//var element = document.getElementById('me');
      var duration = 200;  /* 1000 millisecond fade = 1 sec */
      var steps = 100;       /* number of opacity intervals   */
      var delay = 1000;     /* 5 sec delay before fading out */

      /* set the opacity of the element (between 0.0 and 1.0) */
      function setOpacity(_id,level) {			
		var element = document.getElementById(_id);		
        element.style.opacity = level;
        element.style.MozOpacity = level;
        element.style.KhtmlOpacity = level;
        element.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (level * 100) + ");";
      }

      function fadeIn(_id){
        for (i = 0.6; i <= 1; i += (1 / steps)) {			
          setTimeout("setOpacity('"+ _id + "'," + i + ")", i * duration);		    		  

        }
        //setTimeout("fadeOut()", delay);
      }

      function fadeOut(_id) {						
		for (i = 0; i <= 0.4; i += (1 / steps)) {				  
		  setTimeout("setOpacity('"+ _id +"'," + (1 - i) + ")", i * duration);         				
        }
        //setTimeout("fadeIn()", duration);		
      }




	 function fadeInB(text){
		fadetext.innerHTML = text;
		fadetext.style.visibility = "";
        for (i = 0; i <= 1; i += (1 / steps)) {
          setTimeout("setOpacityB(" + i + ")", i * 300);
        }
        setTimeout("fadeOutB()", 1000);
      }
      function fadeOutB(){
        for (i = 0; i <= 1; i += (1 / steps)) {		
		  setTimeout("setOpacityB(" + (1 - i) + ")", i * 300)
        }        
      }
      function setOpacityB(level) {		
        fadetext.style.opacity = level;
        fadetext.style.MozOpacity = level;
        fadetext.style.KhtmlOpacity = level;
        fadetext.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (level * 100) + ");";
      }


	  
	  function startPage() {	  
	     doc = window.document.getElementById("mainContent");
   doc.style.display = "block";

  fadetext = document.getElementById('fade_text');
  fadetext.style.top = "200";
  fadetext.style.left = "200";
  fadetext.style.color = "red";  
  
  fadeOut('s_p_1');  
  fadeOut('s_p_2');  
  fadeOut('s_p_3');  
  fadeOut('s_p_4');  
  fadeOut('s_p_5');  
  fadeOut('s_p_6');
   startTicker();
	  }