$(function() {
				var imagePath = "images/slides/";
				var currentSlide = 0;
				var previousSlide = 0;
				
				var slides= new Array();
				slides[0] = "slide1.jpg";
				slides[1] = "slide2.jpg";
				slides[2] = "slide3.jpg";
				slides[3] = "slide4.jpg";
				slides[4] = "slide5.jpg";
				slides[5] = "slide6.jpg";
				slides[6] = "slide7.jpg";
				slides[7] = "slide8.jpg";
				slides[8] = "slide9.jpg";
				slides[9] = "slide10.jpg";
				slides[10] = "slide11.jpg";
				slides[11] = "slide12.jpg";
				slides[12] = "slide13.jpg";
				slides[13] = "slide14.jpg";
				slides[14] = "slide15.jpg";

				
			
			function getNextSlide(){
				currentSlide ++;
				if(currentSlide> slides.length-1){
					currentSlide = 0;	
				}
				showNextSlide();
			}
			
			
			function precache(){
				var tempImg = []

				for(var x=0;x<slides.length;x++) {
				    tempImg[x] = new Image()
			    	tempImg[x].src = imagePath + slides[x]
				}
	
			}
			
			function showNextSlide(){
				$("#slideHolderBG").css('background-image', 'url(' + imagePath + slides[previousSlide] + ')');
				$("#slideHolder").css('opacity',0);
				$("#slideHolder").attr('src',imagePath + slides[currentSlide]);
				$("#slideHolder").animate({"opacity": 1}, 1500);
				previousSlide = currentSlide;
			}
			
			precache()
			var slideTimer = setInterval(getNextSlide,5000);
			
			//getNextSlide();
						
	});