if ((browser.isIE55 || browser.isIE6up) && browser.isWin)
{
    var pngAlpha = true;
}
	
    var viewPics = new Array('images/headlines/view_the_pics.png','images/headlines/view_the_pics_hover.png');
    var listenMusic = new Array('images/headlines/listen_now.png','images/headlines/listen_now_hover.png');
    var tusch = new Array('images/headlines/tusch_multi.png','images/headlines/tusch_multi.png');
    var watchVids = new Array('images/headlines/watch_the_vids.png','images/headlines/watch_the_vids_hover.png');	
	
function doPreload()
{
   
	preloadImages(viewPics);
	preloadImages(listenMusic);
	preloadImages(tusch);
}
function preloadImages(the_images_array)
{
	for(var loop = 0; loop < the_images_array.length; loop++)
	{
		var an_image = new Image();
		an_image.src = the_images_array[loop];
	}
}
function over_viewPics()
{
	if (pngAlpha)
	{
	document.getElementById("viewPics").style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/headlines/view_the_pics_hover.png', sizingMethod='scale')";		
	}
	else
	{
	document.getElementById("viewPics").src="images/headlines/view_the_pics_hover.png";		
	}
}
function over_watchVids()
{
	if (pngAlpha)
	{
	document.getElementById("watchVids").style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/headlines/watch_the_vids_hover.png', sizingMethod='scale')";		
	}
	else
	{
	document.getElementById("watchVids").src="images/headlines/watch_the_vids_hover.png";		
	}
}
function over_listenMusic()
{
	if (pngAlpha)
	{
	document.getElementById("listenMusic").style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/headlines/listen_now_hover.png', sizingMethod='scale')";		
	}
	else
	{
	document.getElementById("listenMusic").src="images/headlines/listen_now_hover.png";		
	}
}
	
function over_and_out()
{
	if (pngAlpha)
	{
	document.getElementById("watchVids").style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/headlines/watch_the_vids.png', sizingMethod='scale')";
	document.getElementById("listenMusic").style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/headlines/listen_now.png', sizingMethod='scale')";
	
	}
	else
	{
	document.getElementById("watchVids").src="images/headlines/watch_the_vids.png";				
	document.getElementById("listenMusic").src="images/headlines/listen_now.png";			
	}
}
function cross(imgloc, imgid, imgW, imgH)
{
	if (pngAlpha)
		document.write('<div id="'+imgid+'" style="width: '+imgW+'px; height: '+imgH+'px; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\''+imgloc+'\',sizingMethod=\'scale\')" border=0></div>');
	else
		document.write('<img src="'+imgloc+'" id="'+imgid+'" border=0>');
}