/*  Prototype JavaScript framework, version 1.5.0
 *  (c) 2005-2007 Sam Stephenson
 *
 *  Prototype is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
 *  For details, see the Prototype web site: http://prototype.conio.net/
 *
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Prototype = {
  Version: '1.5.0',
  BrowserFeatures: {
    XPath: !!document.evaluate
  },

  ScriptFragment: '(?:<script.*?>)((\n|\r|.)*?)(?:<\/script>)',
  emptyFunction: function() {},
  K: function(x) { return x }
}

var Class = {
  create: function() {
    return function() {
      this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
    }
  }
}

var Abstract = new Object();

Object.extend = function(destination, source) {
  for (var property in source) {
    destination[property] = source[property];
  }
  return destination;
}

Object.extend(Object, {
  inspect: function(object) {
    try {
      if (object === undefined) return 'undefined';
      if (object === null) return 'null';
      return object.inspect ? object.inspect() : object.toString();
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof RangeError) return '...';
      throw e;
    }
  },

  keys: function(object) {
    var keys = [];
    for (var property in object)
      keys.push(property);
    return keys;
  },

  values: function(object) {
    var values = [];
    for (var property in object)
      values.push(object[property]);
    return values;
  },

  clone: function(object) {
    return Object.extend({}, object);
  }
});

Function.prototype.bind = function() {
  var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
  return function() {
    return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
  }
}

Function.prototype.bindAsEventListener = function(object) {
  var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
  return function(event) {
    return __method.apply(object, [( event || window.event)].concat(args).concat($A(arguments)));
  }
}

Object.extend(Number.prototype, {
  toColorPart: function() {
    var digits = this.toString(16);
    if (this < 16) return '0' + digits;
    return digits;
  },

  succ: function() {
    return this + 1;
  },

  times: function(iterator) {
    $R(0, this, true).each(iterator);
    return this;
  }
});

var Try = {
  these: function() {
    var returnValue;

    for (var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      var lambda = arguments[i];
      try {
        returnValue = lambda();
        break;
      } catch (e) {}
    }

    return returnValue;
  }
}

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var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create();
PeriodicalExecuter.prototype = {
  initialize: function(callback, frequency) {
    this.callback = callback;
    this.frequency = frequency;
    this.currentlyExecuting = false;

    this.registerCallback();
  },

  registerCallback: function() {
    this.timer = setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
  },

  stop: function() {
    if (!this.timer) return;
    clearInterval(this.timer);
    this.timer = null;
  },

  onTimerEvent: function() {
    if (!this.currentlyExecuting) {
      try {
        this.currentlyExecuting = true;
        this.callback(this);
      } finally {
        this.currentlyExecuting = false;
      }
    }
  }
}
String.interpret = function(value){
  return value == null ? '' : String(value);
}

Object.extend(String.prototype, {
  gsub: function(pattern, replacement) {
    var result = '', source = this, match;
    replacement = arguments.callee.prepareReplacement(replacement);

    while (source.length > 0) {
      if (match = source.match(pattern)) {
        result += source.slice(0, match.index);
        result += String.interpret(replacement(match));
        source  = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
      } else {
        result += source, source = '';
      }
    }
    return result;
  },

  sub: function(pattern, replacement, count) {
    replacement = this.gsub.prepareReplacement(replacement);
    count = count === undefined ? 1 : count;

    return this.gsub(pattern, function(match) {
      if (--count < 0) return match[0];
      return replacement(match);
    });
  },

  scan: function(pattern, iterator) {
    this.gsub(pattern, iterator);
    return this;
  },

  truncate: function(length, truncation) {
    length = length || 30;
    truncation = truncation === undefined ? '...' : truncation;
    return this.length > length ?
      this.slice(0, length - truncation.length) + truncation : this;
  },

  strip: function() {
    return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
  },

  stripTags: function() {
    return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
  },

  stripScripts: function() {
    return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), '');
  },

  extractScripts: function() {
    var matchAll = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img');
    var matchOne = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'im');
    return (this.match(matchAll) || []).map(function(scriptTag) {
      return (scriptTag.match(matchOne) || ['', ''])[1];
    });
  },

  evalScripts: function() {
    return this.extractScripts().map(function(script) { return eval(script) });
  },

  escapeHTML: function() {
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    var text = document.createTextNode(this);
    div.appendChild(text);
    return div.innerHTML;
  },

  unescapeHTML: function() {
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    div.innerHTML = this.stripTags();
    return div.childNodes[0] ? (div.childNodes.length > 1 ?
      $A(div.childNodes).inject('',function(memo,node){ return memo+node.nodeValue }) :
      div.childNodes[0].nodeValue) : '';
  },

  toQueryParams: function(separator) {
    var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/);
    if (!match) return {};

    return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) {
      if ((pair = pair.split('='))[0]) {
        var name = decodeURIComponent(pair[0]);
        var value = pair[1] ? decodeURIComponent(pair[1]) : undefined;

        if (hash[name] !== undefined) {
          if (hash[name].constructor != Array)
            hash[name] = [hash[name]];
          if (value) hash[name].push(value);
        }
        else hash[name] = value;
      }
      return hash;
    });
  },

  toArray: function() {
    return this.split('');
  },

  succ: function() {
    return this.slice(0, this.length - 1) +
      String.fromCharCode(this.charCodeAt(this.length - 1) + 1);
  },

  camelize: function() {
    var parts = this.split('-'), len = parts.length;
    if (len == 1) return parts[0];

    var camelized = this.charAt(0) == '-'
      ? parts[0].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[0].substring(1)
      : parts[0];

    for (var i = 1; i < len; i++)
      camelized += parts[i].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[i].substring(1);

    return camelized;
  },

  capitalize: function(){
    return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.substring(1).toLowerCase();
  },

  underscore: function() {
    return this.gsub(/::/, '/').gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/-/,'_').toLowerCase();
  },

  dasherize: function() {
    return this.gsub(/_/,'-');
  },

  inspect: function(useDoubleQuotes) {
    var escapedString = this.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
    if (useDoubleQuotes)
      return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
    else
      return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
  }
});

String.prototype.gsub.prepareReplacement = function(replacement) {
  if (typeof replacement == 'function') return replacement;
  var template = new Template(replacement);
  return function(match) { return template.evaluate(match) };
}

String.prototype.parseQuery = String.prototype.toQueryParams;

var Template = Class.create();
Template.Pattern = /(^|.|\r|\n)(#\{(.*?)\})/;
Template.prototype = {
  initialize: function(template, pattern) {
    this.template = template.toString();
    this.pattern  = pattern || Template.Pattern;
  },

  evaluate: function(object) {
    return this.template.gsub(this.pattern, function(match) {
      var before = match[1];
      if (before == '\\') return match[2];
      return before + String.interpret(object[match[3]]);
    });
  }
}

var $break    = new Object();
var $continue = new Object();

var Enumerable = {
  each: function(iterator) {
    var index = 0;
    try {
      this._each(function(value) {
        try {
          iterator(value, index++);
        } catch (e) {
          if (e != $continue) throw e;
        }
      });
    } catch (e) {
      if (e != $break) throw e;
    }
    return this;
  },

  eachSlice: function(number, iterator) {
    var index = -number, slices = [], array = this.toArray();
    while ((index += number) < array.length)
      slices.push(array.slice(index, index+number));
    return slices.map(iterator);
  },

  all: function(iterator) {
    var result = true;
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      result = result && !!(iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
      if (!result) throw $break;
    });
    return result;
  },

  any: function(iterator) {
    var result = false;
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      if (result = !!(iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index))
        throw $break;
    });
    return result;
  },

  collect: function(iterator) {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      results.push((iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index));
    });
    return results;
  },

  detect: function(iterator) {
    var result;
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      if (iterator(value, index)) {
        result = value;
        throw $break;
      }
    });
    return result;
  },

  findAll: function(iterator) {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      if (iterator(value, index))
        results.push(value);
    });
    return results;
  },

  grep: function(pattern, iterator) {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      var stringValue = value.toString();
      if (stringValue.match(pattern))
        results.push((iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index));
    })
    return results;
  },

  include: function(object) {
    var found = false;
    this.each(function(value) {
      if (value == object) {
        found = true;
        throw $break;
      }
    });
    return found;
  },

  inGroupsOf: function(number, fillWith) {
    fillWith = fillWith === undefined ? null : fillWith;
    return this.eachSlice(number, function(slice) {
      while(slice.length < number) slice.push(fillWith);
      return slice;
    });
  },

  inject: function(memo, iterator) {
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      memo = iterator(memo, value, index);
    });
    return memo;
  },

  invoke: function(method) {
    var args = $A(arguments).slice(1);
    return this.map(function(value) {
      return value[method].apply(value, args);
    });
  },

  max: function(iterator) {
    var result;
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      value = (iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
      if (result == undefined || value >= result)
        result = value;
    });
    return result;
  },

  min: function(iterator) {
    var result;
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      value = (iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
      if (result == undefined || value < result)
        result = value;
    });
    return result;
  },

  partition: function(iterator) {
    var trues = [], falses = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      ((iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index) ?
        trues : falses).push(value);
    });
    return [trues, falses];
  },

  pluck: function(property) {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      results.push(value[property]);
    });
    return results;
  },

  reject: function(iterator) {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(value, index) {
      if (!iterator(value, index))
        results.push(value);
    });
    return results;
  },

  sortBy: function(iterator) {
    return this.map(function(value, index) {
      return {value: value, criteria: iterator(value, index)};
    }).sort(function(left, right) {
      var a = left.criteria, b = right.criteria;
      return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
    }).pluck('value');
  },

  toArray: function() {
    return this.map();
  },

  zip: function() {
    var iterator = Prototype.K, args = $A(arguments);
    if (typeof args.last() == 'function')
      iterator = args.pop();

    var collections = [this].concat(args).map($A);
    return this.map(function(value, index) {
      return iterator(collections.pluck(index));
    });
  },

  size: function() {
    return this.toArray().length;
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '#<Enumerable:' + this.toArray().inspect() + '>';
  }
}

Object.extend(Enumerable, {
  map:     Enumerable.collect,
  find:    Enumerable.detect,
  select:  Enumerable.findAll,
  member:  Enumerable.include,
  entries: Enumerable.toArray
});
var $A = Array.from = function(iterable) {
  if (!iterable) return [];
  if (iterable.toArray) {
    return iterable.toArray();
  } else {
    var results = [];
    for (var i = 0, length = iterable.length; i < length; i++)
      results.push(iterable[i]);
    return results;
  }
}

Object.extend(Array.prototype, Enumerable);

if (!Array.prototype._reverse)
  Array.prototype._reverse = Array.prototype.reverse;

Object.extend(Array.prototype, {
  _each: function(iterator) {
    for (var i = 0, length = this.length; i < length; i++)
      iterator(this[i]);
  },

  clear: function() {
    this.length = 0;
    return this;
  },

  first: function() {
    return this[0];
  },

  last: function() {
    return this[this.length - 1];
  },

  compact: function() {
    return this.select(function(value) {
      return value != null;
    });
  },

  flatten: function() {
    return this.inject([], function(array, value) {
      return array.concat(value && value.constructor == Array ?
        value.flatten() : [value]);
    });
  },

  without: function() {
    var values = $A(arguments);
    return this.select(function(value) {
      return !values.include(value);
    });
  },

  indexOf: function(object) {
    for (var i = 0, length = this.length; i < length; i++)
      if (this[i] == object) return i;
    return -1;
  },

  reverse: function(inline) {
    return (inline !== false ? this : this.toArray())._reverse();
  },

  reduce: function() {
    return this.length > 1 ? this : this[0];
  },

  uniq: function() {
    return this.inject([], function(array, value) {
      return array.include(value) ? array : array.concat([value]);
    });
  },

  clone: function() {
    return [].concat(this);
  },

  size: function() {
    return this.length;
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '[' + this.map(Object.inspect).join(', ') + ']';
  }
});

Array.prototype.toArray = Array.prototype.clone;

function $w(string){
  string = string.strip();
  return string ? string.split(/\s+/) : [];
}

if(window.opera){
  Array.prototype.concat = function(){
    var array = [];
    for(var i = 0, length = this.length; i < length; i++) array.push(this[i]);
    for(var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      if(arguments[i].constructor == Array) {
        for(var j = 0, arrayLength = arguments[i].length; j < arrayLength; j++)
          array.push(arguments[i][j]);
      } else {
        array.push(arguments[i]);
      }
    }
    return array;
  }
}
var Hash = function(obj) {
  Object.extend(this, obj || {});
};

Object.extend(Hash, {
  toQueryString: function(obj) {
    var parts = [];

	  this.prototype._each.call(obj, function(pair) {
      if (!pair.key) return;

      if (pair.value && pair.value.constructor == Array) {
        var values = pair.value.compact();
        if (values.length < 2) pair.value = values.reduce();
        else {
        	key = encodeURIComponent(pair.key);
          values.each(function(value) {
            value = value != undefined ? encodeURIComponent(value) : '';
            parts.push(key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value));
          });
          return;
        }
      }
      if (pair.value == undefined) pair[1] = '';
      parts.push(pair.map(encodeURIComponent).join('='));
	  });

    return parts.join('&');
  }
});

Object.extend(Hash.prototype, Enumerable);
Object.extend(Hash.prototype, {
  _each: function(iterator) {
    for (var key in this) {
      var value = this[key];
      if (value && value == Hash.prototype[key]) continue;

      var pair = [key, value];
      pair.key = key;
      pair.value = value;
      iterator(pair);
    }
  },

  keys: function() {
    return this.pluck('key');
  },

  values: function() {
    return this.pluck('value');
  },

  merge: function(hash) {
    return $H(hash).inject(this, function(mergedHash, pair) {
      mergedHash[pair.key] = pair.value;
      return mergedHash;
    });
  },

  remove: function() {
    var result;
    for(var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      var value = this[arguments[i]];
      if (value !== undefined){
        if (result === undefined) result = value;
        else {
          if (result.constructor != Array) result = [result];
          result.push(value)
        }
      }
      delete this[arguments[i]];
    }
    return result;
  },

  toQueryString: function() {
    return Hash.toQueryString(this);
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '#<Hash:{' + this.map(function(pair) {
      return pair.map(Object.inspect).join(': ');
    }).join(', ') + '}>';
  }
});

function $H(object) {
  if (object && object.constructor == Hash) return object;
  return new Hash(object);
};
ObjectRange = Class.create();
Object.extend(ObjectRange.prototype, Enumerable);
Object.extend(ObjectRange.prototype, {
  initialize: function(start, end, exclusive) {
    this.start = start;
    this.end = end;
    this.exclusive = exclusive;
  },

  _each: function(iterator) {
    var value = this.start;
    while (this.include(value)) {
      iterator(value);
      value = value.succ();
    }
  },

  include: function(value) {
    if (value < this.start)
      return false;
    if (this.exclusive)
      return value < this.end;
    return value <= this.end;
  }
});

var $R = function(start, end, exclusive) {
  return new ObjectRange(start, end, exclusive);
}

var Ajax = {
  getTransport: function() {
    return Try.these(
      function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()},
      function() {return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP')},
      function() {return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')}
    ) || false;
  },

  activeRequestCount: 0
}

Ajax.Responders = {
  responders: [],

  _each: function(iterator) {
    this.responders._each(iterator);
  },

  register: function(responder) {
    if (!this.include(responder))
      this.responders.push(responder);
  },

  unregister: function(responder) {
    this.responders = this.responders.without(responder);
  },

  dispatch: function(callback, request, transport, json) {
    this.each(function(responder) {
      if (typeof responder[callback] == 'function') {
        try {
          responder[callback].apply(responder, [request, transport, json]);
        } catch (e) {}
      }
    });
  }
};

Object.extend(Ajax.Responders, Enumerable);

Ajax.Responders.register({
  onCreate: function() {
    Ajax.activeRequestCount++;
  },
  onComplete: function() {
    Ajax.activeRequestCount--;
  }
});

Ajax.Base = function() {};
Ajax.Base.prototype = {
  setOptions: function(options) {
    this.options = {
      method:       'post',
      asynchronous: true,
      contentType:  'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
      encoding:     'UTF-8',
      parameters:   ''
    }
    Object.extend(this.options, options || {});

    this.options.method = this.options.method.toLowerCase();
    if (typeof this.options.parameters == 'string')
      this.options.parameters = this.options.parameters.toQueryParams();
  }
}

Ajax.Request = Class.create();
Ajax.Request.Events =
  ['Uninitialized', 'Loading', 'Loaded', 'Interactive', 'Complete'];

Ajax.Request.prototype = Object.extend(new Ajax.Base(), {
  _complete: false,

  initialize: function(url, options) {
    this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
    this.setOptions(options);
    this.request(url);
  },

  request: function(url) {
    this.url = url;
    this.method = this.options.method;
    var params = this.options.parameters;

    if (!['get', 'post'].include(this.method)) {
      // simulate other verbs over post
      params['_method'] = this.method;
      this.method = 'post';
    }

    params = Hash.toQueryString(params);
    if (params && /Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) params += '&_='

    // when GET, append parameters to URL
    if (this.method == 'get' && params)
      this.url += (this.url.indexOf('?') > -1 ? '&' : '?') + params;

    try {
      Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onCreate', this, this.transport);

      this.transport.open(this.method.toUpperCase(), this.url,
        this.options.asynchronous);

      if (this.options.asynchronous)
        setTimeout(function() { this.respondToReadyState(1) }.bind(this), 10);

      this.transport.onreadystatechange = this.onStateChange.bind(this);
      this.setRequestHeaders();

      var body = this.method == 'post' ? (this.options.postBody || params) : null;

      this.transport.send(body);

      /* Force Firefox to handle ready state 4 for synchronous requests */
      if (!this.options.asynchronous && this.transport.overrideMimeType)
        this.onStateChange();

    }
    catch (e) {
      this.dispatchException(e);
    }
  },

  onStateChange: function() {
    var readyState = this.transport.readyState;
    if (readyState > 1 && !((readyState == 4) && this._complete))
      this.respondToReadyState(this.transport.readyState);
  },

  setRequestHeaders: function() {
    var headers = {
      'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
      'X-Prototype-Version': Prototype.Version,
      'Accept': 'text/javascript, text/html, application/xml, text/xml, */*'
    };

    if (this.method == 'post') {
      headers['Content-type'] = this.options.contentType +
        (this.options.encoding ? '; charset=' + this.options.encoding : '');

      /* Force "Connection: close" for older Mozilla browsers to work
       * around a bug where XMLHttpRequest sends an incorrect
       * Content-length header. See Mozilla Bugzilla #246651.
       */
      if (this.transport.overrideMimeType &&
          (navigator.userAgent.match(/Gecko\/(\d{4})/) || [0,2005])[1] < 2005)
            headers['Connection'] = 'close';
    }

    // user-defined headers
    if (typeof this.options.requestHeaders == 'object') {
      var extras = this.options.requestHeaders;

      if (typeof extras.push == 'function')
        for (var i = 0, length = extras.length; i < length; i += 2)
          headers[extras[i]] = extras[i+1];
      else
        $H(extras).each(function(pair) { headers[pair.key] = pair.value });
    }

    for (var name in headers)
      this.transport.setRequestHeader(name, headers[name]);
  },

  success: function() {
    return !this.transport.status
        || (this.transport.status >= 200 && this.transport.status < 300);
  },

  respondToReadyState: function(readyState) {
    var state = Ajax.Request.Events[readyState];
    var transport = this.transport, json = this.evalJSON();

    if (state == 'Complete') {
      try {
        this._complete = true;
        (this.options['on' + this.transport.status]
         || this.options['on' + (this.success() ? 'Success' : 'Failure')]
         || Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
      } catch (e) {
        this.dispatchException(e);
      }

      if ((this.getHeader('Content-type') || 'text/javascript').strip().
        match(/^(text|application)\/(x-)?(java|ecma)script(;.*)?$/i))
          this.evalResponse();
    }

    try {
      (this.options['on' + state] || Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
      Ajax.Responders.dispatch('on' + state, this, transport, json);
    } catch (e) {
      this.dispatchException(e);
    }

    if (state == 'Complete') {
      // avoid memory leak in MSIE: clean up
      this.transport.onreadystatechange = Prototype.emptyFunction;
    }
  },

  getHeader: function(name) {
    try {
      return this.transport.getResponseHeader(name);
    } catch (e) { return null }
  },

  evalJSON: function() {
    try {
      var json = this.getHeader('X-JSON');
      return json ? eval('(' + json + ')') : null;
    } catch (e) { return null }
  },

  evalResponse: function() {
    try {
      return eval(this.transport.responseText);
    } catch (e) {
      this.dispatchException(e);
    }
  },

  dispatchException: function(exception) {
    (this.options.onException || Prototype.emptyFunction)(this, exception);
    Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onException', this, exception);
  }
});

Ajax.Updater = Class.create();

Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.Updater.prototype, Ajax.Request.prototype), {
  initialize: function(container, url, options) {
    this.container = {
      success: (container.success || container),
      failure: (container.failure || (container.success ? null : container))
    }

    this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
    this.setOptions(options);

    var onComplete = this.options.onComplete || Prototype.emptyFunction;
    this.options.onComplete = (function(transport, param) {
      this.updateContent();
      onComplete(transport, param);
    }).bind(this);

    this.request(url);
  },

  updateContent: function() {
    var receiver = this.container[this.success() ? 'success' : 'failure'];
    var response = this.transport.responseText;

    if (!this.options.evalScripts) response = response.stripScripts();

    if (receiver = $(receiver)) {
      if (this.options.insertion)
        new this.options.insertion(receiver, response);
      else
        receiver.update(response);
    }

    if (this.success()) {
      if (this.onComplete)
        setTimeout(this.onComplete.bind(this), 10);
    }
  }
});

Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater = Class.create();
Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater.prototype = Object.extend(new Ajax.Base(), {
  initialize: function(container, url, options) {
    this.setOptions(options);
    this.onComplete = this.options.onComplete;

    this.frequency = (this.options.frequency || 2);
    this.decay = (this.options.decay || 1);

    this.updater = {};
    this.container = container;
    this.url = url;

    this.start();
  },

  start: function() {
    this.options.onComplete = this.updateComplete.bind(this);
    this.onTimerEvent();
  },

  stop: function() {
    this.updater.options.onComplete = undefined;
    clearTimeout(this.timer);
    (this.onComplete || Prototype.emptyFunction).apply(this, arguments);
  },

  updateComplete: function(request) {
    if (this.options.decay) {
      this.decay = (request.responseText == this.lastText ?
        this.decay * this.options.decay : 1);

      this.lastText = request.responseText;
    }
    this.timer = setTimeout(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this),
      this.decay * this.frequency * 1000);
  },

  onTimerEvent: function() {
    this.updater = new Ajax.Updater(this.container, this.url, this.options);
  }
});
function $(element) {
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    for (var i = 0, elements = [], length = arguments.length; i < length; i++)
      elements.push($(arguments[i]));
    return elements;
  }
  if (typeof element == 'string')
    element = document.getElementById(element);
  return Element.extend(element);
}

if (Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath) {
  document._getElementsByXPath = function(expression, parentElement) {
    var results = [];
    var query = document.evaluate(expression, $(parentElement) || document,
      null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
    for (var i = 0, length = query.snapshotLength; i < length; i++)
      results.push(query.snapshotItem(i));
    return results;
  };
}

document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
  if (Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath) {
    var q = ".//*[contains(concat(' ', @class, ' '), ' " + className + " ')]";
    return document._getElementsByXPath(q, parentElement);
  } else {
    var children = ($(parentElement) || document.body).getElementsByTagName('*');
    var elements = [], child;
    for (var i = 0, length = children.length; i < length; i++) {
      child = children[i];
      if (Element.hasClassName(child, className))
        elements.push(Element.extend(child));
    }
    return elements;
  }
};

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

if (!window.Element)
  var Element = new Object();

Element.extend = function(element) {
  if (!element || _nativeExtensions || element.nodeType == 3) return element;

  if (!element._extended && element.tagName && element != window) {
    var methods = Object.clone(Element.Methods), cache = Element.extend.cache;

    if (element.tagName == 'FORM')
      Object.extend(methods, Form.Methods);
    if (['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA', 'SELECT'].include(element.tagName))
      Object.extend(methods, Form.Element.Methods);

    Object.extend(methods, Element.Methods.Simulated);

    for (var property in methods) {
      var value = methods[property];
      if (typeof value == 'function' && !(property in element))
        element[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
    }
  }

  element._extended = true;
  return element;
};

Element.extend.cache = {
  findOrStore: function(value) {
    return this[value] = this[value] || function() {
      return value.apply(null, [this].concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  }
};

Element.Methods = {
  visible: function(element) {
    return $(element).style.display != 'none';
  },

  toggle: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    Element[Element.visible(element) ? 'hide' : 'show'](element);
    return element;
  },

  hide: function(element) {
    $(element).style.display = 'none';
    return element;
  },

  show: function(element) {
    $(element).style.display = '';
    return element;
  },

  remove: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
    return element;
  },

  update: function(element, html) {
    html = typeof html == 'undefined' ? '' : html.toString();
    $(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
    return element;
  },

  replace: function(element, html) {
    element = $(element);
    html = typeof html == 'undefined' ? '' : html.toString();
    if (element.outerHTML) {
      element.outerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    } else {
      var range = element.ownerDocument.createRange();
      range.selectNodeContents(element);
      element.parentNode.replaceChild(
        range.createContextualFragment(html.stripScripts()), element);
    }
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
    return element;
  },

  inspect: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var result = '<' + element.tagName.toLowerCase();
    $H({'id': 'id', 'className': 'class'}).each(function(pair) {
      var property = pair.first(), attribute = pair.last();
      var value = (element[property] || '').toString();
      if (value) result += ' ' + attribute + '=' + value.inspect(true);
    });
    return result + '>';
  },

  recursivelyCollect: function(element, property) {
    element = $(element);
    var elements = [];
    while (element = element[property])
      if (element.nodeType == 1)
        elements.push(Element.extend(element));
    return elements;
  },

  ancestors: function(element) {
    return $(element).recursivelyCollect('parentNode');
  },

  descendants: function(element) {
    return $A($(element).getElementsByTagName('*'));
  },

  immediateDescendants: function(element) {
    if (!(element = $(element).firstChild)) return [];
    while (element && element.nodeType != 1) element = element.nextSibling;
    if (element) return [element].concat($(element).nextSiblings());
    return [];
  },

  previousSiblings: function(element) {
    return $(element).recursivelyCollect('previousSibling');
  },

  nextSiblings: function(element) {
    return $(element).recursivelyCollect('nextSibling');
  },

  siblings: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    return element.previousSiblings().reverse().concat(element.nextSiblings());
  },

  match: function(element, selector) {
    if (typeof selector == 'string')
      selector = new Selector(selector);
    return selector.match($(element));
  },

  up: function(element, expression, index) {
    return Selector.findElement($(element).ancestors(), expression, index);
  },

  down: function(element, expression, index) {
    return Selector.findElement($(element).descendants(), expression, index);
  },

  previous: function(element, expression, index) {
    return Selector.findElement($(element).previousSiblings(), expression, index);
  },

  next: function(element, expression, index) {
    return Selector.findElement($(element).nextSiblings(), expression, index);
  },

  getElementsBySelector: function() {
    var args = $A(arguments), element = $(args.shift());
    return Selector.findChildElements(element, args);
  },

  getElementsByClassName: function(element, className) {
    return document.getElementsByClassName(className, element);
  },

  readAttribute: function(element, name) {
    element = $(element);
    if (document.all && !window.opera) {
      var t = Element._attributeTranslations;
      if (t.values[name]) return t.values[name](element, name);
      if (t.names[name])  name = t.names[name];
      var attribute = element.attributes[name];
      if(attribute) return attribute.nodeValue;
    }
    return element.getAttribute(name);
  },

  getHeight: function(element) {
    return $(element).getDimensions().height;
  },

  getWidth: function(element) {
    return $(element).getDimensions().width;
  },

  classNames: function(element) {
    return new Element.ClassNames(element);
  },

  hasClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    var elementClassName = element.className;
    if (elementClassName.length == 0) return false;
    if (elementClassName == className ||
        elementClassName.match(new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)")))
      return true;
    return false;
  },

  addClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    Element.classNames(element).add(className);
    return element;
  },

  removeClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    Element.classNames(element).remove(className);
    return element;
  },

  toggleClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    Element.classNames(element)[element.hasClassName(className) ? 'remove' : 'add'](className);
    return element;
  },

  observe: function() {
    Event.observe.apply(Event, arguments);
    return $A(arguments).first();
  },

  stopObserving: function() {
    Event.stopObserving.apply(Event, arguments);
    return $A(arguments).first();
  },

  // removes whitespace-only text node children
  cleanWhitespace: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var node = element.firstChild;
    while (node) {
      var nextNode = node.nextSibling;
      if (node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue))
        element.removeChild(node);
      node = nextNode;
    }
    return element;
  },

  empty: function(element) {
    return $(element).innerHTML.match(/^\s*$/);
  },

  descendantOf: function(element, ancestor) {
    element = $(element), ancestor = $(ancestor);
    while (element = element.parentNode)
      if (element == ancestor) return true;
    return false;
  },

  scrollTo: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var pos = Position.cumulativeOffset(element);
    window.scrollTo(pos[0], pos[1]);
    return element;
  },

  getStyle: function(element, style) {
    element = $(element);
    if (['float','cssFloat'].include(style))
      style = (typeof element.style.styleFloat != 'undefined' ? 'styleFloat' : 'cssFloat');
    style = style.camelize();
    var value = element.style[style];
    if (!value) {
      if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle) {
        var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
        value = css ? css[style] : null;
      } else if (element.currentStyle) {
        value = element.currentStyle[style];
      }
    }

    if((value == 'auto') && ['width','height'].include(style) && (element.getStyle('display') != 'none'))
      value = element['offset'+style.capitalize()] + 'px';

    if (window.opera && ['left', 'top', 'right', 'bottom'].include(style))
      if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') == 'static') value = 'auto';
    if(style == 'opacity') {
      if(value) return parseFloat(value);
      if(value = (element.getStyle('filter') || '').match(/alpha\(opacity=(.*)\)/))
        if(value[1]) return parseFloat(value[1]) / 100;
      return 1.0;
    }
    return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
  },

  setStyle: function(element, style) {
    element = $(element);
    for (var name in style) {
      var value = style[name];
      if(name == 'opacity') {
        if (value == 1) {
          value = (/Gecko/.test(navigator.userAgent) &&
            !/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) ? 0.999999 : 1.0;
          if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera)
            element.style.filter = element.getStyle('filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'');
        } else if(value === '') {
          if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera)
            element.style.filter = element.getStyle('filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'');
        } else {
          if(value < 0.00001) value = 0;
          if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera)
            element.style.filter = element.getStyle('filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'') +
              'alpha(opacity='+value*100+')';
        }
      } else if(['float','cssFloat'].include(name)) name = (typeof element.style.styleFloat != 'undefined') ? 'styleFloat' : 'cssFloat';
      element.style[name.camelize()] = value;
    }
    return element;
  },

  getDimensions: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var display = $(element).getStyle('display');
    if (display != 'none' && display != null) // Safari bug
      return {width: element.offsetWidth, height: element.offsetHeight};

    // All *Width and *Height properties give 0 on elements with display none,
    // so enable the element temporarily
    var els = element.style;
    var originalVisibility = els.visibility;
    var originalPosition = els.position;
    var originalDisplay = els.display;
    els.visibility = 'hidden';
    els.position = 'absolute';
    els.display = 'block';
    var originalWidth = element.clientWidth;
    var originalHeight = element.clientHeight;
    els.display = originalDisplay;
    els.position = originalPosition;
    els.visibility = originalVisibility;
    return {width: originalWidth, height: originalHeight};
  },

  makePositioned: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var pos = Element.getStyle(element, 'position');
    if (pos == 'static' || !pos) {
      element._madePositioned = true;
      element.style.position = 'relative';
      // Opera returns the offset relative to the positioning context, when an
      // element is position relative but top and left have not been defined
      if (window.opera) {
        element.style.top = 0;
        element.style.left = 0;
      }
    }
    return element;
  },

  undoPositioned: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element._madePositioned) {
      element._madePositioned = undefined;
      element.style.position =
        element.style.top =
        element.style.left =
        element.style.bottom =
        element.style.right = '';
    }
    return element;
  },

  makeClipping: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element._overflow) return element;
    element._overflow = element.style.overflow || 'auto';
    if ((Element.getStyle(element, 'overflow') || 'visible') != 'hidden')
      element.style.overflow = 'hidden';
    return element;
  },

  undoClipping: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (!element._overflow) return element;
    element.style.overflow = element._overflow == 'auto' ? '' : element._overflow;
    element._overflow = null;
    return element;
  }
};

Object.extend(Element.Methods, {childOf: Element.Methods.descendantOf});

Element._attributeTranslations = {};

Element._attributeTranslations.names = {
  colspan:   "colSpan",
  rowspan:   "rowSpan",
  valign:    "vAlign",
  datetime:  "dateTime",
  accesskey: "accessKey",
  tabindex:  "tabIndex",
  enctype:   "encType",
  maxlength: "maxLength",
  readonly:  "readOnly",
  longdesc:  "longDesc"
};

Element._attributeTranslations.values = {
  _getAttr: function(element, attribute) {
    return element.getAttribute(attribute, 2);
  },

  _flag: function(element, attribute) {
    return $(element).hasAttribute(attribute) ? attribute : null;
  },

  style: function(element) {
    return element.style.cssText.toLowerCase();
  },

  title: function(element) {
    var node = element.getAttributeNode('title');
    return node.specified ? node.nodeValue : null;
  }
};

Object.extend(Element._attributeTranslations.values, {
  href: Element._attributeTranslations.values._getAttr,
  src:  Element._attributeTranslations.values._getAttr,
  disabled: Element._attributeTranslations.values._flag,
  checked:  Element._attributeTranslations.values._flag,
  readonly: Element._attributeTranslations.values._flag,
  multiple: Element._attributeTranslations.values._flag
});

Element.Methods.Simulated = {
  hasAttribute: function(element, attribute) {
    var t = Element._attributeTranslations;
    attribute = t.names[attribute] || attribute;
    return $(element).getAttributeNode(attribute).specified;
  }
};

// IE is missing .innerHTML support for TABLE-related elements
if (document.all && !window.opera){
  Element.Methods.update = function(element, html) {
    element = $(element);
    html = typeof html == 'undefined' ? '' : html.toString();
    var tagName = element.tagName.toUpperCase();
    if (['THEAD','TBODY','TR','TD'].include(tagName)) {
      var div = document.createElement('div');
      switch (tagName) {
        case 'THEAD':
        case 'TBODY':
          div.innerHTML = '<table><tbody>' +  html.stripScripts() + '</tbody></table>';
          depth = 2;
          break;
        case 'TR':
          div.innerHTML = '<table><tbody><tr>' +  html.stripScripts() + '</tr></tbody></table>';
          depth = 3;
          break;
        case 'TD':
          div.innerHTML = '<table><tbody><tr><td>' +  html.stripScripts() + '</td></tr></tbody></table>';
          depth = 4;
      }
      $A(element.childNodes).each(function(node){
        element.removeChild(node)
      });
      depth.times(function(){ div = div.firstChild });

      $A(div.childNodes).each(
        function(node){ element.appendChild(node) });
    } else {
      element.innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    }
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
    return element;
  }
};

Object.extend(Element, Element.Methods);

var _nativeExtensions = false;

if(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent))
  ['', 'Form', 'Input', 'TextArea', 'Select'].each(function(tag) {
    var className = 'HTML' + tag + 'Element';
    if(window[className]) return;
    var klass = window[className] = {};
    klass.prototype = document.createElement(tag ? tag.toLowerCase() : 'div').__proto__;
  });

Element.addMethods = function(methods) {
  Object.extend(Element.Methods, methods || {});

  function copy(methods, destination, onlyIfAbsent) {
    onlyIfAbsent = onlyIfAbsent || false;
    var cache = Element.extend.cache;
    for (var property in methods) {
      var value = methods[property];
      if (!onlyIfAbsent || !(property in destination))
        destination[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
    }
  }

  if (typeof HTMLElement != 'undefined') {
    copy(Element.Methods, HTMLElement.prototype);
    copy(Element.Methods.Simulated, HTMLElement.prototype, true);
    copy(Form.Methods, HTMLFormElement.prototype);
    [HTMLInputElement, HTMLTextAreaElement, HTMLSelectElement].each(function(klass) {
      copy(Form.Element.Methods, klass.prototype);
    });
    _nativeExtensions = true;
  }
}

var Toggle = new Object();
Toggle.display = Element.toggle;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.Insertion = function(adjacency) {
  this.adjacency = adjacency;
}

Abstract.Insertion.prototype = {
  initialize: function(element, content) {
    this.element = $(element);
    this.content = content.stripScripts();

    if (this.adjacency && this.element.insertAdjacentHTML) {
      try {
        this.element.insertAdjacentHTML(this.adjacency, this.content);
      } catch (e) {
        var tagName = this.element.tagName.toUpperCase();
        if (['TBODY', 'TR'].include(tagName)) {
     
          this.insertContent(this.contentFromAnonymousTable());
        } else {
          throw e;
        }
      }
    } else {
      this.range = this.element.ownerDocument.createRange();
      if (this.initializeRange) this.initializeRange();
      this.insertContent([this.range.createContextualFragment(this.content)]);
    }
    setTimeout(function() {content.evalScripts()}, 10);
  },

  contentFromAnonymousTable: function() {
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    div.innerHTML = '<table><tbody>' + this.content + '</tbody></table>';
    return $A(div.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].childNodes);
  }
}

var Insertion = new Object();

Insertion.Before = Class.create();
Insertion.Before.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('beforeBegin'), {
  initializeRange: function() {
    this.range.setStartBefore(this.element);
  },

  insertContent: function(fragments) {
    fragments.each((function(fragment) {
      this.element.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment, this.element);
    }).bind(this));
  }
});

Insertion.Replace = Class.create();
Insertion.Replace.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('beforeBegin'), {
  initialize: function(element, content) {
    this.element = $(element);
    this.content = content.stripScripts();

    if (this.adjacency && this.element.insertAdjacentHTML) {
      try {
        this.element.insertAdjacentHTML(this.adjacency, this.content);
      } catch (e) {
        var tagName = this.element.tagName.toUpperCase();
        if (['TBODY', 'TR'].include(tagName)) {
     
          this.insertContent(this.contentFromAnonymousTable());
        } else {
          throw e;
        }
      }
    } else {
      this.range = this.element.ownerDocument.createRange();
      if (this.initializeRange) this.initializeRange();
      this.insertContent([this.range.createContextualFragment(this.content)]);
    }
    setTimeout(function() {content.evalScripts()}, 10);
    this.element.remove();
  },
  initializeRange: function() {
    this.range.setStartBefore(this.element);
  },

  insertContent: function(fragments) {

    fragments.each((function(fragment) {
      this.element.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment, this.element);
    }).bind(this));
  }
});

Insertion.Top = Class.create();
Insertion.Top.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('afterBegin'), {
  initializeRange: function() {
    this.range.selectNodeContents(this.element);
    this.range.collapse(true);
  },

  insertContent: function(fragments) {
    fragments.reverse(false).each((function(fragment) {
      this.element.insertBefore(fragment, this.element.firstChild);
    }).bind(this));
  }
});

Insertion.Bottom = Class.create();
Insertion.Bottom.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('beforeEnd'), {
  initializeRange: function() {
    this.range.selectNodeContents(this.element);
    this.range.collapse(this.element);
  },

  insertContent: function(fragments) {
    fragments.each((function(fragment) {
      this.element.appendChild(fragment);
    }).bind(this));
  }
});

Insertion.After = Class.create();
Insertion.After.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('afterEnd'), {
  initializeRange: function() {
    this.range.setStartAfter(this.element);
  },

  insertContent: function(fragments) {
    fragments.each((function(fragment) {
      this.element.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment,
        this.element.nextSibling);
    }).bind(this));
  }
});

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Element.ClassNames = Class.create();
Element.ClassNames.prototype = {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
  },

  _each: function(iterator) {
    this.element.className.split(/\s+/).select(function(name) {
      return name.length > 0;
    })._each(iterator);
  },

  set: function(className) {
    this.element.className = className;
  },

  add: function(classNameToAdd) {
    if (this.include(classNameToAdd)) return;
    this.set($A(this).concat(classNameToAdd).join(' '));
  },

  remove: function(classNameToRemove) {
    if (!this.include(classNameToRemove)) return;
    this.set($A(this).without(classNameToRemove).join(' '));
  },

  toString: function() {
    return $A(this).join(' ');
  }
};

Object.extend(Element.ClassNames.prototype, Enumerable);
var Selector = Class.create();
Selector.prototype = {
  initialize: function(expression) {
    this.params = {classNames: []};
    this.expression = expression.toString().strip();
    this.parseExpression();
    this.compileMatcher();
  },

  parseExpression: function() {
    function abort(message) { throw 'Parse error in selector: ' + message; }

    if (this.expression == '')  abort('empty expression');

    var params = this.params, expr = this.expression, match, modifier, clause, rest;
    while (match = expr.match(/^(.*)\[([a-z0-9_:-]+?)(?:([~\|!]?=)(?:"([^"]*)"|([^\]\s]*)))?\]$/i)) {
      params.attributes = params.attributes || [];
      params.attributes.push({name: match[2], operator: match[3], value: match[4] || match[5] || ''});
      expr = match[1];
    }

    if (expr == '*') return this.params.wildcard = true;

    while (match = expr.match(/^([^a-z0-9_-])?([a-z0-9_-]+)(.*)/i)) {
      modifier = match[1], clause = match[2], rest = match[3];
      switch (modifier) {
        case '#':       params.id = clause; break;
        case '.':       params.classNames.push(clause); break;
        case '':
        case undefined: params.tagName = clause.toUpperCase(); break;
        default:        abort(expr.inspect());
      }
      expr = rest;
    }

    if (expr.length > 0) abort(expr.inspect());
  },

  buildMatchExpression: function() {
    var params = this.params, conditions = [], clause;

    if (params.wildcard)
      conditions.push('true');
    if (clause = params.id)
      conditions.push('element.readAttribute("id") == ' + clause.inspect());
    if (clause = params.tagName)
      conditions.push('element.tagName.toUpperCase() == ' + clause.inspect());
    if ((clause = params.classNames).length > 0)
      for (var i = 0, length = clause.length; i < length; i++)
        conditions.push('element.hasClassName(' + clause[i].inspect() + ')');
    if (clause = params.attributes) {
      clause.each(function(attribute) {
        var value = 'element.readAttribute(' + attribute.name.inspect() + ')';
        var splitValueBy = function(delimiter) {
          return value + ' && ' + value + '.split(' + delimiter.inspect() + ')';
        }

        switch (attribute.operator) {
          case '=':       conditions.push(value + ' == ' + attribute.value.inspect()); break;
          case '~=':      conditions.push(splitValueBy(' ') + '.include(' + attribute.value.inspect() + ')'); break;
          case '|=':      conditions.push(
                            splitValueBy('-') + '.first().toUpperCase() == ' + attribute.value.toUpperCase().inspect()
                          ); break;
          case '!=':      conditions.push(value + ' != ' + attribute.value.inspect()); break;
          case '':
          case undefined: conditions.push('element.hasAttribute(' + attribute.name.inspect() + ')'); break;
          default:        throw 'Unknown operator ' + attribute.operator + ' in selector';
        }
      });
    }

    return conditions.join(' && ');
  },

  compileMatcher: function() {
    this.match = new Function('element', 'if (!element.tagName) return false; \
      element = $(element); \
      return ' + this.buildMatchExpression());
  },

  findElements: function(scope) {
    var element;

    if (element = $(this.params.id))
      if (this.match(element))
        if (!scope || Element.childOf(element, scope))
          return [element];

    scope = (scope || document).getElementsByTagName(this.params.tagName || '*');

    var results = [];
    for (var i = 0, length = scope.length; i < length; i++)
      if (this.match(element = scope[i]))
        results.push(Element.extend(element));

    return results;
  },

  toString: function() {
    return this.expression;
  }
}

Object.extend(Selector, {
  matchElements: function(elements, expression) {
    var selector = new Selector(expression);
    return elements.select(selector.match.bind(selector)).map(Element.extend);
  },

  findElement: function(elements, expression, index) {
    if (typeof expression == 'number') index = expression, expression = false;
    return Selector.matchElements(elements, expression || '*')[index || 0];
  },

  findChildElements: function(element, expressions) {
    return expressions.map(function(expression) {
      return expression.match(/[^\s"]+(?:"[^"]*"[^\s"]+)*/g).inject([null], function(results, expr) {
        var selector = new Selector(expr);
        return results.inject([], function(elements, result) {
          return elements.concat(selector.findElements(result || element));
        });
      });
    }).flatten();
  }
});

function $$() {
  return Selector.findChildElements(document, $A(arguments));
}
var Form = {
  reset: function(form) {
    $(form).reset();
    return form;
  },

  serializeElements: function(elements, getHash) {
    var data = elements.inject({}, function(result, element) {
      if (!element.disabled && element.name) {
        var key = element.name, value = $(element).getValue();
        if (value != undefined) {
          if (result[key]) {
            if (result[key].constructor != Array) result[key] = [result[key]];
            result[key].push(value);
          }
          else result[key] = value;
        }
      }
      return result;
    });

    return getHash ? data : Hash.toQueryString(data);
  }
};

Form.Methods = {
  serialize: function(form, getHash) {
    return Form.serializeElements(Form.getElements(form), getHash);
  },

  getElements: function(form) {
    return $A($(form).getElementsByTagName('*')).inject([],
      function(elements, child) {
        if (Form.Element.Serializers[child.tagName.toLowerCase()])
          elements.push(Element.extend(child));
        return elements;
      }
    );
  },

  getInputs: function(form, typeName, name) {
    form = $(form);
    var inputs = form.getElementsByTagName('input');

    if (!typeName && !name) return $A(inputs).map(Element.extend);

    for (var i = 0, matchingInputs = [], length = inputs.length; i < length; i++) {
      var input = inputs[i];
      if ((typeName && input.type != typeName) || (name && input.name != name))
        continue;
      matchingInputs.push(Element.extend(input));
    }

    return matchingInputs;
  },

  disable: function(form) {
    form = $(form);
    form.getElements().each(function(element) {
      element.blur();
      element.disabled = 'true';
    });
    return form;
  },

  enable: function(form) {
    form = $(form);
    form.getElements().each(function(element) {
      element.disabled = '';
    });
    return form;
  },

  findFirstElement: function(form) {
    return $(form).getElements().find(function(element) {
      return element.type != 'hidden' && !element.disabled &&
        ['input', 'select', 'textarea'].include(element.tagName.toLowerCase());
    });
  },

  focusFirstElement: function(form) {
    form = $(form);
    form.findFirstElement().activate();
    return form;
  }
}

Object.extend(Form, Form.Methods);

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Form.Element = {
  focus: function(element) {
    $(element).focus();
    return element;
  },

  select: function(element) {
    $(element).select();
    return element;
  }
}

Form.Element.Methods = {
  serialize: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (!element.disabled && element.name) {
      var value = element.getValue();
      if (value != undefined) {
        var pair = {};
        pair[element.name] = value;
        return Hash.toQueryString(pair);
      }
    }
    return '';
  },

  getValue: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var method = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
    return Form.Element.Serializers[method](element);
  },

  clear: function(element) {
    $(element).value = '';
    return element;
  },

  present: function(element) {
    return $(element).value != '';
  },

  activate: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.focus();
    if (element.select && ( element.tagName.toLowerCase() != 'input' ||
      !['button', 'reset', 'submit'].include(element.type) ) )
      element.select();
    return element;
  },

  disable: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.disabled = true;
    return element;
  },

  enable: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.blur();
    element.disabled = false;
    return element;
  }
}

Object.extend(Form.Element, Form.Element.Methods);
var Field = Form.Element;
var $F = Form.Element.getValue;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Form.Element.Serializers = {
  input: function(element) {
    switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
      case 'checkbox':
      case 'radio':
        return Form.Element.Serializers.inputSelector(element);
      default:
        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
    }
  },

  inputSelector: function(element) {
    return element.checked ? element.value : null;
  },

  textarea: function(element) {
    return element.value;
  },

  select: function(element) {
    return this[element.type == 'select-one' ?
      'selectOne' : 'selectMany'](element);
  },

  selectOne: function(element) {
    var index = element.selectedIndex;
    return index >= 0 ? this.optionValue(element.options[index]) : null;
  },

  selectMany: function(element) {
    var values, length = element.length;
    if (!length) return null;

    for (var i = 0, values = []; i < length; i++) {
      var opt = element.options[i];
      if (opt.selected) values.push(this.optionValue(opt));
    }
    return values;
  },

  optionValue: function(opt) {
    // extend element because hasAttribute may not be native
    return Element.extend(opt).hasAttribute('value') ? opt.value : opt.text;
  }
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.TimedObserver = function() {}
Abstract.TimedObserver.prototype = {
  initialize: function(element, frequency, callback) {
    this.frequency = frequency;
    this.element   = $(element);
    this.callback  = callback;

    this.lastValue = this.getValue();
    this.registerCallback();
  },

  registerCallback: function() {
    setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
  },

  onTimerEvent: function() {
    var value = this.getValue();
    var changed = ('string' == typeof this.lastValue && 'string' == typeof value
      ? this.lastValue != value : String(this.lastValue) != String(value));
    if (changed) {
      this.callback(this.element, value);
      this.lastValue = value;
    }
  }
}

Form.Element.Observer = Class.create();
Form.Element.Observer.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.TimedObserver(), {
  getValue: function() {
    return Form.Element.getValue(this.element);
  }
});

Form.Observer = Class.create();
Form.Observer.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.TimedObserver(), {
  getValue: function() {
    return Form.serialize(this.element);
  }
});

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.EventObserver = function() {}
Abstract.EventObserver.prototype = {
  initialize: function(element, callback) {
    this.element  = $(element);
    this.callback = callback;

    this.lastValue = this.getValue();
    if (this.element.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'form')
      this.registerFormCallbacks();
    else
      this.registerCallback(this.element);
  },

  onElementEvent: function() {
    var value = this.getValue();
    if (this.lastValue != value) {
      this.callback(this.element, value);
      this.lastValue = value;
    }
  },

  registerFormCallbacks: function() {
    Form.getElements(this.element).each(this.registerCallback.bind(this));
  },

  registerCallback: function(element) {
    if (element.type) {
      switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
        case 'checkbox':
        case 'radio':
          Event.observe(element, 'click', this.onElementEvent.bind(this));
          break;
        default:
          Event.observe(element, 'change', this.onElementEvent.bind(this));
          break;
      }
    }
  }
}

Form.Element.EventObserver = Class.create();
Form.Element.EventObserver.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.EventObserver(), {
  getValue: function() {
    return Form.Element.getValue(this.element);
  }
});

Form.EventObserver = Class.create();
Form.EventObserver.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.EventObserver(), {
  getValue: function() {
    return Form.serialize(this.element);
  }
});
if (!window.Event) {
  var Event = new Object();
}

Object.extend(Event, {
  KEY_BACKSPACE: 8,
  KEY_TAB:       9,
  KEY_RETURN:   13,
  KEY_ESC:      27,
  KEY_LEFT:     37,
  KEY_UP:       38,
  KEY_RIGHT:    39,
  KEY_DOWN:     40,
  KEY_DELETE:   46,
  KEY_HOME:     36,
  KEY_END:      35,
  KEY_PAGEUP:   33,
  KEY_PAGEDOWN: 34,

  element: function(event) {
    return event.target || event.srcElement;
  },

  isLeftClick: function(event) {
    return (((event.which) && (event.which == 1)) ||
            ((event.button) && (event.button == 1)));
  },

  pointerX: function(event) {
    return event.pageX || (event.clientX +
      (document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft));
  },

  pointerY: function(event) {
    return event.pageY || (event.clientY +
      (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop));
  },

  stop: function(event) {
    if (event.preventDefault) {
      event.preventDefault();
      event.stopPropagation();
    } else {
      event.returnValue = false;
      event.cancelBubble = true;
    }
  },

  // find the first node with the given tagName, starting from the
  // node the event was triggered on; traverses the DOM upwards
  findElement: function(event, tagName) {
    var element = Event.element(event);
    while (element.parentNode && (!element.tagName ||
        (element.tagName.toUpperCase() != tagName.toUpperCase())))
      element = element.parentNode;
    return element;
  },

  observers: false,

  _observeAndCache: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
    if (!this.observers) this.observers = [];
    if (element.addEventListener) {
      this.observers.push([element, name, observer, useCapture]);
      element.addEventListener(name, observer, useCapture);
    } else if (element.attachEvent) {
      this.observers.push([element, name, observer, useCapture]);
      element.attachEvent('on' + name, observer);
    }
  },

  unloadCache: function() {
    if (!Event.observers) return;
    for (var i = 0, length = Event.observers.length; i < length; i++) {
      Event.stopObserving.apply(this, Event.observers[i]);
      Event.observers[i][0] = null;
    }
    Event.observers = false;
  },

  observe: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
    element = $(element);
    useCapture = useCapture || false;

    if (name == 'keypress' &&
        (navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
        || element.attachEvent))
      name = 'keydown';

    Event._observeAndCache(element, name, observer, useCapture);
  },

  stopObserving: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
    element = $(element);
    useCapture = useCapture || false;

    if (name == 'keypress' &&
        (navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
        || element.detachEvent))
      name = 'keydown';

    if (element.removeEventListener) {
      element.removeEventListener(name, observer, useCapture);
    } else if (element.detachEvent) {
      try {
        element.detachEvent('on' + name, observer);
      } catch (e) {}
    }
  }
});

/* prevent memory leaks in IE */
if (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))
  Event.observe(window, 'unload', Event.unloadCache, false);
var Position = {
  // set to true if needed, warning: firefox performance problems
  // NOT neeeded for page scrolling, only if draggable contained in
  // scrollable elements
  includeScrollOffsets: false,

  // must be called before calling withinIncludingScrolloffset, every time the
  // page is scrolled
  prepare: function() {
    this.deltaX =  window.pageXOffset
                || document.documentElement.scrollLeft
                || document.body.scrollLeft
                || 0;
    this.deltaY =  window.pageYOffset
                || document.documentElement.scrollTop
                || document.body.scrollTop
                || 0;
  },

  realOffset: function(element) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
    do {
      valueT += element.scrollTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.scrollLeft || 0;
      element = element.parentNode;
    } while (element);
    return [valueL, valueT];
  },

  cumulativeOffset: function(element) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
    do {
      valueT += element.offsetTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
      element = element.offsetParent;
    } while (element);
    return [valueL, valueT];
  },

  positionedOffset: function(element) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
    do {
      valueT += element.offsetTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
      element = element.offsetParent;
      if (element) {
        if(element.tagName=='BODY') break;
        var p = Element.getStyle(element, 'position');
        if (p == 'relative' || p == 'absolute') break;
      }
    } while (element);
    return [valueL, valueT];
  },

  offsetParent: function(element) {
    if (element.offsetParent) return element.offsetParent;
    if (element == document.body) return element;

    while ((element = element.parentNode) && element != document.body)
      if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') != 'static')
        return element;

    return document.body;
  },

  // caches x/y coordinate pair to use with overlap
  within: function(element, x, y) {
    if (this.includeScrollOffsets)
      return this.withinIncludingScrolloffsets(element, x, y);
    this.xcomp = x;
    this.ycomp = y;
    this.offset = this.cumulativeOffset(element);

    return (y >= this.offset[1] &&
            y <  this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
            x >= this.offset[0] &&
            x <  this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
  },

  withinIncludingScrolloffsets: function(element, x, y) {
    var offsetcache = this.realOffset(element);

    this.xcomp = x + offsetcache[0] - this.deltaX;
    this.ycomp = y + offsetcache[1] - this.deltaY;
    this.offset = this.cumulativeOffset(element);

    return (this.ycomp >= this.offset[1] &&
            this.ycomp <  this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
            this.xcomp >= this.offset[0] &&
            this.xcomp <  this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
  },

  // within must be called directly before
  overlap: function(mode, element) {
    if (!mode) return 0;
    if (mode == 'vertical')
      return ((this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight) - this.ycomp) /
        element.offsetHeight;
    if (mode == 'horizontal')
      return ((this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth) - this.xcomp) /
        element.offsetWidth;
  },

  page: function(forElement) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;

    var element = forElement;
    do {
      valueT += element.offsetTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;

      // Safari fix
      if (element.offsetParent==document.body)
        if (Element.getStyle(element,'position')=='absolute') break;

    } while (element = element.offsetParent);

    element = forElement;
    do {
      if (!window.opera || element.tagName=='BODY') {
        valueT -= element.scrollTop  || 0;
        valueL -= element.scrollLeft || 0;
      }
    } while (element = element.parentNode);

    return [valueL, valueT];
  },

  clone: function(source, target) {
    var options = Object.extend({
      setLeft:    true,
      setTop:     true,
      setWidth:   true,
      setHeight:  true,
      offsetTop:  0,
      offsetLeft: 0
    }, arguments[2] || {})

    // find page position of source
    source = $(source);
    var p = Position.page(source);

    // find coordinate system to use
    target = $(target);
    var delta = [0, 0];
    var parent = null;
    // delta [0,0] will do fine with position: fixed elements,
    // position:absolute needs offsetParent deltas
    if (Element.getStyle(target,'position') == 'absolute') {
      parent = Position.offsetParent(target);
      delta = Position.page(parent);
    }

    // correct by body offsets (fixes Safari)
    if (parent == document.body) {
      delta[0] -= document.body.offsetLeft;
      delta[1] -= document.body.offsetTop;
    }

    // set position
    if(options.setLeft)   target.style.left  = (p[0] - delta[0] + options.offsetLeft) + 'px';
    if(options.setTop)    target.style.top   = (p[1] - delta[1] + options.offsetTop) + 'px';
    if(options.setWidth)  target.style.width = source.offsetWidth + 'px';
    if(options.setHeight) target.style.height = source.offsetHeight + 'px';
  },

  absolutize: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element.style.position == 'absolute') return;
    Position.prepare();

    var offsets = Position.positionedOffset(element);
    var top     = offsets[1];
    var left    = offsets[0];
    var width   = element.clientWidth;
    var height  = element.clientHeight;

    element._originalLeft   = left - parseFloat(element.style.left  || 0);
    element._originalTop    = top  - parseFloat(element.style.top || 0);
    element._originalWidth  = element.style.width;
    element._originalHeight = element.style.height;

    element.style.position = 'absolute';
    element.style.top    = top + 'px';
    element.style.left   = left + 'px';
    element.style.width  = width + 'px';
    element.style.height = height + 'px';
  },

  relativize: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element.style.position == 'relative') return;
    Position.prepare();

    element.style.position = 'relative';
    var top  = parseFloat(element.style.top  || 0) - (element._originalTop || 0);
    var left = parseFloat(element.style.left || 0) - (element._originalLeft || 0);

    element.style.top    = top + 'px';
    element.style.left   = left + 'px';
    element.style.height = element._originalHeight;
    element.style.width  = element._originalWidth;
  }
}

// Safari returns margins on body which is incorrect if the child is absolutely
// positioned.  For performance reasons, redefine Position.cumulativeOffset for
// KHTML/WebKit only.
if (/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
  Position.cumulativeOffset = function(element) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
    do {
      valueT += element.offsetTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
      if (element.offsetParent == document.body)
        if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') == 'absolute') break;

      element = element.offsetParent;
    } while (element);

    return [valueL, valueT];
  }
}

Element.addMethods();
/**
 * @author Ryan Johnson <ryan@livepipe.net>
 * @copyright 2007 LivePipe LLC
 * @package Control.Tabs
 * @license MIT
 * @url http://livepipe.net/projects/control_tabs/
 * @version 1.6.0
 */

if(typeof(Control) == "undefined")
	var Control = {};
Control.Tabs = Class.create();
Object.extend(Control.Tabs,{
	tabs: $A([]),
	responders: $A([]),
	addResponder: function(responder){
		Control.Tabs.responders.push(responder);
	},
	removeResponder: function(responder){
		Control.Tabs.responders = Control.Tabs.responders.without(responder);
	},
	notifyResponders: function(event_name,argument_one,argument_two){
		Control.Tabs.responders.each(function(responder){
			if(responder[event_name])
				responder[event_name](argument_one,argument_two);
		});
	},
	findByTabId: function(id){
		return this.tabs.find(function(tab){
			return tab.links.find(function(link){
				return link.key == id;
			});
		});
	}
});
Object.extend(Control.Tabs.prototype,{
	activeContainer: false,
	activeLink: false,
	rootURL : window.location.href.split('#')[0],
	initialize: function(tab_set,options){
		var _ = this;
		var baseTag = document.getElementsByTagName('base');
		if (baseTag && baseTag[0]){
			this.rootURL = baseTag[0].href;
		}
		Control.Tabs.tabs.push(this);
		tab_set = $(tab_set);
		this.options = $H({
			beforeChange: Prototype.emptyFunction,
			afterChange: Prototype.emptyFunction,
			linkSelector: 'li a',
			activeClassName: 'active',
			defaultTab: 'first',
			autoLinkExternal: true
		});
		if(options)
			for(o in options)
				this.options[o] = options[o];
		this.containers = $H({});
		this.links = (typeof(this.options.linkSelector == "string")
			? tab_set.getElementsBySelector(this.options.linkSelector)
			: this.options.linkSelector(tab_set)
		).findAll(function(link){return (/^#/).exec(link.href.replace(_.rootURL,''));});
		this.links.each(function(link){
			link.key = $A(link.getAttribute('href').replace(_.rootURL,'').split('/')).last().replace(/#/,'');
			this.containers[link.key] = $(link.key);
			link.onclick = function(link){
				this.setActiveTab(link);
				return false;
			}.bind(this,link);
		}.bind(this));
		if(this.options.defaultTab == 'first')
			this.setActiveTab(this.links.first());
		else if(this.options.defaultTab == 'last')
			this.setActiveTab(this.links.last());
		else
			this.setActiveTab(this.options.defaultTab);
		target_regexp = /#(.+)$/;
		targets = target_regexp.exec(window.location);
		if(targets && targets[1]){
			$A(targets[1].split(',')).each(function(target){
				this.links.each(function(target,link){
					if(link.key == target){
						this.setActiveTab(link);
						throw $break;
					}
				}.bind(this,target));
			}.bind(this));
		}
		if(this.options.autoLinkExternal){
			$A(document.getElementsByTagName('a')).each(function(a){
				if(!this.links.include(a)){
					clean_href = a.href.replace(_.rootURL,'');
					if(clean_href.substring(0,1) == '#'){
						if(this.containers.keys().include(clean_href.substring(1))){
							$(a).observe('click',function(event,clean_href){
								this.setActiveTab(clean_href.substring(1));
							}.bindAsEventListener(this,clean_href));
						}
					}
				}
			}.bind(this));
		}
	},
	setActiveTab: function(link){
		if(typeof(link) == "undefined" || link == false)
			return;
		if(typeof(link) == "string"){
			this.links.each(function(_link){
				if(_link.key == link){
					this.setActiveTab(_link);
					throw $break;
				}
			}.bind(this));
		}else{
			this.containers.each(function(item){
				item[1].hide();
			});			
			this.links.each(function(item){
				item.removeClassName(this.options.activeClassName);
			}.bind(this));
			link.addClassName(this.options.activeClassName);
			this.options.beforeChange(this,this.activeContainer);
			Control.Tabs.notifyResponders('beforeChange',this,this.activeContainer);
			this.activeContainer = this.containers[link.key];
			this.activeLink = link;
			this.containers[link.key].show();
			this.options.afterChange(this,this.containers[link.key]);
			Control.Tabs.notifyResponders('afterChange',this,this.containers[link.key]);
		}
	},
	next: function(){
		this.links.each(function(link,i){
			if(this.activeLink == link && this.links[i + 1]){
				this.setActiveTab(this.links[i + 1]);
				throw $break;
			}else if (this.activeLink == link && !this.links[i + 1]){
				this.first();
				throw $break;
			}
		}.bind(this));
	},
	previous: function(){
		this.links.each(function(link,i){
			if(this.activeLink == link && this.links[i - 1]){
				this.setActiveTab(this.links[i - 1]);
				throw $break;
			}else if(this.activeLink == link && this.links[i - 1]){
				this.last();
				throw $break;
			}
		}.bind(this));
	},
	first: function(){
		this.setActiveTab(this.links.first());
	},
	last: function(){
		this.setActiveTab(this.links.last());
	}
});
//+or- font
var tgs = new Array( 'div','td','tr','a');
var szs = new Array( '7pt','8pt','9pt','10pt','11pt','12pt','13pt' );
var startSz = 1;

// +/-
function ts( trgt,inc ) {
	if (!document.getElementById) return
	var d = document,cEl = null,sz = startSz,i,j,cTags;
	
	sz += inc;
	if ( sz < 0 ) sz = 0;
	if ( sz > 6 ) sz = 6;
	startSz = sz;
		
	if ( !( cEl = d.getElementById( trgt ) ) ) cEl = d.getElementsByTagName( trgt )[ 0 ];

	cEl.style.fontSize = szs[ sz ];

	for ( i = 0 ; i < tgs.length ; i++ ) {
		cTags = cEl.getElementsByTagName( tgs[ i ] );
		for ( j = 0 ; j < cTags.length ; j++ ) cTags[ j ].style.fontSize = szs[ sz ];
	}
}
// size
function tsz( trgt,sz ) {
	if (!document.getElementById) return
	var d = document,cEl = null,i,j,cTags;
	
	if ( !( cEl = d.getElementById( trgt ) ) ) cEl = d.getElementsByTagName( trgt )[ 0 ];

	cEl.style.fontSize = sz;

	for ( i = 0 ; i < tgs.length ; i++ ) {
		cTags = cEl.getElementsByTagName( tgs[ i ] );
		for ( j = 0 ; j < cTags.length ; j++ ) cTags[ j ].style.fontSize = sz; //szs[ sz ];
	}
}

function resizeShort(short, summary){
	short.setStyle({overflow:'hidden'});
	
	if (summary){
		var i = 0;
		var text = summary.innerHTML.stripTags();
		summary.update(text);
		
		while (short.scrollHeight > short.offsetHeight) {
			i++;
			if (i > 100) break;
			var text = summary.innerHTML;
			summary.update(text.replace(/\W*\w+\W*$/, ''));
		}
	}
}
// script.aculo.us effects.js v1.7.0, Fri Jan 19 19:16:36 CET 2007

// Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Thomas Fuchs (http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us)
// Contributors:
//  Justin Palmer (http://encytemedia.com/)
//  Mark Pilgrim (http://diveintomark.org/)
//  Martin Bialasinki
// 
// script.aculo.us is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
// For details, see the script.aculo.us web site: http://script.aculo.us/ 

// converts rgb() and #xxx to #xxxxxx format,  
// returns self (or first argument) if not convertable  
String.prototype.parseColor = function() {  
  var color = '#';
  if(this.slice(0,4) == 'rgb(') {  
    var cols = this.slice(4,this.length-1).split(',');  
    var i=0; do { color += parseInt(cols[i]).toColorPart() } while (++i<3);  
  } else {  
    if(this.slice(0,1) == '#') {  
      if(this.length==4) for(var i=1;i<4;i++) color += (this.charAt(i) + this.charAt(i)).toLowerCase();  
      if(this.length==7) color = this.toLowerCase();  
    }  
  }  
  return(color.length==7 ? color : (arguments[0] || this));  
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Element.collectTextNodes = function(element) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
      (node.hasChildNodes() ? Element.collectTextNodes(node) : ''));
  }).flatten().join('');
}

Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass = function(element, className) {  
  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
      ((node.hasChildNodes() && !Element.hasClassName(node,className)) ? 
        Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass(node, className) : ''));
  }).flatten().join('');
}

Element.setContentZoom = function(element, percent) {
  element = $(element);  
  element.setStyle({fontSize: (percent/100) + 'em'});   
  if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf('AppleWebKit')>0) window.scrollBy(0,0);
  return element;
}

Element.getOpacity = function(element){
  return $(element).getStyle('opacity');
}

Element.setOpacity = function(element, value){
  return $(element).setStyle({opacity:value});
}

Element.getInlineOpacity = function(element){
  return $(element).style.opacity || '';
}

Element.forceRerendering = function(element) {
  try {
    element = $(element);
    var n = document.createTextNode(' ');
    element.appendChild(n);
    element.removeChild(n);
  } catch(e) { }
};

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Array.prototype.call = function() {
  var args = arguments;
  this.each(function(f){ f.apply(this, args) });
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Effect = {
  _elementDoesNotExistError: {
    name: 'ElementDoesNotExistError',
    message: 'The specified DOM element does not exist, but is required for this effect to operate'
  },
  tagifyText: function(element) {
    if(typeof Builder == 'undefined')
      throw("Effect.tagifyText requires including script.aculo.us' builder.js library");
      
    var tagifyStyle = 'position:relative';
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera) tagifyStyle += ';zoom:1';
    
    element = $(element);
    $A(element.childNodes).each( function(child) {
      if(child.nodeType==3) {
        child.nodeValue.toArray().each( function(character) {
          element.insertBefore(
            Builder.node('span',{style: tagifyStyle},
              character == ' ' ? String.fromCharCode(160) : character), 
              child);
        });
        Element.remove(child);
      }
    });
  },
  multiple: function(element, effect) {
    var elements;
    if(((typeof element == 'object') || 
        (typeof element == 'function')) && 
       (element.length))
      elements = element;
    else
      elements = $(element).childNodes;
      
    var options = Object.extend({
      speed: 0.1,
      delay: 0.0
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    var masterDelay = options.delay;

    $A(elements).each( function(element, index) {
      new effect(element, Object.extend(options, { delay: index * options.speed + masterDelay }));
    });
  },
  PAIRS: {
    'slide':  ['SlideDown','SlideUp'],
    'blind':  ['BlindDown','BlindUp'],
    'appear': ['Appear','Fade']
  },
  toggle: function(element, effect) {
    element = $(element);
    effect = (effect || 'appear').toLowerCase();
    var options = Object.extend({
      queue: { position:'end', scope:(element.id || 'global'), limit: 1 }
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    Effect[element.visible() ? 
      Effect.PAIRS[effect][1] : Effect.PAIRS[effect][0]](element, options);
  }
};

var Effect2 = Effect; // deprecated

/* ------------- transitions ------------- */

Effect.Transitions = {
  linear: Prototype.K,
  sinoidal: function(pos) {
    return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/2) + 0.5;
  },
  reverse: function(pos) {
    return 1-pos;
  },
  flicker: function(pos) {
    return ((-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/4) + 0.75) + Math.random()/4;
  },
  wobble: function(pos) {
    return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI*(9*pos))/2) + 0.5;
  },
  pulse: function(pos, pulses) { 
    pulses = pulses || 5; 
    return (
      Math.round((pos % (1/pulses)) * pulses) == 0 ? 
            ((pos * pulses * 2) - Math.floor(pos * pulses * 2)) : 
        1 - ((pos * pulses * 2) - Math.floor(pos * pulses * 2))
      );
  },
  none: function(pos) {
    return 0;
  },
  full: function(pos) {
    return 1;
  }
};

/* ------------- core effects ------------- */

Effect.ScopedQueue = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.ScopedQueue.prototype, Enumerable), {
  initialize: function() {
    this.effects  = [];
    this.interval = null;
  },
  _each: function(iterator) {
    this.effects._each(iterator);
  },
  add: function(effect) {
    var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
    
    var position = (typeof effect.options.queue == 'string') ? 
      effect.options.queue : effect.options.queue.position;
    
    switch(position) {
      case 'front':
        // move unstarted effects after this effect  
        this.effects.findAll(function(e){ return e.state=='idle' }).each( function(e) {
            e.startOn  += effect.finishOn;
            e.finishOn += effect.finishOn;
          });
        break;
      case 'with-last':
        timestamp = this.effects.pluck('startOn').max() || timestamp;
        break;
      case 'end':
        // start effect after last queued effect has finished
        timestamp = this.effects.pluck('finishOn').max() || timestamp;
        break;
    }
    
    effect.startOn  += timestamp;
    effect.finishOn += timestamp;

    if(!effect.options.queue.limit || (this.effects.length < effect.options.queue.limit))
      this.effects.push(effect);
    
    if(!this.interval) 
      this.interval = setInterval(this.loop.bind(this), 15);
  },
  remove: function(effect) {
    this.effects = this.effects.reject(function(e) { return e==effect });
    if(this.effects.length == 0) {
      clearInterval(this.interval);
      this.interval = null;
    }
  },
  loop: function() {
    var timePos = new Date().getTime();
    for(var i=0, len=this.effects.length;i<len;i++) 
      if(this.effects[i]) this.effects[i].loop(timePos);
  }
});

Effect.Queues = {
  instances: $H(),
  get: function(queueName) {
    if(typeof queueName != 'string') return queueName;
    
    if(!this.instances[queueName])
      this.instances[queueName] = new Effect.ScopedQueue();
      
    return this.instances[queueName];
  }
}
Effect.Queue = Effect.Queues.get('global');

Effect.DefaultOptions = {
  transition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
  duration:   1.0,   // seconds
  fps:        60.0,  // max. 60fps due to Effect.Queue implementation
  sync:       false, // true for combining
  from:       0.0,
  to:         1.0,
  delay:      0.0,
  queue:      'parallel'
}

Effect.Base = function() {};
Effect.Base.prototype = {
  position: null,
  start: function(options) {
    this.options      = Object.extend(Object.extend({},Effect.DefaultOptions), options || {});
    this.currentFrame = 0;
    this.state        = 'idle';
    this.startOn      = this.options.delay*1000;
    this.finishOn     = this.startOn + (this.options.duration*1000);
    this.event('beforeStart');
    if(!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).add(this);
  },
  loop: function(timePos) {
    if(timePos >= this.startOn) {
      if(timePos >= this.finishOn) {
        this.render(1.0);
        this.cancel();
        this.event('beforeFinish');
        if(this.finish) this.finish(); 
        this.event('afterFinish');
        return;  
      }
      var pos   = (timePos - this.startOn) / (this.finishOn - this.startOn);
      var frame = Math.round(pos * this.options.fps * this.options.duration);
      if(frame > this.currentFrame) {
        this.render(pos);
        this.currentFrame = frame;
      }
    }
  },
  render: function(pos) {
    if(this.state == 'idle') {
      this.state = 'running';
      this.event('beforeSetup');
      if(this.setup) this.setup();
      this.event('afterSetup');
    }
    if(this.state == 'running') {
      if(this.options.transition) pos = this.options.transition(pos);
      pos *= (this.options.to-this.options.from);
      pos += this.options.from;
      this.position = pos;
      this.event('beforeUpdate');
      if(this.update) this.update(pos);
      this.event('afterUpdate');
    }
  },
  cancel: function() {
    if(!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).remove(this);
    this.state = 'finished';
  },
  event: function(eventName) {
    if(this.options[eventName + 'Internal']) this.options[eventName + 'Internal'](this);
    if(this.options[eventName]) this.options[eventName](this);
  },
  inspect: function() {
    var data = $H();
    for(property in this)
      if(typeof this[property] != 'function') data[property] = this[property];
    return '#<Effect:' + data.inspect() + ',options:' + $H(this.options).inspect() + '>';
  }
}

Effect.Parallel = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Parallel.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(effects) {
    this.effects = effects || [];
    this.start(arguments[1]);
  },
  update: function(position) {
    this.effects.invoke('render', position);
  },
  finish: function(position) {
    this.effects.each( function(effect) {
      effect.render(1.0);
      effect.cancel();
      effect.event('beforeFinish');
      if(effect.finish) effect.finish(position);
      effect.event('afterFinish');
    });
  }
});

Effect.Event = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Event.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function() {
    var options = Object.extend({
      duration: 0
    }, arguments[0] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  update: Prototype.emptyFunction
});

Effect.Opacity = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Opacity.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if(!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    // make this work on IE on elements without 'layout'
    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera && (!this.element.currentStyle.hasLayout))
      this.element.setStyle({zoom: 1});
    var options = Object.extend({
      from: this.element.getOpacity() || 0.0,
      to:   1.0
    }, arguments[1] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  update: function(position) {
    this.element.setOpacity(position);
  }
});

Effect.Move = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Move.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if(!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    var options = Object.extend({
      x:    0,
      y:    0,
      mode: 'relative'
    }, arguments[1] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    // Bug in Opera: Opera returns the "real" position of a static element or
    // relative element that does not have top/left explicitly set.
    // ==> Always set top and left for position relative elements in your stylesheets 
    // (to 0 if you do not need them) 
    this.element.makePositioned();
    this.originalLeft = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('left') || '0');
    this.originalTop  = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('top')  || '0');
    if(this.options.mode == 'absolute') {
      // absolute movement, so we need to calc deltaX and deltaY
      this.options.x = this.options.x - this.originalLeft;
      this.options.y = this.options.y - this.originalTop;
    }
  },
  update: function(position) {
    this.element.setStyle({
      left: Math.round(this.options.x  * position + this.originalLeft) + 'px',
      top:  Math.round(this.options.y  * position + this.originalTop)  + 'px'
    });
  }
});

// for backwards compatibility
Effect.MoveBy = function(element, toTop, toLeft) {
  return new Effect.Move(element, 
    Object.extend({ x: toLeft, y: toTop }, arguments[3] || {}));
};

Effect.Scale = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Scale.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element, percent) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if(!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    var options = Object.extend({
      scaleX: true,
      scaleY: true,
      scaleContent: true,
      scaleFromCenter: false,
      scaleMode: 'box',        // 'box' or 'contents' or {} with provided values
      scaleFrom: 100.0,
      scaleTo:   percent
    }, arguments[2] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    this.restoreAfterFinish = this.options.restoreAfterFinish || false;
    this.elementPositioning = this.element.getStyle('position');
    
    this.originalStyle = {};
    ['top','left','width','height','fontSize'].each( function(k) {
      this.originalStyle[k] = this.element.style[k];
    }.bind(this));
      
    this.originalTop  = this.element.offsetTop;
    this.originalLeft = this.element.offsetLeft;
    
    var fontSize = this.element.getStyle('font-size') || '100%';
    ['em','px','%','pt'].each( function(fontSizeType) {
      if(fontSize.indexOf(fontSizeType)>0) {
        this.fontSize     = parseFloat(fontSize);
        this.fontSizeType = fontSizeType;
      }
    }.bind(this));
    
    this.factor = (this.options.scaleTo - this.options.scaleFrom)/100;
    
    this.dims = null;
    if(this.options.scaleMode=='box')
      this.dims = [this.element.offsetHeight, this.element.offsetWidth];
    if(/^content/.test(this.options.scaleMode))
      this.dims = [this.element.scrollHeight, this.element.scrollWidth];
    if(!this.dims)
      this.dims = [this.options.scaleMode.originalHeight,
                   this.options.scaleMode.originalWidth];
  },
  update: function(position) {
    var currentScale = (this.options.scaleFrom/100.0) + (this.factor * position);
    if(this.options.scaleContent && this.fontSize)
      this.element.setStyle({fontSize: this.fontSize * currentScale + this.fontSizeType });
    this.setDimensions(this.dims[0] * currentScale, this.dims[1] * currentScale);
  },
  finish: function(position) {
    if(this.restoreAfterFinish) this.element.setStyle(this.originalStyle);
  },
  setDimensions: function(height, width) {
    var d = {};
    if(this.options.scaleX) d.width = Math.round(width) + 'px';
    if(this.options.scaleY) d.height = Math.round(height) + 'px';
    if(this.options.scaleFromCenter) {
      var topd  = (height - this.dims[0])/2;
      var leftd = (width  - this.dims[1])/2;
      if(this.elementPositioning == 'absolute') {
        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = this.originalTop-topd + 'px';
        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = this.originalLeft-leftd + 'px';
      } else {
        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = -topd + 'px';
        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = -leftd + 'px';
      }
    }
    this.element.setStyle(d);
  }
});

Effect.Highlight = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Highlight.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if(!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    var options = Object.extend({ startcolor: '#ffff99' }, arguments[1] || {});
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    // Prevent executing on elements not in the layout flow
    if(this.element.getStyle('display')=='none') { this.cancel(); return; }
    // Disable background image during the effect
    this.oldStyle = {};
    if (!this.options.keepBackgroundImage) {
      this.oldStyle.backgroundImage = this.element.getStyle('background-image');
      this.element.setStyle({backgroundImage: 'none'});
    }
    if(!this.options.endcolor)
      this.options.endcolor = this.element.getStyle('background-color').parseColor('#ffffff');
    if(!this.options.restorecolor)
      this.options.restorecolor = this.element.getStyle('background-color');
    // init color calculations
    this._base  = $R(0,2).map(function(i){ return parseInt(this.options.startcolor.slice(i*2+1,i*2+3),16) }.bind(this));
    this._delta = $R(0,2).map(function(i){ return parseInt(this.options.endcolor.slice(i*2+1,i*2+3),16)-this._base[i] }.bind(this));
  },
  update: function(position) {
    this.element.setStyle({backgroundColor: $R(0,2).inject('#',function(m,v,i){
      return m+(Math.round(this._base[i]+(this._delta[i]*position)).toColorPart()); }.bind(this)) });
  },
  finish: function() {
    this.element.setStyle(Object.extend(this.oldStyle, {
      backgroundColor: this.options.restorecolor
    }));
  }
});

Effect.ScrollTo = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.ScrollTo.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    this.start(arguments[1] || {});
  },
  setup: function() {
    Position.prepare();
    var offsets = Position.cumulativeOffset(this.element);
    if(this.options.offset) offsets[1] += this.options.offset;
    var max = window.innerHeight ? 
      window.height - window.innerHeight :
      document.body.scrollHeight - 
        (document.documentElement.clientHeight ? 
          document.documentElement.clientHeight : document.body.clientHeight);
    this.scrollStart = Position.deltaY;
    this.delta = (offsets[1] > max ? max : offsets[1]) - this.scrollStart;
  },
  update: function(position) {
    Position.prepare();
    window.scrollTo(Position.deltaX, 
      this.scrollStart + (position*this.delta));
  }
});

/* ------------- combination effects ------------- */

Effect.Fade = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
  var options = Object.extend({
  from: element.getOpacity() || 1.0,
  to:   0.0,
  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { 
    if(effect.options.to!=0) return;
    effect.element.hide().setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity}); 
  }}, arguments[1] || {});
  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
}

Effect.Appear = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var options = Object.extend({
  from: (element.getStyle('display') == 'none' ? 0.0 : element.getOpacity() || 0.0),
  to:   1.0,
  // force Safari to render floated elements properly
  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    effect.element.forceRerendering();
  },
  beforeSetup: function(effect) {
    effect.element.setOpacity(effect.options.from).show(); 
  }}, arguments[1] || {});
  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
}

Effect.Puff = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldStyle = { 
    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity(), 
    position: element.getStyle('position'),
    top:  element.style.top,
    left: element.style.left,
    width: element.style.width,
    height: element.style.height
  };
  return new Effect.Parallel(
   [ new Effect.Scale(element, 200, 
      { sync: true, scaleFromCenter: true, scaleContent: true, restoreAfterFinish: true }), 
     new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0 } ) ], 
     Object.extend({ duration: 1.0, 
      beforeSetupInternal: function(effect) {
        Position.absolutize(effect.effects[0].element)
      },
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
         effect.effects[0].element.hide().setStyle(oldStyle); }
     }, arguments[1] || {})
   );
}

Effect.BlindUp = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  element.makeClipping();
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 0,
    Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
      scaleX: false, 
      restoreAfterFinish: true,
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
        effect.element.hide().undoClipping();
      } 
    }, arguments[1] || {})
  );
}

Effect.BlindDown = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, Object.extend({ 
    scaleContent: false, 
    scaleX: false,
    scaleFrom: 0,
    scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    afterSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makeClipping().setStyle({height: '0px'}).show(); 
    },  
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.undoClipping();
    }
  }, arguments[1] || {}));
}

Effect.SwitchOff = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
  return new Effect.Appear(element, Object.extend({
    duration: 0.4,
    from: 0,
    transition: Effect.Transitions.flicker,
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      new Effect.Scale(effect.element, 1, { 
        duration: 0.3, scaleFromCenter: true,
        scaleX: false, scaleContent: false, restoreAfterFinish: true,
        beforeSetup: function(effect) { 
          effect.element.makePositioned().makeClipping();
        },
        afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
          effect.element.hide().undoClipping().undoPositioned().setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity});
        }
      })
    }
  }, arguments[1] || {}));
}

Effect.DropOut = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldStyle = {
    top: element.getStyle('top'),
    left: element.getStyle('left'),
    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };
  return new Effect.Parallel(
    [ new Effect.Move(element, {x: 0, y: 100, sync: true }), 
      new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0 }) ],
    Object.extend(
      { duration: 0.5,
        beforeSetup: function(effect) {
          effect.effects[0].element.makePositioned(); 
        },
        afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
          effect.effects[0].element.hide().undoPositioned().setStyle(oldStyle);
        } 
      }, arguments[1] || {}));
}

Effect.Shake = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldStyle = {
    top: element.getStyle('top'),
    left: element.getStyle('left') };
    return new Effect.Move(element, 
      { x:  20, y: 0, duration: 0.05, afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
      { x: -40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
      { x:  40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
      { x: -40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
      { x:  40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
      { x: -20, y: 0, duration: 0.05, afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
        effect.element.undoPositioned().setStyle(oldStyle);
  }}) }}) }}) }}) }}) }});
}

Effect.SlideDown = function(element) {
  element = $(element).cleanWhitespace();
  // SlideDown need to have the content of the element wrapped in a container element with fixed height!
  var oldInnerBottom = element.down().getStyle('bottom');
  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, Object.extend({ 
    scaleContent: false, 
    scaleX: false, 
    scaleFrom: window.opera ? 0 : 1,
    scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    afterSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makePositioned();
      effect.element.down().makePositioned();
      if(window.opera) effect.element.setStyle({top: ''});
      effect.element.makeClipping().setStyle({height: '0px'}).show(); 
    },
    afterUpdateInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.down().setStyle({bottom:
        (effect.dims[0] - effect.element.clientHeight) + 'px' }); 
    },
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.undoClipping().undoPositioned();
      effect.element.down().undoPositioned().setStyle({bottom: oldInnerBottom}); }
    }, arguments[1] || {})
  );
}

Effect.SlideUp = function(element) {
  element = $(element).cleanWhitespace();
  var oldInnerBottom = element.down().getStyle('bottom');
  return new Effect.Scale(element, window.opera ? 0 : 1,
   Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
    scaleX: false, 
    scaleMode: 'box',
    scaleFrom: 100,
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    beforeStartInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makePositioned();
      effect.element.down().makePositioned();
      if(window.opera) effect.element.setStyle({top: ''});
      effect.element.makeClipping().show();
    },  
    afterUpdateInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.down().setStyle({bottom:
        (effect.dims[0] - effect.element.clientHeight) + 'px' });
    },
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.hide().undoClipping().undoPositioned().setStyle({bottom: oldInnerBottom});
      effect.element.down().undoPositioned();
    }
   }, arguments[1] || {})
  );
}

// Bug in opera makes the TD containing this element expand for a instance after finish 
Effect.Squish = function(element) {
  return new Effect.Scale(element, window.opera ? 1 : 0, { 
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    beforeSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makeClipping(); 
    },  
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.hide().undoClipping(); 
    }
  });
}

Effect.Grow = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var options = Object.extend({
    direction: 'center',
    moveTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
    scaleTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
    opacityTransition: Effect.Transitions.full
  }, arguments[1] || {});
  var oldStyle = {
    top: element.style.top,
    left: element.style.left,
    height: element.style.height,
    width: element.style.width,
    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };

  var dims = element.getDimensions();    
  var initialMoveX, initialMoveY;
  var moveX, moveY;
  
  switch (options.direction) {
    case 'top-left':
      initialMoveX = initialMoveY = moveX = moveY = 0; 
      break;
    case 'top-right':
      initialMoveX = dims.width;
      initialMoveY = moveY = 0;
      moveX = -dims.width;
      break;
    case 'bottom-left':
      initialMoveX = moveX = 0;
      initialMoveY = dims.height;
      moveY = -dims.height;
      break;
    case 'bottom-right':
      initialMoveX = dims.width;
      initialMoveY = dims.height;
      moveX = -dims.width;
      moveY = -dims.height;
      break;
    case 'center':
      initialMoveX = dims.width / 2;
      initialMoveY = dims.height / 2;
      moveX = -dims.width / 2;
      moveY = -dims.height / 2;
      break;
  }
  
  return new Effect.Move(element, {
    x: initialMoveX,
    y: initialMoveY,
    duration: 0.01, 
    beforeSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.hide().makeClipping().makePositioned();
    },
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      new Effect.Parallel(
        [ new Effect.Opacity(effect.element, { sync: true, to: 1.0, from: 0.0, transition: options.opacityTransition }),
          new Effect.Move(effect.element, { x: moveX, y: moveY, sync: true, transition: options.moveTransition }),
          new Effect.Scale(effect.element, 100, {
            scaleMode: { originalHeight: dims.height, originalWidth: dims.width }, 
            sync: true, scaleFrom: window.opera ? 1 : 0, transition: options.scaleTransition, restoreAfterFinish: true})
        ], Object.extend({
             beforeSetup: function(effect) {
               effect.effects[0].element.setStyle({height: '0px'}).show(); 
             },
             afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
               effect.effects[0].element.undoClipping().undoPositioned().setStyle(oldStyle); 
             }
           }, options)
      )
    }
  });
}

Effect.Shrink = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var options = Object.extend({
    direction: 'center',
    moveTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
    scaleTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
    opacityTransition: Effect.Transitions.none
  }, arguments[1] || {});
  var oldStyle = {
    top: element.style.top,
    left: element.style.left,
    height: element.style.height,
    width: element.style.width,
    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };

  var dims = element.getDimensions();
  var moveX, moveY;
  
  switch (options.direction) {
    case 'top-left':
      moveX = moveY = 0;
      break;
    case 'top-right':
      moveX = dims.width;
      moveY = 0;
      break;
    case 'bottom-left':
      moveX = 0;
      moveY = dims.height;
      break;
    case 'bottom-right':
      moveX = dims.width;
      moveY = dims.height;
      break;
    case 'center':  
      moveX = dims.width / 2;
      moveY = dims.height / 2;
      break;
  }
  
  return new Effect.Parallel(
    [ new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0, from: 1.0, transition: options.opacityTransition }),
      new Effect.Scale(element, window.opera ? 1 : 0, { sync: true, transition: options.scaleTransition, restoreAfterFinish: true}),
      new Effect.Move(element, { x: moveX, y: moveY, sync: true, transition: options.moveTransition })
    ], Object.extend({            
         beforeStartInternal: function(effect) {
           effect.effects[0].element.makePositioned().makeClipping(); 
         },
         afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
           effect.effects[0].element.hide().undoClipping().undoPositioned().setStyle(oldStyle); }
       }, options)
  );
}

Effect.Pulsate = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var options    = arguments[1] || {};
  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
  var transition = options.transition || Effect.Transitions.sinoidal;
  var reverser   = function(pos){ return transition(1-Effect.Transitions.pulse(pos, options.pulses)) };
  reverser.bind(transition);
  return new Effect.Opacity(element, 
    Object.extend(Object.extend({  duration: 2.0, from: 0,
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { effect.element.setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity}); }
    }, options), {transition: reverser}));
}

Effect.Fold = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var oldStyle = {
    top: element.style.top,
    left: element.style.left,
    width: element.style.width,
    height: element.style.height };
  element.makeClipping();
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 5, Object.extend({   
    scaleContent: false,
    scaleX: false,
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
    new Effect.Scale(element, 1, { 
      scaleContent: false, 
      scaleY: false,
      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
        effect.element.hide().undoClipping().setStyle(oldStyle);
      } });
  }}, arguments[1] || {}));
};

Effect.Morph = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Morph.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if(!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    var options = Object.extend({
      style: {}
    }, arguments[1] || {});
    if (typeof options.style == 'string') {
      if(options.style.indexOf(':') == -1) {
        var cssText = '', selector = '.' + options.style;
        $A(document.styleSheets).reverse().each(function(styleSheet) {
          if (styleSheet.cssRules) cssRules = styleSheet.cssRules;
          else if (styleSheet.rules) cssRules = styleSheet.rules;
          $A(cssRules).reverse().each(function(rule) {
            if (selector == rule.selectorText) {
              cssText = rule.style.cssText;
              throw $break;
            }
          });
          if (cssText) throw $break;
        });
        this.style = cssText.parseStyle();
        options.afterFinishInternal = function(effect){
          effect.element.addClassName(effect.options.style);
          effect.transforms.each(function(transform) {
            if(transform.style != 'opacity')
              effect.element.style[transform.style.camelize()] = '';
          });
        }
      } else this.style = options.style.parseStyle();
    } else this.style = $H(options.style)
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function(){
    function parseColor(color){
      if(!color || ['rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)','transparent'].include(color)) color = '#ffffff';
      color = color.parseColor();
      return $R(0,2).map(function(i){
        return parseInt( color.slice(i*2+1,i*2+3), 16 ) 
      });
    }
    this.transforms = this.style.map(function(pair){
      var property = pair[0].underscore().dasherize(), value = pair[1], unit = null;

      if(value.parseColor('#zzzzzz') != '#zzzzzz') {
        value = value.parseColor();
        unit  = 'color';
      } else if(property == 'opacity') {
        value = parseFloat(value);
        if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera && (!this.element.currentStyle.hasLayout))
          this.element.setStyle({zoom: 1});
      } else if(Element.CSS_LENGTH.test(value)) 
        var components = value.match(/^([\+\-]?[0-9\.]+)(.*)$/),
          value = parseFloat(components[1]), unit = (components.length == 3) ? components[2] : null;

      var originalValue = this.element.getStyle(property);
      return $H({ 
        style: property, 
        originalValue: unit=='color' ? parseColor(originalValue) : parseFloat(originalValue || 0), 
        targetValue: unit=='color' ? parseColor(value) : value,
        unit: unit
      });
    }.bind(this)).reject(function(transform){
      return (
        (transform.originalValue == transform.targetValue) ||
        (
          transform.unit != 'color' &&
          (isNaN(transform.originalValue) || isNaN(transform.targetValue))
        )
      )
    });
  },
  update: function(position) {
    var style = $H(), value = null;
    this.transforms.each(function(transform){
      value = transform.unit=='color' ?
        $R(0,2).inject('#',function(m,v,i){
          return m+(Math.round(transform.originalValue[i]+
            (transform.targetValue[i] - transform.originalValue[i])*position)).toColorPart() }) : 
        transform.originalValue + Math.round(
          ((transform.targetValue - transform.originalValue) * position) * 1000)/1000 + transform.unit;
      style[transform.style] = value;
    });
    this.element.setStyle(style);
  }
});

Effect.Transform = Class.create();
Object.extend(Effect.Transform.prototype, {
  initialize: function(tracks){
    this.tracks  = [];
    this.options = arguments[1] || {};
    this.addTracks(tracks);
  },
  addTracks: function(tracks){
    tracks.each(function(track){
      var data = $H(track).values().first();
      this.tracks.push($H({
        ids:     $H(track).keys().first(),
        effect:  Effect.Morph,
        options: { style: data }
      }));
    }.bind(this));
    return this;
  },
  play: function(){
    return new Effect.Parallel(
      this.tracks.map(function(track){
        var elements = [$(track.ids) || $$(track.ids)].flatten();
        return elements.map(function(e){ return new track.effect(e, Object.extend({ sync:true }, track.options)) });
      }).flatten(),
      this.options
    );
  }
});

Element.CSS_PROPERTIES = $w(
  'backgroundColor backgroundPosition borderBottomColor borderBottomStyle ' + 
  'borderBottomWidth borderLeftColor borderLeftStyle borderLeftWidth ' +
  'borderRightColor borderRightStyle borderRightWidth borderSpacing ' +
  'borderTopColor borderTopStyle borderTopWidth bottom clip color ' +
  'fontSize fontWeight height left letterSpacing lineHeight ' +
  'marginBottom marginLeft marginRight marginTop markerOffset maxHeight '+
  'maxWidth minHeight minWidth opacity outlineColor outlineOffset ' +
  'outlineWidth paddingBottom paddingLeft paddingRight paddingTop ' +
  'right textIndent top width wordSpacing zIndex');
  
Element.CSS_LENGTH = /^(([\+\-]?[0-9\.]+)(em|ex|px|in|cm|mm|pt|pc|\%))|0$/;

String.prototype.parseStyle = function(){
  var element = Element.extend(document.createElement('div'));
  element.innerHTML = '<div style="' + this + '"></div>';
  var style = element.down().style, styleRules = $H();
  
  Element.CSS_PROPERTIES.each(function(property){
    if(style[property]) styleRules[property] = style[property]; 
  });
  if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera && this.indexOf('opacity') > -1) {
    styleRules.opacity = this.match(/opacity:\s*((?:0|1)?(?:\.\d*)?)/)[1];
  }
  return styleRules;
};

Element.morph = function(element, style) {
  new Effect.Morph(element, Object.extend({ style: style }, arguments[2] || {}));
  return element;
};

['setOpacity','getOpacity','getInlineOpacity','forceRerendering','setContentZoom',
 'collectTextNodes','collectTextNodesIgnoreClass','morph'].each( 
  function(f) { Element.Methods[f] = Element[f]; }
);

Element.Methods.visualEffect = function(element, effect, options) {
  s = effect.gsub(/_/, '-').camelize();
  effect_class = s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
  new Effect[effect_class](element, options);
  return $(element);
};

Element.addMethods();
/**
 * @author Bruno Bornsztein <bruno@missingmethod.com>
 * @copyright 2007 Curbly LLC
 * @package Glider
 * @license MIT
 * @url http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/glider/
 * @version 0.0.3
 * @dependencies prototype.js 1.5.1+, effects.js
 */

/*  Thanks to Andrew Dupont for refactoring help and code cleanup - http://andrewdupont.net/  */

Glider = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Glider.prototype, Abstract.prototype), {
	initialize: function(wrapper, options){
	    this.scrolling  = false;
	    this.wrapper    = $(wrapper);
	    this.scroller   = this.wrapper.down('div.scroller');
	    this.sections   = this.wrapper.getElementsBySelector('div.section');
	    this.options    = Object.extend({ duration: 1.0, frequency: 3 }, options || {});

	    this.sections.each( function(section, index) {
	      section._index = index;
	    });    

	    this.events = {
	      click: this.click.bind(this)
	    };

	    this.addObservers();
			if(this.options.initialSection) this.moveTo(this.options.initialSection, this.scroller, { duration:this.options.duration });  // initialSection should be the id of the section you want to show up on load
			if(this.options.autoGlide) this.start();
	  },
	
  addObservers: function() {
    var controls = this.wrapper.getElementsBySelector('div.controls a');
    controls.invoke('observe', 'click', this.events.click);
  },	

  click: function(event) {
		this.stop();
    var element = Event.findElement(event, 'a');
    if (this.scrolling) this.scrolling.cancel();
    
    this.moveTo(element.href.split("#")[1], this.scroller, { duration:this.options.duration });     
    Event.stop(event);
  },

	moveTo: function(element, container, options){
			this.current = $(element);

			Position.prepare();
	    var containerOffset = Position.cumulativeOffset(container),
	     elementOffset = Position.cumulativeOffset($(element));

		  this.scrolling 	= new Effect.SmoothScroll(container, 
				{duration:options.duration, x:(elementOffset[0]-containerOffset[0]), y:(elementOffset[1]-containerOffset[1])});
		  return false;
		},
		
  next: function(){
    if (this.current) {
      var currentIndex = this.current._index;
      var nextIndex = (this.sections.length - 1 == currentIndex) ? 0 : currentIndex + 1;      
    } else var nextIndex = 1;

    this.moveTo(this.sections[nextIndex], this.scroller, { 
      duration: this.options.duration
    });
  },
	
  previous: function(){
    if (this.current) {
      var currentIndex = this.current._index;
      var prevIndex = (currentIndex == 0) ? this.sections.length - 1 : 
       currentIndex - 1;
    } else var prevIndex = this.sections.length - 1;
    
    this.moveTo(this.sections[prevIndex], this.scroller, { 
      duration: this.options.duration
    });
  },

	stop: function()
	{
		clearTimeout(this.timer);
	},
	
	start: function()
	{
		this.periodicallyUpdate();
	},
		
	periodicallyUpdate: function()
	{ 
		if (this.timer != null) {
			clearTimeout(this.timer);
			this.next();
		}
		this.timer = setTimeout(this.periodicallyUpdate.bind(this), this.options.frequency*1000);
	}

});

Effect.SmoothScroll = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.SmoothScroll.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    var options = Object.extend({
      x:    0,
      y:    0,
      mode: 'absolute'
    } , arguments[1] || {}  );
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    if (this.options.continuous && !this.element._ext ) {
      this.element.cleanWhitespace();
      this.element._ext=true;
      this.element.appendChild(this.element.firstChild);
    }
   
    this.originalLeft=this.element.scrollLeft;
    this.originalTop=this.element.scrollTop;
   
    if(this.options.mode == 'absolute') {
      this.options.x -= this.originalLeft;
      this.options.y -= this.originalTop;
    } 
  },
  update: function(position) {   
    this.element.scrollLeft = this.options.x * position + this.originalLeft;
    this.element.scrollTop  = this.options.y * position + this.originalTop;
  }
});
vivvoTicker = Class.create ();
		
Object.extend (vivvoTicker.prototype,
	{
		element : null,
		tickets : [],
		tickerPe : function() {},
		current : 0,
		
		initialize : function (elem){
			this.element = $(elem);
			if (this.element){
				this.tickets = $A(this.element.getElementsByTagName('div'));
				this.glider = new Glider(this.element, {duration:0.5});
				if (this.tickets.length > 0){ 
					Event.observe(this.element, 'mouseover', this.stopTicker.bind(this));
					Event.observe(this.element, 'mouseout', this.startTicker.bind(this));
					this.startTicker();
				}
			}
		},
		
		startTicker : function (){
			var _ = this;
			this.tickerPe = new PeriodicalExecuter(function(pe) {
				_.glider.next();
			}, 7);
		},

		stopTicker : function (){
			this.tickerPe.stop();
		}
	}
);
vivvoRotatingHeadlines = Class.create ();
		
Object.extend (vivvoRotatingHeadlines.prototype,
	{
		element : null,
		rotationPe : function() {},
		current : 0,
		
		initialize : function (id, time){
			if (time){
				this.time = time;
			}else{
				this.time = 5;
			}
			this.elementId = id;
			this.element = $(id);
			this.playerElement = $(id + '_player');
			if (this.playerElement){
				this.tabs = new Control.Tabs(this.playerElement, {afterChange: this.onHeadlineChange.bind(this)});
				this.tabLinks = $A(this.playerElement.getElementsByTagName('a'));
				if (this.tabLinks.length > 0){ 
					Event.observe(this.element, 'click', this.stopRotation.bind(this));
					this.startRotation();
				}
			}
		},
		
		onHeadlineChange: function (control, key){
			var index = key.id.split('_').last(); 
			var summary = $$('#' + this.elementId + '_' + index + ' .headline_body').first();
			if (summary) resizeShort($(this.elementId + '_article_' + index), summary);	
		},
		
		startRotation : function (){
			var _ = this;
			this.rotationPe = new PeriodicalExecuter(function(pe) {
				_.tabs.next();
			}, this.time);
		},

		stopRotation : function (){
			this.rotationPe.stop();
		}
	}
);
function bookmarksite(title,url){
	if (window.sidebar) // firefox
	window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "");
	else if(window.opera && window.print){ // opera
	var elem = document.createElement('a');
	elem.setAttribute('href',url);
	elem.setAttribute('title',title);
	elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar');
	elem.click();
	}
	else if(document.all)// ie
	window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
}