	
	var slideShowSpeed = 3000;
	var fadeStep = 2;
	
	var j = 0;
	var m = 0;
	var p = 0;
	var preLoad = new Array();
	
	function preLoadImages() {
		
		// find the number of items
		p = Pic.length;
		
		// iterate through all images
		for (i = 0; i < p; i++){
	   	// preload them one by one
	   	preLoad[i] = new Image();
		   preLoad[i].src = Pic[i];
		}
		
		// make the first image a random one
		j = Math.floor( Math.random() * p );
		
	}
	
	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 fadeIn( tImage ) {
		
		if( m < 100 ) {
			m += fadeStep; changeOpac( m, tImage );
	   	setTimeout( 'fadeIn("'+tImage+'")', 1 );
		}
		
	}
	
	function startFadeIn( tImage ) {
		
	   document.getElementById( tImage ).src = preLoad[j].src;
	   m = 0; fadeIn( tImage );
		
	}
	
	function runSlideShow( tImage, tFrame ) {
		
	   document.getElementById( tFrame ).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById( tImage ).src + ")";
	   changeOpac( 0, tImage ); j = j + 1; if (j > (p-1)) j=0;
	   setTimeout( 'startFadeIn("'+tImage+'")', 1 );
		setTimeout( 'runSlideShow("'+tImage+'","'+tFrame+'")', slideShowSpeed );
	   
	}
	
	function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
	  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
	}
	
	function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
	  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
	    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
	    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
	}
	
	function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
	  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
	    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
	  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
	  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
	  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
	}
	
	function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
	  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
	   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
	}
	
	function MM_showHideLayers() { //v3.0
	  var i,p,v,obj,args=MM_showHideLayers.arguments;
	  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) if ((obj=MM_findObj(args[i]))!=null) { v=args[i+2];
	    if (obj.style) { obj=obj.style; v=(v=='show')?'visible':(v='hide')?'hidden':v; }
	    obj.visibility=v; }
	}
	