(function() {
var ol = document.getElementById("blogItems");
var nl = document.createElement("UL");
nl.className = "blogItems";
ol.parentNode.insertBefore(nl, ol);
ol.style.overflow = "hidden";
ol.style.height = 0;
ol.style.width = 0;


var count = 0;
nl.appendChild(ol.getElementsByTagName("LI")[0].cloneNode(true));

setInterval(rotate, 4000);
function rotate(){
	count = (count + 1) % ol.getElementsByTagName("LI").length;
	nl.replaceChild(ol.getElementsByTagName("LI")[count].cloneNode(true), nl.getElementsByTagName("LI")[0]);			
}

})();



/* 

function blogRotator(itemCount, pos) {
	pos++;
	setTimeout(eval("'blogRotator(" + itemCount + "," + pos + ")'"), 4000);
	document.getElementById('blogItems').style.top = (22 * pos * -1) + "px";
	if (pos == itemCount) {
		blogRotator(itemCount, -1);
	}
}
*/
/*
function opacity2(opacStart, opacEnd, pos) {
    var timer = 0;
    opacity2('blogItems', 0, 100, 5);
	blogRotator(pos);
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
            {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'blogItems')",(timer * 5));
            timer++;
        }
}
function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, speed) {
    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++;
        }
    }
}
function fader() {;
	 var timer = 0;

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
        for(i = 100; i <= 0; i--) {
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'blogItems')",(timer * 5));
            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 + ")";
} 
*/