function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function setOpacity(level) {
  document.getElementById('me').style.opacity = level;
  document.getElementById('me').style.MozOpacity = level;
  document.getElementById('me').style.KhtmlOpacity = level;
  document.getElementById('me').style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (level * 100) + ");";
}
//var element = document.getElementById('me');
var duration = 1000;  /* 1000 millisecond fade = 1 sec */
var steps = 20;       /* number of opacity intervals   */
var delay = 2500;     /* 5 sec delay before fading out */
var reference = readCookie('references');
if (reference == null){
	reference = 0;
}
var temp = 0;

function fadeIn(){
	if (reference < pausecontent.length){
	  	document.getElementById('me').innerHTML = pausecontent[reference];
		//alert(pausecontent[reference]);
		reference++;
	} else {
	  	reference = 0;
	 	document.getElementById('me').innerHTML = pausecontent[reference];
		reference++;
	}
	createCookie('references',reference,7);
	if (temp == 1){
	  for (i = 0; i <= 1; i += (1 / steps)) {
		setTimeout("setOpacity(" + i + ")", i * duration);
	  }
	}
  setTimeout("fadeOut()", delay);
}

function fadeOut() {
  if (temp == 0){
	  duration = 200;
  } else {
	  duration = 1000;
  }
  temp = 1;
  for (i = 0; i <= 1; i += (1 / steps)) {
    setTimeout("setOpacity(" + (1 - i) + ")", i * duration);
  }
  setTimeout("fadeIn()", duration);
}