function gup( name )
{
	name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
	var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
	var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
	var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
	if( results == null )
		return "";
	else
		return results[1];
}

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 += 7;
							window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
						}
					}
				}
				
				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;
				}