     var axel = Math.random() + "";
     var ord = axel * 1000000000000000000;
         
     function equalizeColumns() {
               var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
               var op6 = (agt.indexOf("opera/6")!=-1||agt.indexOf("opera 6")!=-1)?true:false;
               var bottom = 0;
               var gadgetBottom = 0;

               var DOM = (typeof document.getElementById!="undefined" && typeof document.createElement!="undefined" && !op6)?true:false;
               if (DOM) {
                    equalizeColumnsGen(document.getElementById('contentColumn'), document.getElementById('navigationColumn'));
                    equalizeColumnsGen(document.getElementById('FANetRSS'), document.getElementById('advertisingColumn'));
               } else if (document.all) {
                    equalizeColumnsGen(document.getElementById('contentColumn'), document.getElementById('navigationColumn'));
                    equalizeColumnsGen(document.all['FANetRSS'], document.all['advertisingColumn']);
              }
          }

          function setupGadgetDOM(bottom) {
              document.getElementById('FANetRSS').style.top = bottom + 'px';
              document.getElementById('FANetRSS').style.height = document.getElementById('FANetRSSLeft').offsetHeight + document.getElementById('FANetRSSTitle').offsetHeight + 'px';
              return bottom + document.getElementById('FANetRSSLeft').offsetHeight + document.getElementById('FANetRSSTitle').offsetHeight;
          }

          function setupGadgetIE(bottom) {
              document.all['FANetRSS'].style.top = bottom + 'px';
              document.all['FANetRSS'].style.height = document.all['FANetRSSLeft'].offsetHeight + document.all['FANetRSSTitle'].offsetHeight + 'px';
              return bottom + document.all['FANetRSSLeft'].offsetHeight + document.all['FANetRSSTitle'].offsetHeight;
          }

          function equalizeColumnsGen() {
               var i,anArray=equalizeColumnsGen.arguments,iTallest=0;
               for (i = 0; i < anArray.length; i++) {
                    var iHeight = anArray[i].offsetTop + anArray[i].offsetHeight;
                    if (iHeight > iTallest) iTallest = iHeight;
               }
               for (i = 0; i < anArray.length; i++) anArray[i].style.height = (iTallest - anArray[i].offsetTop) + 'px';
               return iTallest;
          }
          
          function preloadImages() {
               var d=document;
               if(d.images) { 
                    if(!d.p) d.p=new Array();
                    var i,j=d.p.length,a=preloadImages.arguments;
                    for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
                         if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0) {
                         d.p[j]=new Image; d.p[j++].src=a[i];
                  }
              }
          }
