function getDat() {
	var d = new Date();
	var dat = d.getMinutes()+""+d.getHours()+""+d.getSeconds();
	return(dat);
}
function iSCPing() {
	var im = new Image();
	//im.src = "http://www.internationalstudentsclub.org/de/individuals_creating_a_cosmopolitain_world/ping.html?dat="+getDat();
	//setTimeout("iSCPing()", 90000);
}
setTimeout("iSCPing()", 90000);


function number_format (number, decimals, dec_point, thousands_sep)
{
	/*
	number_format (1, 2, ",") = "1,00"
	number_format (1.2, null, ",") = "1,2"
	number_format (1234, 0, null, ".") = "1.234"
	number_format (1.23456e50, 4, ",") = "1,2346e+50"
	number_format (-950.5, 2, ",", ".") = "-950,50"
	number_format (-0.5, 2, ",") = "-0,50"
	number_format (-0.001, 2, ",") = "0,00"
	*/
	
  var exponent = "";
  var numberstr = number.toString ();
  var eindex = numberstr.indexOf ("e");
  if (eindex > -1)
  {
    exponent = numberstr.substring (eindex);
    number = parseFloat (numberstr.substring (0, eindex));
  }
  
  if (decimals != null)
  {
    var temp = Math.pow (10, decimals);
    number = Math.round (number * temp) / temp;
  }
  var sign = number < 0 ? "-" : "";
  var integer = (number > 0 ? 
      Math.floor (number) : Math.abs (Math.ceil (number))).toString ();
  
  var fractional = number.toString ().substring (integer.length + sign.length);
  dec_point = dec_point != null ? dec_point : ".";
  fractional = decimals != null && decimals > 0 || fractional.length > 1 ? 
               (dec_point + fractional.substring (1)) : "";
  if (decimals != null && decimals > 0)
  {
    for (i = fractional.length - 1, z = decimals; i < z; ++i)
      fractional += "0";
  }
  
  thousands_sep = (thousands_sep != dec_point || fractional.length == 0) ? 
                  thousands_sep : null;
  if (thousands_sep != null && thousands_sep != "")
  {
	for (i = integer.length - 3; i > 0; i -= 3)
      integer = integer.substring (0 , i) + thousands_sep + integer.substring (i);
  }
  
  return sign + integer + fractional + exponent;
}


var closeNext = "";
var closeNext2 = "";
var  closeCount = -1;
var  closeCount2 = -1;
function closeTimeout() {
	if(closeCount>=0) {
		if(closeCount>0) closeCount--;
		if(closeCount==0) {
			if(closeNext!="" && document.getElementById(closeNext)) document.getElementById(closeNext).style.display='none';
			closeNext = "";
		}
	}
	if(closeCount2>=0) {
		if(closeCount2>0) closeCount2--;
		if(closeCount2==0) {
			if(closeNext2!="" && document.getElementById(closeNext2)) document.getElementById(closeNext2).style.display='none';
			closeNext2 = "";
		}
	}
	setTimeout("closeTimeout()", 100);
		
}
setTimeout("closeTimeout()", 100);

function nowOpen(id) {
	if(closeNext!="") {
		closeCount=-1;
		if(document.getElementById(closeNext)) document.getElementById(closeNext).style.display='none';
		closeNext = "";
	}
	if(document.getElementById(id)) {
		document.getElementById(id).style.display='block';
		document.getElementById(id).style.zIndex = 10000;
	}
}

function nowOpen2(id) {
	if(closeNext2!="") {
		closeCount2=-1;
		if(document.getElementById(closeNext2)) document.getElementById(closeNext2).style.display='none';
		closeNext2 = "";
	}
	if(document.getElementById(id)) {
		document.getElementById(id).style.display='block';
		document.getElementById(id).style.zIndex = 10000;
	}
}

var stepTops = new Array();
var stopTicker = false;
function scrollNewsTicker(id,step, height, speed) {
	if(!stepTops[id]) stepTops[id] = dd.elements[id].y;
	if(!stopTicker) {	
		scrollNewsTick(id, dd.elements[id].y-step, height);
	}
	setTimeout("scrollNewsTicker('"+id+"', '"+step+"', '"+height+"', '"+speed+"')", speed);
}


function scrollNewsTick(id, toy, height) {
	if(!stopTicker)	dd.elements[id].moveBy(0,-2);
	/*if(dd.elements[id].y+dd.elements[id].h/2 < stepTops[id]) {
		//dd.elements[id].moveTo(dd.elements[id].x, (stepTops[id]*1)+(height*1)-20); //
		dd.elements[id].moveBy(0,dd.elements[id].h/2);
	} else {*/
		if(dd.elements[id].y>toy) {
			setTimeout("scrollNewsTick('"+id+"','"+toy+"', '"+height+"')", 50);
		} else {
			if(dd.elements[id].y+dd.elements[id].h/2 < stepTops[id]) {
				//dd.elements[id].moveBy(0,dd.elements[id].h/2);
				dd.elements[id].moveTo(dd.elements[id].x, stepTops[id]);
			}
		}
	//}
}