startColor = "#8297B5";
endColor = "#FFFFFF";

stepIn = 17;
stepOut = 25;

autoFade = false;
sloppyClass = false;

hexa = new makearray(16);
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    hexa[i] = i;
hexa[10]="a"; hexa[11]="b"; hexa[12]="c";
hexa[13]="d"; hexa[14]="e"; hexa[15]="f";
document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;
startColor = dehexize(startColor.toLowerCase());
endColor = dehexize(endColor.toLowerCase());
var fadeId = new Array();

function dehexize(Color)
{
 var colorArr = new makearray(3);
 for (i=1; i<7; i++)
 {
  for (j=0; j<16; j++)
  {
   if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j])
   {
   	if (i%2 !=0)
     colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]=eval(j)*16;
    else
     colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]+=eval(j);
   }
  }
 }
 return colorArr;
}

function domouseover()
{
 if(document.all)
 {
  var srcElement = event.srcElement;

  if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
   fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
 }
}

function domouseout()
{
 if (document.all)
 {
  var srcElement = event.srcElement;
  if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
   fade(endColor,startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepOut);
 }
}

function makearray(n)
{
 this.length = n;
 for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++)
  this[i] = 0;
 return this;
}

function hex(i)
{
 if (i < 0)
  return "00";
 else if (i > 255)
  return "ff";
 else
  return "" + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];}

function setColor(r, g, b, element)
{
 var hr = hex(r); var hg = hex(g); var hb = hex(b);
 element.style.color = "#"+hr+hg+hb;
}

function fade(s,e, element,step)
{
	var sr = s[0]; var sg = s[1]; var sb = s[2];
	var er = e[0]; var eg = e[1]; var eb = e[2];

	if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element){


		setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));


		var i = 1;


		while(i < fadeId.length){


			clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);


			i++;


			}


		}





    for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {


    	fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" +sr+ " *(( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +er+ " * (" +i+ "/" +


			step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+


			")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +i+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);


		}


	fadeId[0] = element;


}
































nereidFadeObjects = new Object();


nereidFadeTimers = new Object();


function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){


if (!document.all)


return


	if (object != "[object]"){  //do this so I can take a string too


	        setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0);


	        return;}





	    clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);


	    diff = destOp-object.filters.alpha.opacity;


	    direction = 1;


	    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp){


	    direction = -1;}





	    delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta);


	    object.filters.alpha.opacity+=direction*delta;


	    if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp){


	    nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object;


	    nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate);}}