var count = 1;
	var myimages = new Array();
	
	preloading("images/1a.jpg","images/2a.jpg","images/3a.jpg","images/4a.jpg","images/5a.jpg");
	
	function preloading(){
		for (x=0; x<preloading.arguments.length; x++){
			myimages[x] = new Image();
			myimages[x].src = preloading.arguments[x];
		}
	}

	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 
     	setOpacity(document.getElementById(imageid), 0);
		
    	//make new image
    	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile; 
		fadeIn(imageid,0);
	} 

	
	function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
  		opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
  
  		// IE/Win
  		obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
  
  		// Safari<1.2, Konqueror
  		obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  		// Older Mozilla and Firefox
  		obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  		// Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
  		obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
	}


	function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
		if (document.getElementById) {
    		obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    		if (opacity <= 100) {
      			setOpacity(obj, opacity);
      			opacity += 4;
      			window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
    		}
  		}
	}


	function startclock()
	{
		timerID = setInterval("showImage()",9000);
	}


	function showImage()
	{
		count+=1;
		if(count>5) count=1;
		blendimage("blenddiv","blendimage", myimages[count-1].src,1500);
	}