function preloadSlide(urls) {
         $('#slide').empty().hide();
         var loaded = 0;
         var images = new Array();
         urls = (urls.constructor == Array) ? urls : [urls];
         $.each(urls, function(i, url) {
                 var image = new Image();
                 images[i] = image;
                 image.onload = function() {
                         loaded++;

                         if (loaded == urls.length) {
							for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
								$('#slide').append(images[i]);
							}
                         	
							$('#slide').cycle({
								fx: 'fade',
								timeout: 5000,
								pause: 1,
								pager: '#pager',
								pagerClick: function(slide, obj) {
									//alert(slide);
								}
							}).show();
                         }
                 };
                 image.src = url;
                 image.className = 'spotlight';
         });
};