  
  // define text strings
  var defaultComment = 'Please type any comments you have here...';
  var defaultCommentPrograms = 'Please type any requests or concerns pertaining to your group here...';
  
  // slideshow data
  
  var slideShowSpeed = 7000
  var crossFadeDuration = 5
  
  var image = new Array()
  image[0] = 'images/snake1.jpg'
  image[1] = 'images/snake13.jpg'
  image[2] = 'images/snake14.jpg'
  image[3] = 'images/snake15.jpg'
  image[4] = 'images/snake12.jpg'
  
  var a
  var b = 0
  var c = image.length
  
  var preLoad = new Array()
  for (i = 0; i < c; i++){
      preLoad[i] = new Image()
	  preLoad[i].src = image[i]
  }
  
  function runSlideShow(){
      if (document.all){
	      document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"
		  document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)" 
		  document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply()
	  } 
	  document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[b].src
	  if (document.all){
	      document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play()
	  }
	  
	  b = b + 1
	  if ( b > (c-1)) b=0
	  a = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', slideShowSpeed)
  }
  
  
  // rollover link data
  
   function MM_swapImgRestore() {
	   var i,x,a = document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
   }
   function MM_preloadImages() {
	   var d = document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p = new Array();
	   var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
	   if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i]; }}
   }
   
   function MM_findObj(n, d) {
	   var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
		   d = parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p); }
		   if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x = d.forms[i][n];
		   for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
		   if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
   }
   
   function MM_swapImage() {
	   var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
	   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
   }
  
  
  // photo gallery data
  
   function addPhotoGallery(imageGallery, imagePath, imageGalleryListing, imageText)
   {
	   if (document.all)
	   {
		   document.getElementById(imageGallery).style.filter="blendTrans(duration=1)";
		   document.getElementById(imageGallery).filters.blendTrans.Apply();
	   }
	   document.getElementById(imageGallery).src = imagePath;
	   if (document.all)
	   {
		   document.getElementById(imageGallery).filters.blendTrans.Play();
	   }
	   document.getElementById(imageGalleryListing).innerHTML = imageText;
   }
  
  
  // program and contact form data
  
   
	   MM_preloadImages('images/homeover.gif',
					 'images/experienceover.gif',
					 'images/educatorover.gif',
					 'images/researchover.gif',
					 'images/localover.gif',
					 'images/programsover.gif',
					 'images/galleryover.gif',
					 'images/dvdover.gif',
					 'images/contactover.gif',
					 'images/jamaica_over.gif',
					 'images/belize_over.gif',
					 'images/peru_over.gif',
					 'images/myannmar_over.gif',
					 'images/easternwa_over.gif'
					 );
	var init = function() {
		
		// setup the whole page
		
		// comment box
		var comments = document.getElementById('comments');
		if(comments) {
			addEvent(comments, 'focus', clearDefault);
			addEvent(comments, 'blur', resetDefault);
			comments.value = defaultComment;
		}
		var commentprogram = document.getElementById('commentprogram');
		if(commentprogram) {
			addEvent(commentprogram, 'focus', clearDefault);
			addEvent(commentprogram, 'blur', resetDefault);
			commentprogram.value = defaultCommentPrograms;
		}
		
		// setup rollovers
		
		var allLinks = document.getElementById('left').getElementsByTagName('a');
		for(var i=0; i<allLinks.length; i++){
			if(allLinks[i].title!="" && allLinks[i].rel!="") {
				allLinks[i].titleName = allLinks[i].title;
				allLinks[i].newImage = allLinks[i].rel;
				addEvent(allLinks[i],'mouseover', function() {
					MM_swapImage(this.titleName,'',this.newImage,1);
				});
				addEvent(allLinks[i],'mouseout', function() {
					MM_swapImgRestore();
				});
			}
		}
		
		var allLinks = document.getElementById('right').getElementsByTagName('a');
		for(var i=0; i<allLinks.length; i++){
			if(allLinks[i].title!="" && allLinks[i].rel!="") {
				allLinks[i].titleName = allLinks[i].title;
				allLinks[i].newImage = allLinks[i].rel;
				addEvent(allLinks[i],'mouseover', function() {
					MM_swapImage(this.titleName,'',this.newImage,1);
				});
				addEvent(allLinks[i],'mouseout', function() {
					MM_swapImgRestore();
				});
			}
		}
		
	}
	
	addEvent(window,'load',init);
