function create_slide(){
	//if(readCookie("slideShown")!="t"){
		var slider=document.createElement("div");
		slider.id="divSlider"
		slider.style.height="1px"
		slider.style.width="100%";
		slider.innerHTML="<div style='position: relative; width: 610px; left: 50%; margin-left: -305px; background-image: url(images/jafferslide.jpg); height: 555px;'><div style='position: absolute; top: 7px; left: 550px;'><a href='javascript:collapse_slider(600)'><img src='images/close.jpg' /></a></div>";
		document.body.appendChild(slider);
		expand_slider(1);
		document.cookie="slideShown=t";
	//}
}
function expand_slider(height){
	document.getElementById("divSlider").style.height=height+"px";
	height+=5;
	if(height<600){
		setTimeout("expand_slider("+height+")",0.5);
	}
}
function collapse_slider(height){
	document.getElementById("divSlider").style.height=height+"px";
	height-=5;
	if(height>0){
		setTimeout("collapse_slider("+height+")",0.5);
	}else{
		document.getElementById("divSlider").style.visibility="hidden";
	}
}
	function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
		return null;
	}