  // slide show

  var this_slide = 1  // the slide we're on at any given moment -- start with #1
  var slide_count = 6  // total number of slides available
  var hold_show = 0 // flag to show slides [0] or pause them [1]

  if (document.images) // pre-load
  {
  image_buffer1 = new Image;
  image_buffer2 = new Image;
  image_buffer3 = new Image;
  image_buffer4 = new Image;
  image_buffer5 = new Image;
  image_buffer6 = new Image;
  image_buffer7 = new Image;
  image_buffer8 = new Image;
  image_buffer9 = new Image;
  image_buffer10 = new Image;
 
 
  image_buffer1.src = "slide_2.gif";
  image_buffer2.src = "slide_5.gif";
  image_buffer3.src = "slide_6.gif";
  image_buffer4.src = "slide_7.gif";
  image_buffer5.src = "slide_8.gif";
  image_buffer6.src = "slide_9.jpg";
  image_buffer7.src = "slide_11.gif";
  image_buffer8.src = "slide_0.gif";
  image_buffer9.src = "slide_0.gif";
  image_buffer10.src = "slide_1.jpg";

  }

  var slide_image = new Array; 
 
  slide_image[1] = image_buffer1.src;
  slide_image[2] = image_buffer2.src;
  slide_image[3] = image_buffer3.src;
  slide_image[4] = image_buffer4.src;
  slide_image[5] = image_buffer5.src;
  slide_image[6] = image_buffer6.src;
  slide_image[7] = image_buffer7.src;
  slide_image[8] = image_buffer8.src;
  slide_image[9] = image_buffer9.src;
  slide_image[10] = image_buffer10.src;
  
  /*
  
  
  
  */


function slide_cycle()
{
	if (document.images) // don't bother if images are turned off in preferences
	{
		if (hold_show == 0) document.slide_show.src = slide_image[this_slide];
							
		setTimeout ("slide_cycle()", 4000.0);
		this_slide = this_slide + 1; // 
		if (this_slide > slide_count) this_slide = 1;
	}
}

	// preload bullet roll-over art

	var light_off = new Image;
	var light_on  = new Image;
	
	light_off.src = "bullet_off.gif";
	light_on.src = "bullet_on.gif";
	
	var total_items = 10; // Number of bulleted items in list
	
	function turn_on(item_number)
	
	{
		hold_show = 1 // temporarily disable slide show
		
		image_number = item_number;
		if (item_number > 10) image_number = 10;
		
		
		if (item_number == 0)
			{
			
			document.slide_show.src = slide_image[image_number];
			
			pointer = eval("document." + "item_" + (item_number+1));
			pointer.src = light_on.src;
			
			}
			
		else
			{
						
			document.slide_show.src = slide_image[image_number];

			pointer = eval("document." + "item_" + item_number);
			pointer.src = light_on.src;
		
			}
			
				
	}
	
	function turn_off()
	{
		hold_show = 0 // resume slide show
		
		for (i=1; i<=total_items; i++)
		{
		pointer = eval("document." + "item_" + i);
		pointer.src = light_off.src;
		}

	}
