function initImage(imageToFade) {
  imageId = imageToFade;
  image = document.getElementById(imageId);
  setOpacity(image, 100);
  fadeOut(imageId,100);
}


function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
  opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
  
  // IE/Win
  obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
  
  // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
  obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  // Older Mozilla and Firefox
  obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
  obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}

function fadeOut(objId,opacity) {
  if (document.getElementById) {
    obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    if (opacity >= 0) {
      setOpacity(obj, opacity);
      opacity -= 5;
      window.setTimeout("fadeOut('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 0);
    }
  }
}


function transTextOver(bground, content, title)
{
                document.getElementById(content).style.visibility='visible';
                document.getElementById(bground).style.opacity='.35';
                document.getElementById(bground).style.filter='alpha(opacity=30)';
}

function transTextOut(bground, content, title)
{
                document.getElementById(content).style.visibility='hidden';
                document.getElementById(bground).style.opacity='1';
                document.getElementById(bground).style.filter='alpha(opacity=100)';
}

function transTextOver1(bground, content, title)
{
                document.getElementById(content).style.visibility='visible';
}