var imagehidden=1;
    //var texthidden=1;
    var imagefadetime=1000;
    //var textfadetime=0;
    var additionalwaittime=200;

    var numfadepics=16;
    var currentfadepic=15;
    var fadepics = new Array(numfadepics);

    //var numfadetext=0;
    //var currentfadetext=0;
    //var fadetext = new Array(numfadetext);

    fadepics[0]="images/polevault.jpg";       
    fadepics[1]="images/drinking.jpg";         
    fadepics[2]="images/hurdle.jpg";            
    fadepics[3]="images/capsules.jpg";           
    fadepics[4]="images/wrestling.jpg";        
    fadepics[5]="images/drinking.jpg";       
    fadepics[6]="images/protein.jpg";             
    fadepics[7]="images/butterfly.jpg";        
    fadepics[8]="images/gym.jpg";              
    fadepics[9]="images/drinking.jpg";         
    fadepics[10]="images/amino.jpg";              
    fadepics[11]="images/running.jpg";         
    fadepics[12]="images/drinking.jpg";        
    fadepics[13]="images/football.jpg";      
    fadepics[14]="images/capsules.jpg";           
    fadepics[15]="images/basketball.jpg";      


    //fadetext[0]="images/drinking.jpg";


    function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
	    //speed for each frame
	    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	    var timer = 0;

	    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
	    if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
		    for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
			    setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			    timer++;
		    }
	    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
		    for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			    {
			    setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			    timer++;
		    }
	    }
    }

    //change the opacity for different browsers
    function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
        var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	    object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);	
	    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);	
	    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
    }

    function fadeloop() {
	    //alert("made it into fadeloop;  imagehidden=" + imagehidden);
	    var fadingImageObject=document.getElementById("fadingimage");
	    if(imagehidden==1) {
		    currentfadepic++;
		    //currentfadetext++;
		    if(currentfadepic>(numfadepics-1)) currentfadepic=0;
	    //if(currentfadetext>(numfadetext-1)) currentfadetext=0;
		    fadingImageObject.src=fadepics[currentfadepic];
		    opacity('fadingimageholder',0,100,imagefadetime);
		    //setTimeout("switchtext(currentfadetext)",imagefadetime+additionalwaittime);
		    imagehidden=0;
	    }
	    else if(imagehidden==0) {
		    opacity('fadingimageholder',100,0,imagefadetime);
		    //setTimeout("opacity('fadingtextholder',100,0,textfadetime)",imagefadetime+additionalwaittime);
		    imagehidden=1;
        }
	    delaytime=imagefadetime + additionalwaittime;
	    setTimeout("fadeloop()", delaytime);
    }
    	
    //function switchtext(currentfadetext){
    //	var fadingTextObject=document.getElementById("fadingtext");
    //	fadingTextObject.src=fadetext[currentfadetext];
	    //opacity('fadingtextholder',0,100,textfadetime);
    //}
    	
    //