function beginTakeover()
{
	var myStatus=getCookie('takeoverstatus');

    /*
        Hardcoding value to make sure takeover is never shown, per Jason
        Armstrong's instruction
    */
	var myStatus = 'saw';
	if (myStatus=='saw')
	{
		swfobject.removeSWF('flashcontent');
		document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('close').style.display='none';
	}
	else 
	{
		setCookie('takeoverstatus','saw',7); 
		var paramObj = {wmode: "opaque", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain", base: "/swf"};
		if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf('Mac') != -1)
		{
			//swfobject.embedSWF("/swf/off_takeover.swf", "flashcontent", "762", "746", "8", null, null, {wmode: "opaque", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain"}, null);
			//var fo = new FlashObject("swf/off_takeover.swf", "takeover", "762", "746", "8", "#000");
			//fo.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
			
			if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') != -1)
				paramObj = {wmode: "transparent", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain", base: "/swf", bgcolor: "#FFFFFF"};
			else
				paramObj = {wmode: "transparent", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain", base: "/swf", bgcolor: "#FFFFFF"};
			
		}
		else
		{
		//swfobject.embedSWF("/swf/off_takeover.swf", "flashcontent", "762", "746", "8", null, null, {wmode: "transparent", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain"}, null);
		//var fo = new FlashObject("swf/off_takeover.swf", "takeover", "762", "746", "8", "");
		//fo.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
			paramObj = {wmode: "transparent", quality: "best",  allowScriptAccess: "sameDomain", base: "/swf"};
		}
		//fo.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain");
		//fo.addParam("base", "/swf");
		//fo.addParam("quality", "high");
		//fo.write("flashcontent");
		swfobject.embedSWF("/swf/off_takeover.swf", "flashcontent", "762", "746", "8", null, null, paramObj, {style: 'z-index: 999'});
	}
}


// function: hide
function hide() {
	document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.width='0';
	document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.height='0';
	document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.display='none';
	document.getElementById('close').style.display='none';
	var s=s_gi('scjoffprod'); 
	s.pageName='TakeOver_Close'; 
	s.eVar12='close'; 
	s.prop1='homepage takeover'; 
	s.events='event15';
	s.channel='homepage takeover';
}

// function: show
function show() {

	var x,y;
	var test1 = document.body.scrollHeight;
	var test2 = document.body.offsetHeight
	if (test1 > test2) // all but Explorer Mac
	{
		x = document.body.scrollWidth;
		y = document.body.scrollHeight;
	}
	else // Explorer Mac;
		 //would also work in Explorer 6 Strict, Mozilla and Safari
	{
		x = document.body.offsetWidth;
		y = document.body.offsetHeight;
	}
	
	document.getElementById('close').style.display='block';
	document.getElementById('close').style.left=(x-('760'))/2;
	document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.width='762px';
	document.getElementById('flashcontent').style.height='746px';
	
}