function createQuickView () { 
   var viewDiv = document.getElementById('displayDiv');
   var newUL = document.createElement( 'ul' );
   var newLI = document.createElement( 'li' );
   var newText = document.createTextNode( 'Mouse over the left column to see details here.' );
   newLI.appendChild( newText );
   newUL.appendChild( newLI );
   newUL.setAttribute( 'id', 'quickDisplay' );
   viewDiv.appendChild( newUL );
   var nodes = new Array;
   nodes = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
   for (var i=0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
      if (nodes[i].className == 'spec') { 
         nodes[i].onmouseover = displayInfo;          
         //nodes[i].onmouseout = hideInfo;            
         }
      }                 
   }

function displayInfo () { //alert(this.href);
   href = this.href; //alert( href );
   var fragment = href.split('#');
   var viewDiv = document.getElementById('quickDisplay'); 
   var notes = document.getElementById(fragment[1]).parentNode.cloneNode(true);
   viewDiv.replaceChild( notes, viewDiv.firstChild );    
   }

function OLDdisplayInfo () { //alert(this.id);
   var viewDiv = document.getElementById('quickDisplay'); 
   var notes = document.getElementById(this.id+'data').cloneNode(true);
   viewDiv.replaceChild( notes, viewDiv.firstChild );    
   }

function hideInfo ( block ) { //alert(block);
   var viewDiv = document.getElementById('quickDisplay'); 
   newLI = document.createElement('li');
   newText = document.createTextNode( 'Mouse over the left column to see details here.' );
   newLI.appendChild( newText );
   viewDiv.replaceChild( newLI, viewDiv.firstChild ); 
   }