function is_IE() {
  return navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer";
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}


function feedback() {
   window.location = 'mailto:feedback@templetonthorp.com';
}

function disclaimer() {
   window.location = 'disclaimer.shtml';
}

function privacystatement() {
   window.location = 'privacy.shtml';
}

var messages=new Array()


function btn_go_click() {
   var lang = 'en'; 
   lang = document.forms['formlang'].language.options[document.forms['formlang'].language.selectedIndex].value;
   //var DocCookie = document.cookie;
   //var today = new Date();
   //var expiration = new Date(today.getTime() + 730 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
   //document.cookie = "TT_language=" +  lang + "; expires=" + expiration.toGMTString();
   document.location = '../' + lang + '/home.shtml';
}

  function updateHeadlines() {
     makeRequest('../Latestnews.asp');
  }  

    function makeRequest(url) {

        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {
                try {
                    http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

    function alertContents(http_request) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
//                alert(http_request.responseText);
				eval(http_request.responseText);
            } else {
//                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }

function fixPNG(element) {
    if (/MSIE (5\.5|6).+Win/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
        var src;
        if (element.tagName=='IMG') {
            if (/\.png$/.test(element.src)) {
                src = element.src;
                element.src = "pixel.gif";
            }
        } else {
            src = element.currentStyle.backgroundImage.match(/url\("(.+\.png)"\)/i)
            if (src) {
                src = src[1];
                element.runtimeStyle.backgroundImage="none";
            }
        }
        if (src) element.runtimeStyle.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "',sizingMethod='crop')";
    }
} 

function flash_object(uri, width, height, params, alt_image) {
  if (is_IE()) {
    document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" '+
      'codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" '+
        'width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'">'+
          '<param name="movie" value="'+uri+'">');
  } else {
    document.write('<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"'+
      'data="'+uri+'" width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'">');
  }
  for (param in params) {
    document.write('<param name="'+param+'" value="'+params[param]+'">');
  }
  if (alt_image) {
    document.write('<img width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" src="'+alt_image+'" alt="">');
  }
  document.write('</object>');
}