    function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
        opacity = (opacity == 100) ? 99.999:opacity;
        obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity="+opacity+")";
        obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
        obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
        obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
    }
    
    function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
	if (document.getElementById) {
		obj = document.getElementById(objId);
		if (obj){
		    if (opacity <= 100) {
			    setOpacity(obj, opacity);
			    opacity += 20;
			    window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 50);
		        }
	        }
	    }
    }

    function fadeOut(objId,opacity) {
	if (document.getElementById) {
		obj = document.getElementById(objId);
		if (obj)
		{
		    if (opacity >= 0) {
			    setOpacity(obj, opacity);
			    opacity -= 20;
			    window.setTimeout("fadeOut('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
		        }
	        }
	    }
    }
    
    function initImage(imageId) {
	    image = document.getElementById(imageId);
	    if (image)
	    {
	        setOpacity(image, 0);
	        image.style.display = "block";
	    }
	}
    
    function hideImage(imageId) {
        image = document.getElementById(imageId);
        if (image)
        {
            image.style.display= "none";
        }
	}
    
    function repeater(nr) {
        imageId='ss'+nr;
        hideImage(imageId);
        imageId='ss'+((nr+1)%6);
        initImage(imageId);
        fadeIn(imageId,0);
        window.setTimeout("fadeOut('"+imageId+"',100)",2500);
        window.setTimeout("repeater("+((nr+1)%6)+")",3500);
		}
    
