

        <!-- Hide from JavaScript-Impaired Browsers
        function displayDate() {
                 var isnMonths=new Array("January","February","March","April",
                                         "May","June","July","August","September",
                                         "October","November","December");
                 var   isnDays=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday",
                                         "Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday");
                 today=new Date();
                 year = today.getYear();
                 if (year < 10) year=year+2000;  // (y2k check)
                 if (year < 2000) year=year+1900;  // (y2k check)
                 document.write(isnDays[today.getDay()]+", "+isnMonths[today.getMonth()]+" "+today.getDate()+", "+year);
                 }
        // End Hiding -->




// ----------- Preloading Images  ----------------------


function preload() {
  if (!document.images) return;
  var ar = new Array('sidemenu-on_2x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_3x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_4x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_5x1.gif',
                     'sidemenu-on_6x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_7x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_8x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_9x1.gif',
                     'sidemenu-on_10x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_11x1.gif', 'sidemenu-on_12x1.gif');
  var arguments = preload.arguments;
  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    ar[i] = new Image();
    ar[i].src = arguments[i];
  }
}

// -------------------------------------------------------