var interval = 3000;
	var random_display = 0;
	var imageDir = "slideShow/images/italy_slide/";
	var imageNum = 0;

	imageArray = new Array();

	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4182.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "IMC_Itin_Map_sml_Rev1.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4386.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4390.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4456.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4602.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4652.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4885.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF4912.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5123.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5183.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5202.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5208.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5229.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5242.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5275.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5287.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "DSCF5295.jpg");
	imageArray[imageNum++] = new imageItem(imageDir + "PrintingPress.jpg");

	var totalImages = imageArray.length;

function imageItem(image_location) {
	this.image_item = new Image();
	this.image_item.src = image_location;
}

function get_ImageItemLocation(imageObj) {
	return(imageObj.image_item.src)
}

function randNum(x, y) {
	var range = y - x + 1;
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * range) + x;
}

function getNextImage() {
	if (random_display) {
		imageNum = randNum(0, totalImages-1);
	}
	else {
	imageNum = (imageNum+1) % totalImages;
	}

	var new_image = get_ImageItemLocation(imageArray[imageNum]);
	return(new_image);
}

function switchImage(place) {
	var new_image = getNextImage();
	document[place].src = new_image;
	var recur_call = "switchImage('"+place+"')";
	timerID = setTimeout(recur_call, interval);
}