var openContainer = null;
var openMenus = null;
var hideMenuTimer = null;

function juMp(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

function popup(url) 
{
 var width  = 700;
 var height = 600;
 var left   = (screen.width  - width)/2;
 var top    = (screen.height - height)/2;
 var params = 'width='+width+', height='+height;
 params += ', top='+top+', left='+left;
 params += ', directories=no';
 params += ', location=no';
 params += ', menubar=no';
 params += ', resizable=yes';
 params += ', scrollbars=yes';
 params += ', status=no';
 params += ', toolbar=no';
 newwin=window.open(url,'window5', params);
 if (window.focus) {newwin.focus()}
 return false;
}

/* used to match the height of DIVs to create an equal column effect
How it works: just apply the CSS class of 'column' to your pages' main columns.
*/
matchColumns=function(){ 
     var divs,contDivs,maxHeight,divHeight,d; 
     // get all <div> elements in the document 
     divs=document.getElementsByTagName('div'); 
     contDivs=[]; 
     // initialize maximum height value 
     maxHeight=0; 
     // iterate over all <div> elements in the document 
     for(var i=0;i<divs.length;i++){ 
          // make collection with <div> elements with class attribute 'container' 
          if(/\bcolumn\b/.test(divs[i].className)){ 
                d=divs[i]; 
                contDivs[contDivs.length]=d; 
                // determine height for <div> element 
                if(d.offsetHeight){ 
                     divHeight=d.offsetHeight; 					
                } 
                else if(d.style.pixelHeight){ 
                     divHeight=d.style.pixelHeight;					 
                } 
                // calculate maximum height 
                maxHeight=Math.max(maxHeight,divHeight); 
          } 
     } 
     // assign maximum height value to all of container <div> elements 
     for(var i=0;i<contDivs.length;i++){ 
          contDivs[i].style.height=maxHeight + "px"; 
     } 
}