$(document).ready(function(){ 


$("#panel a.closer").click(function () {$("#panel").fadeOut("slow");});
                                                     
});

	//$(function()
	//{
		//$.extend($.fn.jScrollPane.defaults, {showArrows:true});
		//$('#text_content').jScrollPane();

	//});



// The following is just a little piece of jquery JS to open links
// with a class of "external" in a new window.

$(function(){
    $('a.external').click(function(){
        window.open(this.href);
        return false;
    });
});


jQuery(function() {

	// set class to "on" for all li ancestors of anchors pointing to the current page
	var page = location.href;
    page = page.replace(/http:\/\/[^\/]+/i,""); 
    jQuery("a[href=" + page + "]").parents().filter('li').each(function() {jQuery(this).addClass("on");});

	// onclick remove "on" class for all li elements
	// var lis = jQuery("li");
	// jQuery(function() {
	// 	jQuery("li").click(function(){jQuery(lis).removeClass("on")});
	// });

});

function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');

    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}


$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 4000 );
});


// The following is just a little piece of jquery JS to open links
// with a class of "external" in a new window.

$(function(){
    $('a.external').click(function(){
        window.open(this.href);
        return false;
    });

});