var delay = 3000;
var start_frame = 0;

function init() {

  $('slide-images').show();
  
  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() {
    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);