var nsASGNewsScroller = {

    links: null,
    timeframe: null,
    currentlink: null,
    ref: null,
    
    initImage: function() {
      imageId = 'divNews';
      image = document.getElementById(imageId);
      nsASGNewsScroller.setOpacity(image, 0);
      image.style.visibility = 'visible';
      nsASGNewsScroller.fadeIn(imageId,0);
    },
    
    setOpacity: function(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;
    },
    
    fadeIn: function(objId,opacity) {
      if (document.getElementById) {
        obj = document.getElementById(objId);
        if (opacity <= 100) {
          nsASGNewsScroller.setOpacity(obj, opacity);
          opacity += 5;
          window.setTimeout("nsASGNewsScroller.fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
        }
      }
    }
}