function newImage(arguy) {
  
  rslt = new Image();
  rslt.src = arguy;
  return rslt;
  
}
function preloadImages() {
  
  newImage('img/fact_1.jpg');
  newImage('img/fact_2.jpg');
  newImage('img/fact_3.jpg');
  newImage('img/fact_4.jpg');
  newImage('img/logo.gif');
}

//preloadImages();
var d=document, imgs = new Array(), zInterval = null, current=0, pause=false;

function so_init() {
  if(!d.getElementById || !d.createElement)return;

  css = d.createElement("link");
  css.setAttribute("href","slides_fade.css");
  css.setAttribute("rel","stylesheet");
  css.setAttribute("type","text/css");
  d.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(css);

  imgs = d.getElementById("slides_cont").getElementsByTagName("img");
  for(i=1;i<imgs.length;i++) imgs[i].xOpacity = 0;
  imgs[0].style.display = "block";
  imgs[0].xOpacity = .99;

  setTimeout(so_xfade,7000);
  document.getElementById('slides_cont_helper_table').style.display = 'none';
  document.getElementById('slides_cont').style.display = '';
}

function so_xfade() {
  cOpacity = imgs[current].xOpacity;
  nIndex = imgs[current+1]?current+1:0;
  nOpacity = imgs[nIndex].xOpacity;

  cOpacity-=.05;
  nOpacity+=.05;

  imgs[nIndex].style.display = "block";
  imgs[current].xOpacity = cOpacity;
  imgs[nIndex].xOpacity = nOpacity;

  setOpacity(imgs[current]);
  setOpacity(imgs[nIndex]);

  if(cOpacity<=0) {
	imgs[current].style.display = "none";
	current = nIndex;
	setTimeout(so_xfade,6000);
  } else {
	setTimeout(so_xfade,50);
  }

  function setOpacity(obj) {
	if(obj.xOpacity>.99) {
	  obj.xOpacity = .99;
	  return;
	}
	obj.style.opacity = obj.xOpacity;
	obj.style.MozOpacity = obj.xOpacity;
	obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (obj.xOpacity*100) + ")";
  }

}
window.addEventListener?window.addEventListener("load",so_init,false):window.attachEvent("onload",so_init);

function getAbsPosition(e) {
  var left = 0;
  var top  = 0;
  while (e.offsetParent) {
	left += e.offsetLeft;
	top  += e.offsetTop;
	//alert(e.tagName + ' - ' + e.id + ' - ' + e.currentStyle.hasLayout + ' - ' + left + ' - ' + top);
	e    = e.offsetParent;
  }
  
  left += e.offsetLeft;
  top  += e.offsetTop;
  
  return {x:left, y:top};
}
function wait()
{
  menu_position();

}
function menu_position(){
  var lc_obj2 = document.getElementById('menuspacer');
  var absCoords = getAbsPosition(lc_obj2);
  var xt_top = absCoords.y;
  var xt_left = absCoords.x;
  var men = document.getElementById('headerx');
  men.style.left = xt_left + 2 +'px';
  men.style.top = xt_top - 18 + 'px';
  men.style.width = "998px";
  men.style.display = "inline";
  //men.style.border = "1px solid #f00";
  //alert(men.style.left + " - " + men.style.top );
}

window.onresize = function () {menu_position();};