function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
    //speed for each frame
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
    var timer = 0;

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
            timer++;
        }
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
            {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
            timer++;
        }
    }
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style;
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
} 

// ON Page load function
/*var int = function(){
		setTimeout('opacity("header", 50, 100, 1000)', 250);
}*/



// Jquery on load
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
	// simple if empty return input to default value	
	if(jQuery(".clearReturn")!=null){
	   jQuery(".clearReturn").focus(function(){
			if( this.value == this.defaultValue ){
				this.value = "";
			}
		}).blur(function() {
			if( !this.value.length ) {
				this.value = this.defaultValue;
			}
		});
	}
	
	setTimeout('opacity("header", 50, 100, 1000)', 250);

});


//window.attachEvent ? window.attachEvent("onload", int) : window.onload=int;