function initImage() {
  imageId = 'thephoto';
  image = document.getElementById(imageId);
  setOpacity(image, 0);
  image.style.visibility = 'visible';
  fadeIn(imageId,0);
}

function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
  if (document.getElementById) {
    obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    if (opacity <= 100) {
      setOpacity(obj, opacity);
      opacity += 10;
      window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
    }
	else { news_slider(); }
  }
}

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;
}

var news_div, curr_left, inc, delay_time, news_timer
function news_slider() {
	news_div = document.getElementById('news_story');
	curr_left = 215;
	delay_time = 40;
	inc = 20;
	news_timer = setInterval('news_div_nudge()', delay_time);
}

function news_div_nudge() {
	if (curr_left > 0) {
		news_div.style.left = curr_left + 'px';
		curr_left = curr_left - inc;
	}
	else if (curr_left <= 0) {
		news_div.style.left = 0;
		clearInterval(news_timer);
	}
}