function photoShufflerLaunch()
  {
  	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
        gblStartImg = theimg.src; // save away to show as final image
  	if (document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId)) {
  	var theanchor = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId);
        gblStartHref = theimg.href; // save away to show as final image
	}

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

  function photoShufflerFade()
  {
  	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	
  	// determine delta based on number of fade seconds
	// the slower the fade the more increments needed
        var fadeDelta = 100 / (30 * gblFadeSeconds);

	// fade top out to reveal bottom image
	if (gblOpacity < 2*fadeDelta ) 
	{
	  gblOpacity = 100;
	  // stop the rotation if we're done
	 // if (gblImageRotations < 1) return;
	  photoShufflerShuffle();
	  // pause before next fade
      setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",gblPauseSeconds*1000);
	}
	else
	{
	  gblOpacity -= fadeDelta;
	  setOpacity(theimg,gblOpacity);
	  setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",30);  // 1/30th of a second
	}
  }

  function photoShufflerShuffle()
  {
	var thediv = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId);
	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	
	var theanchor = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId);
	
	// copy div background-image to img.src
	//theimg.src = gblImg[gblOnDeck];
	//gblImg[gblOnDeck];
	//thediv.style.backgroundImage='url(' + gblImg[gblOnDeck] + ')';
	theimg.src = gblImg[gblOnDeck];	
	if (gblHref[gblOnDeck] != '') {
		
		thediv.innerHTML = '<a href="'+gblHref[gblOnDeck]+'"  id="'+gblPhotoShufflerAnchorId+'"><img id="'+gblPhotoShufflerImgId+'" src="'+gblImg[gblOnDeck]+'" alt="" border="0" /></a>';
		//theanchor.href = gblHref[gblOnDeck];
	}
	else {
		if (theanchor) {
			thediv.innerHTML = '<img id="'+gblPhotoShufflerImgId+'" src="'+gblImg[gblOnDeck]+'" alt="" border="0" />';
		}
	}
	//window.status = gblHref[gblOnDeck]; // updates status bar (optional)
	// set img opacity to 100
	setOpacity(theimg,100);

        // shuffle the deck
	gblOnDeck = ++gblOnDeck % gblDeckSize;
	// decrement rotation counter
	if (--gblImageRotations < 1)
	{
	  // insert start/final image if we're done
	  gblImg[gblOnDeck] = gblStartImg;
	  gblHref[gblOnDeck] = gblStartHref;
	}

	// slide next image underneath
	setTimeout('ieBackgroundFix();',1000);
	
  }
function ieBackgroundFix() {
	var thediv = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId);
	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;
}