function grayOut(vis, options) {
  // Pass true to gray out screen, false to ungray
  // options are optional.  This is a JSON object with the following (optional) properties
  // opacity:0-100         // Lower number = less grayout higher = more of a blackout 
  // zindex: #             // HTML elements with a higher zindex appear on top of the gray out
  // bgcolor: (#xxxxxx)    // Standard RGB Hex color code
  // grayOut(true, {'zindex':'50', 'bgcolor':'#0000FF', 'opacity':'70'});
  // Because options is JSON opacity/zindex/bgcolor are all optional and can appear
  // in any order.  Pass only the properties you need to set.
  var options = options || {}; 
  var zindex = options.zindex || 99;
  var opacity = options.opacity || 70;
  var opaque = (opacity / 100);
  var bgcolor = options.bgcolor || '#000';
  var dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');
  if (!dark) {
    // The dark layer doesn't exist, it's never been created.  So we'll
    // create it here and apply some basic styles.
    // If you are getting errors in IE see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
    var tbody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
    var tnode = document.createElement('div');           // Create the layer.
        tnode.style.position='absolute';                 // Position absolutely
        tnode.style.top='0px';                           // In the top
        tnode.style.left='0px';                          // Left corner of the page
        tnode.style.overflow='hidden';                   // Try to avoid making scroll bars            
        tnode.style.display='none';                      // Start out Hidden
        tnode.id='darkenScreenObject';                   // Name it so we can find it later
    tbody.appendChild(tnode);                            // Add it to the web page
    dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');  // Get the object.
  }
  if (vis) {
    // Calculate the page width and height 
	
    if( document.body && ( document.body.scrollWidth || document.body.scrollHeight ) ) {
        var pageWidth = document.body.scrollWidth+'px';
        var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight+'px';
    } else if( document.body.offsetWidth ) {
      var pageWidth = document.body.offsetWidth+'px';
      var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight+'px';
    } else {
       var pageWidth='100%';
       var pageHeight='100%';
    }   
    //set the shader to cover the entire page and make it visible.
    dark.style.opacity=opaque;                      
    dark.style.MozOpacity=opaque;                   
    dark.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opacity+')'; 
    dark.style.zIndex=zindex;   

    dark.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;  
    dark.style.width= pageWidth;
    dark.style.height= pageHeight;
    dark.style.display='block';				 
  } else {
     dark.style.display='none';
  }
}


function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

var testimonials=['&quot;I have wonderful memories of Malta&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Tomoko Satoshi</strong>', '&quot;An Experience of a lifetime&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Lee-Jin-Suri</strong>', '&quot;A wonderful place for learning English&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Yves Robert</strong>', '&quot;Never thought it was  so fun learning English&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Alberto Schieppati</strong>'];

function GetRandomTestimonials() { 
    TestimonialsQty = testimonials.length; 
    randomPos = Math.floor(Math.random()*TestimonialsQty); 
    return testimonials[randomPos]; 
}

function openPictureWindow_Fever(imageName,imageWidth,imageHeight,alt,posLeft,posTop) {
	newWindow = window.open("","newWindow","width="+imageWidth+",height="+imageHeight+",left="+posLeft+",top="+posTop);
	newWindow.document.open();
	newWindow.document.write('<html><title>'+alt+'</title><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" onBlur="self.close()">'); 
	newWindow.document.write('<img src='+imageName+' width='+imageWidth+' height='+imageHeight+' alt='+alt+'>'); 
	newWindow.document.write('</body></html>');
	newWindow.document.close();
	newWindow.focus();
}