function preloader() {

	var imgCount = 0;
	imagesrc = new Array();
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_1.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_1.2.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_1.5.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_1.4.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_1.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_2.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_2.5.2.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_2.3.2.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_2.6.2.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_2.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_3.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_3.6.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_3.3.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_3.4.1.jpg";
	imgCount++;
	imagesrc[imgCount]= "/templates/law/images/banner/rotate/banner_3.1.jpg";
	
	var rand_no = Math.ceil(imgCount*Math.random());
	images = new Array();
	images[rand_no] = new Image();
	images[rand_no].src = imagesrc[rand_no];
		
	document.getElementById("bannerimage").innerHTML='<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" ><tr><td><div style="background-image: url(' + images[rand_no].src + '); background-repeat: no-repeat; width: 562px; height: 169px;" id="blenddiv"><img src="' + images[rand_no].src + '" style="width: 562px; height: 169px; border: 0 none; filter: alpha(opacity=0); -moz-opacity: 0; opacity: 0;" id="blendimage" /></div></td><td><IMG src="/templates/law/images/banner/banner-middle.gif" width="306" height="169" border="0" /></td><td width="100%" class="lawbannerextend"></td></tr></table>';

	for (i=(rand_no + 1); i <= imgCount; i++)
	{
		images[i] = new Image();
		images[i].src = imagesrc[i];
	}

	for (i=0; i < rand_no; i++)
	{
		images[i] = new Image();
		images[i].src = imagesrc[i];
	}

	changebackground(rand_no, imgCount);
} 

function changebackground(j, icount) {
	if (j > icount) j=0;
		
	blendimage('blenddiv','blendimage', images[j].src,2000); 
	j++;
	setTimeout( "changebackground("+j+","+icount+");", 8000); 
}