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);
    }
}

function showflash(filename,width,height)
{
document.write("<object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0' width='"+width+"' height='"+height+"' id='"+filename+"' align='middle'>");
document.write("<param name='allowScriptAccess' value='sameDomain' />");
document.write("<param name='movie' value='"+filename+"' />");
document.write("<param name='loop' value='false' />");
document.write("<param name='menu' value='false' />");
document.write("<param name='quality' value='high' />");
document.write("<param name='wmode' value='transparent' />");
document.write("<param name='bgcolor' value='#ffffff' />");
document.write("<embed src='"+filename+"' loop='false' menu='false' quality='high' wmode='transparent' bgcolor='#ffffff' width='"+width+"' height='"+height+"' name='"+filename+"' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='sameDomain' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' />");
document.write("</object>");
}