function addLoadEvent(func) {
	  var oldonload = window.onload;
	  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
	    window.onload = func;
	  } else {
	    window.onload = function() {
	      oldonload();
	      func();
	    }
	  }
	}
		window.onload = function(){
			var banner = document.getElementById('bottom_banner');
	

			var pseudoBottom = 175;
			var i = 1;
			function animate(){
					//alert(banner.offsetHeight);
				if(pseudoBottom > banner.offsetHeight){
				
					banner.style.height = i + 'px';
					i=i+2;
			
					//++pseudoBottom;
					interval = window.setTimeout(animate, 5);
				}else{
					clearTimeout(interval)
				}
			}
			interval = window.setTimeout(animate, 2500);
	
		}		
		function destroycatfish() /* catfish closer function */
		{
			var catfish = document.getElementById('bottom_banner');
			document.body.removeChild(catfish); /* clip catfish off the tree */
			document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].style.padding= '0'; /* reset the padding at the bottom */
			return false; /* disable the link's 'linkiness' -- so it won't jump you up the top of the page */
		}
		function closelink() /* attach the catfish closer function to the link */
		{
			var closelink = document.getElementById('closeme'); /* find the 'close this' link */
			closelink.onclick = destroycatfish; /* attach the destroy function to it's 'onclick' */
		}
		addLoadEvent(function() { 
			closelink();
		});