//=========================== Get Todays Date =================================
function getdates()
{
var today_date= new Date()
var month=today_date.getMonth()
var dates=today_date.getDate()
var year=today_date.getYear()
var day= today_date.getDay()
var today;

if (year < 2000){ year += 1900;}

var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
var today = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");

var datestr = today[day]+" "+months[month]+" "+dates+", "+year;

return(datestr);
}

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function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);

// convert decimal value (0 - 255) to hexadecimal
// (use .toString(16) method supported by IE)
function toHex(dec) {
  var hexCharacters = "0123456789ABCDEF"  // create list of hex characters

// if number is out of range return limit
  if (dec < 0) return "00"
  if (dec > 255) return "FF"

  var i = Math.floor(dec / 16)  // decimal equivalent of first hex character in converted number
  var j = dec % 16   // decimal equivalent of second hex character in converted number

return hexCharacters.charAt(i) + hexCharacters.charAt(j)          // return hexadecimal equivalent
}

function getcolor(red,green,blue)
{
  return "#" + toHex(red) + toHex(green) + toHex(blue);
}
  
// set font color to specified descriptors
function setfontColor(red, green, blue) { 
  text.style.color = "#" + toHex(red) + toHex(green) + toHex(blue);
}


// fade from start to end descriptors (increase step to increase transition speed)
function fade(sred, sgreen, sblue, ered, egreen, eblue, step) {
        // loop to create fade effect
var nsred, nsgreen, nsblue;		
		if (sred <= ered)     { nsred = ered;} else {nsred = sred - step;}
		if (sgreen <= egreen) { nsgreen = egreen;} else {nsgreen = sgreen - step;}
		if (sblue <= eblue)   { nsblue = eblue;} else {nsblue = sblue - step;}				
		if ((sred <= ered)&&(sgreen <= egreen)&&(sblue <= eblue)) return;
		
          var red   = Math.floor(sred);       // set current red descriptor
          var green = Math.floor(sgreen);     // set current green descriptor
          var blue  = Math.floor(sblue);      // set current blue descriptor
          setfontColor(red, green, blue);     // set font color according to descriptors
		  setTimeout("fade("+nsred+","+nsgreen+","+nsblue+","+ered+","+egreen+","+eblue+",4)",100);
}