function od_displayImage(loc, strId, strPath, intWidth, intHeight, strClass, strAlt) {	
	if (pngAlpha) {
		if(strPath.indexOf("home.gif")!=-1){
			document.getElementById(loc).innerHTML='<div  class="'+strClass+'" style="margin-top:40px"><img src="'+strPath+'" width="'+intWidth+'" height="'+intHeight+'" name="'+strId+'" border="0" alt="'+strAlt+'" /></div>';
		}else if(strPath.indexOf("images/magazine/spring/covers.gif")!=-1){
			document.getElementById(loc).innerHTML='<div  class="'+strClass+'" style="margin-top:40px"><img src="'+strPath+'" width="'+intWidth+'" height="'+intHeight+'" name="'+strId+'" border="0" alt="'+strAlt+'" /></div>';
		}else{
			document.getElementById(loc).innerHTML='<div style="height:'+intHeight+'px;width:'+intWidth+'px;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\''+strPath+'\', sizingMethod=\'scale\')" id="'+strId+'" class="'+strClass+'"></div>';
		}
	} else if (pngNormal) {
		document.getElementById(loc).innerHTML='<img src="'+strPath+'" width="'+intWidth+'" height="'+intHeight+'" name="'+strId+'" border="0" class="'+strClass+'" alt="'+strAlt+'" title="'+strAlt+'" />';
	} else {
		document.getElementById(loc).innerHTML='<img src="'+strPath+'" width="'+intWidth+'" height="'+intHeight+'" name="'+strId+'" border="0" class="'+strClass+'" alt="'+strAlt+'" title="'+strAlt+'" />';
	}
}



// global variables

// if IE5.5+ on win32, then display PNGs with AlphaImageLoader
if ((browser.isIE55 || browser.isIE6up) && browser.isWin32) {
	var pngAlpha = true;
	var strExt = ".png";
// else, if the browser can display PNGs normally, then do that. 
} else if ((browser.isGecko) || (browser.isIE5up && browser.isMac) || (browser.isOpera && browser.isWin && browser.versionMajor >= 6) || (browser.isOpera && browser.isUnix && browser.versionMajor >= 6) || (browser.isOpera && browser.isMac && browser.versionMajor >= 5) || (browser.isOmniweb && browser.versionMinor >= 3.1) || (browser.isIcab && browser.versionMinor >= 1.9) || (browser.isWebtv) || (browser.isDreamcast)) {
	var pngNormal = true;
	var strExt = ".png";
	// otherwise, we use plain old GIFs
} else {
	var strExt = ".gif";
}

var ns = (document.all)?false:true;
var browserVersion = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion );