function showPic (whichpic) { 
	if (document.getElementById) { 
		document.getElementById('placeholder').src = whichpic.href; 
		if (whichpic.title) { 
			document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.title; 
		} else { 
			document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.childNodes[0].nodeValue; 
		} 
		return false; 
	} else { 
		return true; 
	} 
}

// FADE IN IMAGE BY RESETTING OPACITY 5% at a time EVERY 15 milliseconds.
function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        obj = document.getElementById(objId);
        if (opacity <= 100) {
            setOpacity(obj, opacity);
            opacity += 5;
            window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 15);
        }
    }
}

// SET OPACITY (passed an object and an opacity value. It then sets the opacity of the supplied object using four proprietary ways. It also prevents a flicker in Firefox caused when opacity is set to 100%, by setting the value to 99.999% instead)

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;
}

// -->