function theimageslide() {
	$('div.imageslide ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});
	$('div.imageslide ul li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
	setInterval('rotate()',7000);
	
}

function rotate() {	
	var current = ($('div.imageslide ul li.show')?  $('div.imageslide ul li.show') : $('div.imageslide ul li:first'));

    if ( current.length == 0 ) current = $('div.imageslide ul li:first');
	var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().hasClass('show')) ? $('div.imageslide ul li:first') :current.next()) : $('div.imageslide ul li:first'));
	//var sibs = current.siblings();
//    var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );
//    var next = $( sibs[ rndNum ] );
	next.css({opacity: 0.0})
	.addClass('show')
	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 2000);
	
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 2000)
	.removeClass('show');
	
};


$(document).ready(function() {		
	theimageslide();
	$('div.imageslide').delay(500).animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1500);		
	
	/*$('div.imageslide').fadeIn(2000);
    $('div.imageslide ul li').fadeIn(2000); //for IE*/

	$('div.mainimage').delay(500).animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1500);		
		
	if (document.images) { //preload image
    img1 = new Image();
    img1.src = "/images/homepage_1.jpg";
    img2 = new Image();
    img2.src = "/images/homepage_2.jpg";
	img3 = new Image();
    img3.src = "/images/homepage_3.jpg";
	img4 = new Image();
    img4.src = "/images/homepage_4.jpg";
	img5 = new Image();
    img5.src = "/images/homepage_5.jpg";
	
	img6 = new Image();
    img6.src = "/images/menu1.png";
	img7 = new Image();
    img7.src = "/images/menu3.png";
	img8 = new Image();
    img8.src = "/images/menu4.png";
	img9 = new Image();
    img9.src = "/images/menu5.png";
	
	img10 = new Image();
    img10.src = "/images/title.png";
	img11 = new Image();
    img11.src = "/images/donatebutton.jpg";
	
	img12 = new Image();
    img12.src = "/images/program1.jpg";
	img13 = new Image();
    img13.src = "/images/program2.jpg";
	img14 = new Image();
    img14.src = "/images/program3.jpg";
	
	img15 = new Image();
    img15.src = "/images/rightbutton1.jpg";
	img16 = new Image();
    img16.src = "/images/rightbutton2.jpg";
	img17 = new Image();
    img17.src = "/images/rightbutton3.jpg";
	
	img18 = new Image();
    img18.src = "/images/mainimage_1.jpg";
	img19 = new Image();
    img19.src = "/images/mainimage_2.jpg";
	img20 = new Image();
    img20.src = "/images/mainimage_3.jpg";
	img21 = new Image();
    img21.src = "/images/mainimage_4.jpg";
	img22 = new Image();
    img22.src = "/images/mainimage_5.jpg";
	img23 = new Image();
    img23.src = "/images/mainimage_6.jpg";
	img24 = new Image();
    img24.src = "/images/mainimage_7.jpg";
	
	img25 = new Image();
    img25.src = "/images/didyouknow.jpg";
	img26 = new Image();
    img26.src = "/images/whatemployersay.jpg";
	img27 = new Image();
    img27.src = "/images/youthtestimonies.jpg";
	
	img28 = new Image();
    img28.src = "/images/puzzle.jpg";
	}

});