a=new Array();
b=new Array();
c=new Array(); 
d=new Array();
var img_count = 0;

 function img_b(sponsor_number)
 { 
   if( img_count == 0) { return;}
   if( sponsor_number == img_count) { sponsor_number = 0;}
   var si = document.getElementById('sponsor_image'); 
   if (si) { 
 	si.src=a[sponsor_number]; 
	si.alt=d[sponsor_number]; 
	initImage();
   } 
   
   var sh = document.getElementById('sponsor_href'); 
   if (sh) { 
    sh.href=b[sponsor_number]; 
   } 
   
   var sn = document.getElementById('sponsor_name');
   if(sn){
   	sn.innerHTML = c[sponsor_number];
   	}
   	
   var nextItiration = 'img_b(' + (sponsor_number + 1) + ')';
   setTimeout(nextItiration, 8000); 
 }
 
 function initImage() {
   imageId = 'sponsor_image';
   image = document.getElementById(imageId);
   setOpacity(image, 0);
   image.style.visibility = "visible";
   fadeIn(imageId,0,5);
 }
 
function fadeIn(objId,opacity,rate) {
   if (document.getElementById) {
	   obj = document.getElementById(objId);
	   if (opacity <= 100) {
	     setOpacity(obj, opacity);
	     opacity += rate;
	     window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+","+rate+")", 70);
	   }	
   }
}

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;
}