var gblPhotoShufflerDivId = "photodiv";
  var gblPhotoShufflerImgId = "photoimg";
  var gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId = "photoanchor";
  var gblPauseSeconds = 3;
  var gblFadeSeconds = .85;
  var gblRotations = 120;

  var gblDeckSize = gblImg.length;
  var gblOpacity = 100;
  var gblOnDeck = 0;
  var gblStartImg;
  var gblStartHref;
  var gblImageRotations = gblDeckSize * (gblRotations+1);

  function photoShufflerLaunch()
  {
  	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
        gblStartImg = theimg.src;
  	var theanchor = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId);
        gblStartHref = theimg.href;

	document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId).style.backgroundImage='url(' + gblImg[gblOnDeck] + ')';
	setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",gblPauseSeconds*1000);
  }

  function photoShufflerFade()
  {
  	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	
        var fadeDelta = 100 / (30 * gblFadeSeconds);


	if (gblOpacity < 2*fadeDelta ) 
	{
	  gblOpacity = 100;

	  if (gblImageRotations < 1) return;
	  photoShufflerShuffle();

          setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",gblPauseSeconds*1000);
	}
	else
	{
	  gblOpacity -= fadeDelta;
	  setOpacity(theimg,gblOpacity);
	  setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",30);
	}
  }

  function photoShufflerShuffle()
  {
	var thediv = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId);
	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	var theanchor = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId);
	
	theimg.src = gblImg[gblOnDeck];
	theanchor.href = gblHref[gblOnDeck];
	window.status = gblHref[gblOnDeck];

	setOpacity(theimg,100);

	gblOnDeck = ++gblOnDeck % gblDeckSize;

	if (--gblImageRotations < 1)
	{
	  gblImg[gblOnDeck] = gblStartImg;
	  gblHref[gblOnDeck] = gblStartHref;
	}

	thediv.style.backgroundImage='url(' + gblImg[gblOnDeck] + ')';
  }

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;
}