function getCookieVal (offset) {  
				var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);  
				if (endstr == -1) { endstr = document.cookie.length; }
				return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
			}
		
		
			function GetCookie (name) {  
				var arg = name + "=";
				var alen = arg.length;  
				var clen = document.cookie.length;  
				var i = 0;  
				while (i < clen) {    
					var j = i + alen;    
					if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) return getCookieVal (j);    
					i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;    
					if (i == 0) break;
				}  
				return null;
			}
		
			function SetCookie (name, value) {  

				var argv = SetCookie.arguments;  
				var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;  
				var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;  
				var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;  
				var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;  
				var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;  

				document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + 
				((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + 
				((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +  
				((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +    
				((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
			}
			
			function onHidenShowNews(){
				if (GetCookie('show')==null) SetCookie('show','T');
				else{
					if (GetCookie('show')=='F') SetCookie('show','T'); else SetCookie('show','F');
				}
				if (GetCookie('show')=='T') {
					document.getElementById('popup_news_links').style.display='block'; 
				}
				else 
					document.getElementById('popup_news_links').style.display='none';				
			}
			
			function HidenShowNews() {
				if (GetCookie('show')=='T') {
					document.getElementById('popup_news_links').style.display='block'; 
				}
				else 
					document.getElementById('popup_news_links').style.display='none';					
			}
			
			function isEmpty(s){
				return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
			}
			
			function changeText(pos){
				if (isEmpty(pos)) pos=0;
				if (pos>=arrNews.length) pos=0;
				if (GetCookie('show')=='T') document.getElementById('news_text').innerHTML= htmlSpecialCharsReversed(arrNews[pos]);
				pos=pos+1;
				setTimeout("changeText("+pos+")",5000) 
			}