function setupBstirValues() {bstirFadeTitles[0] = "HAVE &quot;YOU&quot; EVER LIVED BEFORE??"; bstirFadeLinks[0] = "http://aboutreincarnation.blogspot.com/2008/11/have-you-ever-lived-before.html"; bstirFadeSnippets[0] = "Sat, 15 Nov 2008 <br> The concept of reincarnation -  that our souls may experience many lifetimes over centuries, maybe even thousands of ..."; bstirFadeTitles[1] = "Is Reincarnation Possible?"; bstirFadeLinks[1] = "http://aboutreincarnation.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-reincarnation-possible_13.html"; bstirFadeSnippets[1] = "Thu, 13 Nov 2008 <br> Is Reincarnation Possible? One way to gain an understanding of past and future lives is to examine the process of sle..."; bstirFadeTitles[2] = "Consciousness"; bstirFadeLinks[2] = "http://aboutreincarnation.blogspot.com/2008/11/consciousness.html"; bstirFadeSnippets[2] = "Thu, 13 Nov 2008 <br> This is the most important reason establishing the existence of reincarnation. When we understand through our own exp..."; }

	var bstir_FadeOut = 255;
	var bstir_FadeIn=0;
	var bstir_Fade = 0;
	var bstir_FadeStep = 3;
	var bstir_FadeWait = 10000;
	var bstir_bFadeOut = true;
	var bstir_iFadeInterval;

	var bstirFadeLinks;
	var bstirFadeTitles;
	var bstirFadeSnippets;
	var bstirFadeCursor = 0;
	var bstirFadeMax;
	var bstirTitleElement;
	var bstirSnippetElement;

	function startBstir() {
	  bstirTitleElement = document.getElementById("bstir_title");
	  bstirSnippetElement = document.getElementById("bstir_snippet");
	  bstir_iFadeInterval = setInterval(showBstirItem, 10);
	  bstirFadeLinks = new Array();
	  bstirFadeTitles = new Array();
	  bstirFadeSnippets = new Array();
	  setupBstirValues();
	  bstirFadeMax = bstirFadeLinks.length-1;
	  setBstirItem();
	}

	function setBstirItem() {
	  bstirTitleElement.innerHTML = bstirFadeTitles[bstirFadeCursor];
	  bstirTitleElement.href = bstirFadeLinks[bstirFadeCursor];
	  bstirSnippetElement.innerHTML = bstirFadeSnippets[bstirFadeCursor];
	}

	function showBstirItem() {
	  if (bstir_bFadeOut) {
		bstir_Fade+=bstir_FadeStep;
		if (bstir_Fade>bstir_FadeOut) {
			  bstirNext();
		}
	  } else {
		bstir_Fade-=bstir_FadeStep;
		if (bstir_Fade<bstir_FadeIn) {
		  clearInterval(bstir_iFadeInterval);
		  setTimeout(bstirResume, bstir_FadeWait);
		  bstir_bFadeOut=true;
		}
	  }
	  if ((bstir_Fade<bstir_FadeOut)&&(bstir_Fade>bstir_FadeIn)){
		bstirTitleElement.style.color = "#" + bstirToHex(bstir_Fade);
		bstirSnippetElement.style.color = "#" + bstirToHex(bstir_Fade);
	  }
	}

	function bstirResume() {
	  bstir_iFadeInterval = setInterval(showBstirItem, 10);
	}

	function bstirNext() {
			bstirFadeCursor++;
		if (bstirFadeCursor>bstirFadeMax)
		  bstirFadeCursor=0;
		setBstirItem();
			bstir_bFadeOut = false;
	}

	function bstirToHex(strValue) {
	  try {
		var result= (parseInt(strValue).toString(16));

		while (result.length !=2)
				result= ("0" +result);
		result = result + result + result;
		return result.toUpperCase();
	  }
	  catch(e){}
	}

	startBstir();