<script type="text/javascript">

 	isDebug = false;        

 	// Fade interval in milliseconds

 	// Make this larger if you experience performance issues

 	Fadomatic.INTERVAL_MILLIS = 50;

 	// Creates a fader

 	// element - The element to fade

 	// speed - The speed to fade at, from 0.0 to 100.0

 	// initialOpacity (optional, default 100) - element's starting opacity, 0 to 100

 	// minOpacity (optional, default 0) - element's minimum opacity, 0 to 100

 	// maxOpacity (optional, default 0) - element's minimum opacity, 0 to 100

 	function Fadomatic (element, rate, initialOpacity, minOpacity, maxOpacity) {

 		this._element = element;

 		this._intervalId = null;

 		this._rate = rate;

 		this._isFadeOut = true;

 		// Set initial opacity and bounds

 		// NB use 99 instead of 100 to avoid flicker at start of fade

 		this._minOpacity = 0;

 		this._maxOpacity = 99;

 		this._opacity = 99;

 		if (typeof minOpacity != 'undefined') {

 			if (minOpacity < 0) {

 				this._minOpacity = 0;

 			} else if (minOpacity > 99) {

 				this._minOpacity = 99;

 			} else {

 				this._minOpacity = minOpacity;

 			}

 		}

 		if (typeof maxOpacity != 'undefined') {

 			if (maxOpacity < 0) {

 				this._maxOpacity = 0;

 			} else if (maxOpacity > 99) {

 				this._maxOpacity = 99;

 			} else {

 				this._maxOpacity = maxOpacity;

 			}

 			if (this._maxOpacity < this._minOpacity) {

 				this._maxOpacity = this._minOpacity;

 			}

 		}

 		if (typeof initialOpacity != 'undefined') {

 			if (initialOpacity > this._maxOpacity) {

 				this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

 			} else if (initialOpacity < this._minOpacity) {

 				this._opacity = this._minOpacity;

 			} else {

 				this._opacity = initialOpacity;

 			}

 		}

 		// See if we're using W3C opacity, MSIE filter, or just

 		// toggling visiblity

 		if(typeof element.style.opacity != 'undefined') {

 			this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityW3c;

 		} else if(typeof element.style.filter != 'undefined') {

 			// If there's not an alpha filter on the element already,

 			// add one

 			if (element.style.filter.indexOf("alpha") == -1) {

 				// Attempt to preserve existing filters

 				var existingFilters="";

 				if (element.style.filter) {

 					existingFilters = element.style.filter+" ";

 				}

 				element.style.filter = existingFilters+"alpha(opacity="+this._opacity+")";

 			}

 			this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityMSIE;

 		} else {

 			this._updateOpacity = this._updateVisibility;

 		}

 		this._updateOpacity();

 	}

 	// Initiates a fade out

 	Fadomatic.prototype.fadeOut = function () {

 		this._isFadeOut = true;

 		this._beginFade();

 	}

 	// Initiates a fade in

 	Fadomatic.prototype.fadeIn = function () {

 		this._isFadeOut = false;

 		this._beginFade();

 	}

 	// Makes the element completely opaque, stops any fade in progress

 	Fadomatic.prototype.show = function () {

 		this.haltFade();

 		this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

 		this._updateOpacity();

 	}

 	// Makes the element completely transparent, stops any fade in progress

 	Fadomatic.prototype.hide = function () {

 		this.haltFade();

 		this._opacity = 0;

 		this._updateOpacity();

 	}

 	// Halts any fade in progress

 	Fadomatic.prototype.haltFade = function () {

 		clearInterval(this._intervalId);

 	}

 	// Resumes a fade where it was halted

 	Fadomatic.prototype.resumeFade = function () {

 		this._beginFade();

 	}

 	// Pseudo-private members

 	Fadomatic.prototype._beginFade = function () {

 		this.haltFade();

 		var objref = this;

 		this._intervalId = setInterval(function() { objref._tickFade(); },Fadomatic.INTERVAL_MILLIS);

 	}

 	Fadomatic.prototype._tickFade = function () {

 		if (this._isFadeOut) {

 			this._opacity -= this._rate;

 			if (this._opacity < this._minOpacity) {

 				this._opacity = this._minOpacity;

 				this.haltFade();

 			}

 		} else {

 			this._opacity += this._rate;

 			if (this._opacity > this._maxOpacity ) {

 				this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

 				this.haltFade();

 			}

 		}

 		this._updateOpacity();

 	}

 	Fadomatic.prototype._updateVisibility = function () {

 		if (this._opacity > 0) {

 			this._element.style.visibility = 'visible';

 		} else {

 			this._element.style.visibility = 'hidden';

 		}

 	}

 	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacityW3c = function () {

 		this._element.style.opacity = this._opacity/100;

 		this._updateVisibility();

 	}

 	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacityMSIE = function () {

 		this._element.filters.alpha.opacity = this._opacity;

 		this._updateVisibility();

 	}

 	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacity = null;

 	// Override CoalescedHTML methods

 	function outputHTML() {

 		var insert = document.getElementById("insert");

 		if(!!insert && coalescedHTML.isConsecutive) {

 			insert.parentNode.replaceChild(coalescedHTML.fragment, insert);

 		} else {

 			if(insert)

 				insert.parentNode.removeChild(insert);

 			// insert the documentFragment into the live DOM

 			try {

 				var fader = new Fadomatic(coalescedHTML.fragment, 9, 0, 0, 95);

 			} catch(e) {

 				trace(e);

 			}

 			fader.fadeIn();

 		}

 		alignChat(coalescedHTML.shouldScroll);

 		// reset state to empty/non-coalescing

 		coalescedHTML.shouldScroll = undefined;

 		coalescedHTML.isConsecutive = undefined;

 		coalescedHTML.isCoalescing = false;

 		coalescedHTML.coalesceRounds = 0;

 	}

 	CoalescedHTML.prototype.coalesce = function() {

 		window.clearTimeout(this.timeoutID);

 		this.timeoutID = window.setTimeout(outputHTML, 25);

 		this.isCoalescing = true;

 		this.coalesceRounds += 1;

 		if(400 < self.coalesceRounds)

 			this.cancel();

 	}

 </script>