//After how long should the region drop down hide
var regionTimeout = 20000;     
var regionState = false;
var regionTimer;

function regionSelect()
{
    if(regionState == true)
    {
        regionHide();
    }
    else
    {
        regionShow();
        regionTimer = setTimeout('regionHide()',regionTimeout);
    }
}

function regionShow()
{
    if(regionState == true) { return; }
    Effect.BlindDown('regionSelect');
    regionState = true;
}

function regionHide()
{
    if(regionState == false) { return; }
    Effect.BlindUp('regionSelect');
    regionState = false;
}