var delay = 7000;
var start_frame = 0;

function init() {
        var lis = $('slide-images').getElementsByTagName('li');

        for( i=0; i < lis.length; i++){
                if(i!=0){
                        lis[i].style.display = 'none';
                }
        }
        end_frame = lis.length -1;

        start_slideshow(start_frame, end_frame, delay, lis);


}



function start_slideshow(start_frame, end_frame, delay, lis) {
        setTimeout(fadeInOut(start_frame,start_frame,end_frame, delay, lis), delay);
}


function fadeInOut(frame, start_frame, end_frame, delay, lis) {
        return (function() {
                if ($("loading_throbber")) {
                    $("loading_throbber").hide();
                    Element.setStyle("slide-images", {height: "632px"});
                }
                lis = $('slide-images').getElementsByTagName('li');
                Effect.Fade(lis[frame]);
                if (frame == end_frame) { frame = start_frame; } else { frame++; }
                lisAppear = lis[frame];
                setTimeout("Effect.Appear(lisAppear);", 0);
                setTimeout(fadeInOut(frame, start_frame, end_frame, delay), delay + 1850);
        })

}


Event.observe(window, 'load', init, false);