// Drop Menu
$(document).ready(function(){ 
        $("ul.sf-menu").superfish().find('ul').bgIframe({opacity:false}); 
    }); 

    $(document).ready(function(){ 
        $("ul.sf-menu").supersubs({ 
            minWidth:    13,   // minimum width of sub-menus in em units 
            maxWidth:    13,   // maximum width of sub-menus in em units 
            extraWidth:  1     // extra width can ensure lines don't sometimes turn over 
                               // due to slight rounding differences and font-family 
        }).superfish();  // call supersubs first, then superfish, so that subs are 
                         // not display:none when measuring. Call before initialising 
                         // containing tabs for same reason. 
    }); 
// Slide
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()", 8000 );
});