if(typeof HTMLElement!="undefined" && !
HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentHTML){
	HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentElement = function
(where,parsedNode)
	{
		switch (where){
		case 'beforeBegin':
			this.parentNode.insertBefore(parsedNode,this)
			break;
		case 'afterBegin':
			this.insertBefore(parsedNode,this.firstChild);
			break;
		case 'beforeEnd':
			this.appendChild(parsedNode);
			break;
		case 'afterEnd':
			if (this.nextSibling) 
this.parentNode.insertBefore(parsedNode,this.nextSibling);
			else this.parentNode.appendChild(parsedNode);
			break;
		}
	}

	HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentHTML = function
(where,htmlStr)
	{
		var r = this.ownerDocument.createRange();
		r.setStartBefore(this);
		var parsedHTML = r.createContextualFragment(htmlStr);
		this.insertAdjacentElement(where,parsedHTML)
	}


	HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentText = function
(where,txtStr)
	{
		var parsedText = document.createTextNode(txtStr)
		this.insertAdjacentElement(where,parsedText)
	}
}


function killElement(element) {
 if (element) {
  var Oparent = element.parentNode;
  if (Oparent) Oparent.removeChild(element);
 }
}





function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
    //speed for each frame
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
    var timer = 0;

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
            timer++;
        }
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
            {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
            timer++;
        }
    }
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style;
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}