/*
 * Metadata - jQuery plugin for parsing metadata from elements
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 John Resig, Yehuda Katz, J�örn Zaefferer, Paul McLanahan
 *
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 *
 * Revision: $Id: jquery.metadata.js 3620 2007-10-10 20:55:38Z pmclanahan $
 *
 */
(function($){$.extend({metadata:{defaults:{type:'class',name:'metadata',cre:/({.*})/,single:'metadata'},setType:function(type,name){this.defaults.type=type;this.defaults.name=name;},get:function(elem,opts){var settings=$.extend({},this.defaults,opts);if(!settings.single.length)settings.single='metadata';var data=$.data(elem,settings.single);if(data)return data;data="{}";if(settings.type=="class"){var m=settings.cre.exec(elem.className);if(m)data=m[1];}else if(settings.type=="elem"){if(!elem.getElementsByTagName)return;var e=elem.getElementsByTagName(settings.name);if(e.length)data=$.trim(e[0].innerHTML);}else if(elem.getAttribute!=undefined){var attr=elem.getAttribute(settings.name);if(attr)data=attr;}if(data.indexOf('{')<0)data="{"+data+"}";data=eval("("+data+")");$.data(elem,settings.single,data);return data;}}});$.fn.metadata=function(opts){return $.metadata.get(this[0],opts);};})(jQuery);

/*** 
    Simple jQuery Slideshow Script
    Released by Jon Raasch (jonraasch.com) under FreeBSD license: free to use or modify, not responsible for anything, etc.  Please link out to me if you like it :)
***/

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

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

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order
    
    // var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
    // var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
    // var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


    $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()", 3000 );
});