if(document.images)
{
  var image_array = new Array();
	
  // path to the directory with images
  var path = '/design/news/images/leftbar/';

  // enumeration of the "active" images
  image_array[0] = path + "l-1stella.gif";
  image_array[1] = path + "l-2stelle.gif";
  image_array[2] = path + "l-3stelle.gif";
  image_array[3] = path + "l-4stelle.gif";
  image_array[4] = path + "l-cervia.gif";
  image_array[5] = path + "l-lidodisavio.gif";
  image_array[6] = path + "l-pinarella.gif";
  image_array[7] = path + "l-tagliata.gif";
  image_array[8] = path + "l-rimini.gif";
  image_array[9] = path + "l-riccione.gif";
  image_array[10] = path + "l-bellaria.gif";
  image_array[11] = path + "l-cattolica.gif";
  image_array[12] = path + "l-cesenatico.gif";
  image_array[13] = path + "l-smarino.gif";
  image_array[14] = path + "l-gabicce.gif";
  image_array[15] = path + "l-smauro.gif";
  image_array[16] = path + "l-misano.gif";
  image_array[17] = path + "l-milano.gif";
  image_array[18] = path + "l-residence.gif";
  
  var preload_image = new Array ();
 
  for(var i=0; i<image_array.length; i++)
  {
    preload_image[i]= new Image();
    preload_image[i].src = image_array[i];
  }
}