of the faw div defined in the style sheet 
			// there's not a reliable way to retrieve an element's width via javascript!!
					
	var l = (document.body.innerWidth)? document.body.innerWidth / 2:document.body.offsetWidth / 2;

	obj.style.left = (l - w)+"px";
}

function gObj() {
	return document.getElementById("faw");	
}

function shw(b) {
	(b)? obj.className = 'show':obj.className = '';	
}


	function submitThisStuff() {
		document.MailingList.submit();
	}
	
function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    {
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    }
  }
return "";
}


function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}


function checkCookie()
{
username=getCookie('username');
if (username!=null && username!="")
  {
  
  }
else
  {
  username='2233';
  setTimeout("sFa()", 7000);
  if (username!=null && username!="")
    {
    setCookie('username',username,365);
    }
  }
}