sfHover = function() {
  var sfEls = document.getElementById("bannerMenu").getElementsByTagName("LI");
  for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
    sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
      this.className+=" sfhover";
    }
    sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
      this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
    }
  }
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);







var fade_int;
var op;
var tar;

function flasher( message_type ) {
  var bg_color = '#d9d9d9';
  
  
  ( message_type == 'bad' ) ? bg_color = '#ffa6a6' : bg_color = '#a6ffa6';
  
  tar = document.getElementById('shine');
  
  tar.style.backgroundColor = bg_color;
  
  op = 100;
    
  fade_int = window.setInterval( 'flash_animate()', 50);
}

function flash_animate() {
  op--;
  
 if (op >= 10) {
    tar.style.opacity = '.' + op;    
    tar.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity =' + op + ')';
  }
  else if (op < 10) {
    tar.style.opacity = '.0' + op;
    tar.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity =' + op + ')';
  }
  
  if (op == 0) {
    window.clearInterval(fade_int); 
  }
}

function report( orig_val ) {
  var dump = document.getElementById('dump');
  var bling = document.createElement('div');
  bling.className='b_lister';
  
  for(var i = 0; i++; i < orig_val)
  {
     dump.appendChild(bling);
  }
}