function imageLoads() {

	im0 = new Image(400,205)
	im0.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/1.jpg"
	
	im1 = new Image(400,205)
	im1.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/2.jpg"
	
	im2 = new Image(400,205)
	im2.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/3.jpg"
	
	im3 = new Image(400,205)
	im3.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/4.jpg"
	
	im4 = new Image(400,205)
	im4.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/5.jpg"
	
	im5 = new Image(400,205)
	im5.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/6.jpg"
	
	im6 = new Image(400,205)
	im6.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/7.jpg"
	
	im7 = new Image(400,205)
	im7.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/8.jpg"
	
	im8 = new Image(400,205)
	im8.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/9.jpg"
	
	im9 = new Image(400,205)
	im9.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/10.jpg"
	
	im10 = new Image(400,205)
	im10.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/11.jpg"
	
	im11 = new Image(400,205)
	im11.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/12.jpg"
	
	im12 = new Image(400,205)
	im12.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/13.jpg"	

	im13 = new Image(400,205)
	im13.src = "media/homefeatures/slide_images/14.jpg"

	arch = new Array(im0, im1, im2, im3, im4, im5, im6, im7, im8, im9, im10, im11, im12, im13)	
}

//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 + ")";
}

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = arch[current++].src;

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
}

function checkload() {
	if(im13.complete == false)
		setTimeout("checkload()", 1000)
}

function homeAnim() {
	if(current == 14)
		current = 0;	
	checkload();
	blendimage('blenddiv', 'blender', current, 500);

	setTimeout("homeAnim()",5000);
	
}


function wait() {
	setTimeout("work()", 2000);
}

function work() {
	current = 0;
	imageLoads();
	homeAnim();
}