function writedate() {
	today = new Date();
	date = today.getDate();
	month = today.getMonth();
	year = today.getFullYear();
	if (month == 0) monthName = "January"
	else if (month == 1) monthName = "February"
	else if (month == 2) monthName = "March"
	else if (month == 3) monthName = "April"
	else if (month == 4) monthName = "May"
	else if (month == 5) monthName = "June"
	else if (month == 6) monthName = "July"
	else if (month == 7) monthName = "August"
	else if (month == 8) monthName = "September"
	else if (month == 9) monthName = "October"
	else if (month == 10) monthName = "November"
	else monthName = "December"
	document.write(monthName + " " + date + ", " + year);
}

function validatesearch(form)
{
   if (form.searchtext.value == "")
      {
	  alert("Please enter a phrase or keyword in the Search box.");
	  form.searchtext.focus();
	  return false;
	  }
   return true;
}

function handlesearchfocus(form)
{
	form.searchtext.value='';
	form.searchtext.focus();
	return true;
}

function newsWindow(targetURL)
{
window.open(targetURL,'asc_window','width=795,height=760,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes');
}
// image loading / swapping code

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 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];}}
}