/* this prevents dom flickering, needs to be outside of dom.ready event: */
document.documentElement.className += 'js_active';
/*end dom flickering =) */
 
jQuery.noConflict();
 
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	//initnieve ();
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// START EDITING HERE
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
	// block slider - UNQUIET DOCUMENTATION
	/*
		opciones del kricordion:
		slides: '.featured', 									// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
		animationSpeed: ,											// animation duration
		autorotation: true/false							// autorotation true or false?
		autorotationSpeed: 3,									// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
		slideControlls: 'items',							// which controlls should the be displayed for the user: none, items
		appendControlls: '.featured_wrap',		// element to append the controlls to
		blockSize: {height: , width: },				// heigth and width of the blocks in number or the word 'full'
		betweenBlockDelay:80,									// delay between each block change
		showText:true/false,									// wether description text should be shown or not 
		display:all														// showing up blocks: random, topleft, bottomright, diagonaltop, diagonalbottom, all
		switchMovement: true									// if display is set "topleft" it will switch to "br" every 2nd transition, same for diagonal settings
		event: 'mouseover',										// event to focus a slide: mouseover or click
		imageShadow:false
		transition: 'fade/slide'							//slide or fade
	*/
		
	jQuery(".blockslider").kriesi_block_slider({
			slides: '.featured',				// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed:700,					// animation duration
			autorotation: true,					// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,				// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			slideControlls: 'items',			// which controlls should the be displayed for the user: none, items
			appendControlls: '.feature_wrap',	//element to append the controlls to
			blockSize: {height: 130, width:130},//heigth and width of the blocks in number or the word 'full'
			betweenBlockDelay:80,				// delay between each block change
			showText: false,					// wether description text should be shown or not 
			display: 'all', 					// showing up blocks: random, topleft, bottomright, diagonaltop, diagonalbottom, all
			switchMovement: true				// if display is set "topleft" it will switch to "br" every 2nd transition, same for diagonal settings
	});
	

	// accordion slider
	jQuery(".accordion").kricordion({
			slides: '.featured',		// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 900,		// animation duration in milliseconds
			autorotation: true,			// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:5,		// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			event: 'mouseover',			// event to focus a slide: mouseover or click
			imageShadow:false			
	});
	
	
	// fading slider
	jQuery('.fadeslider').kriesi_block_slider({
			slides: '.featured',					// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 1500,					// animation duration
			autorotation: true,						// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,					// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			slideControlls: 'items',				// which controlls should the be displayed for the user: none, items
			appendControlls: '.feature_wrap',		//element to append the controlls to
			showText: true,							// wether description text should be shown or not
			transition: 'fade'						//slide or fade
			});
	
	
	// news slider
	jQuery('.newsslider').kriesi_news_slider({
			slides: '.featured',				// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 900,				// animation duration in milliseconds
			autorotation: true,					// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:5					// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
	});
	
	// curtain slider 
	jQuery('.curtainslider').kriesi_block_slider({
			slides: '.featured',					// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 700,					// animation duration
			autorotation: true,						// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,					// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			slideControlls: 'items',				// which controlls should the be displayed for the user: none, items
			appendControlls: '.feature_wrap',		//element to append the controlls to
			showText: true,							// wether description text should be shown or not
			blockSize: {height: 'full', width:30},	//heigth and width of the blocks in number or the word 'full'
			betweenBlockDelay:60,					// delay between each block change
			switchMovement: true,					// if true will switch transitions left and right
			transition: 'slide'						//slide or fade
			});
 

	k_pixelperfect();
	
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// END EDITING HERE
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------		
});
 

 
	
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The Image preloader
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
(function($)
{
	$.fn.kriesi_image_preloader = function(options) 
	{
		var defaults = 
		{
			repeatedCheck: 500,
			fadeInSpeed: 1000,
			delay:600,
			callback: ''
		};
		
		var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
		
		return this.each(function()
		{	
			var imageContainer = jQuery(this),
				images = imageContainer.find('img').css({opacity:0, visibility:'hidden'}),
				imagesToLoad = images.length;				
				
				imageContainer.operations =
				{	
					preload: function()
					{	
						var stopPreloading = true;
												
						images.each(function(i, event)
						{	
							var image = $(this);							
							
							if(event.complete == true)
							{	
								if($.browser.opera) imagesToLoad --;
								imageContainer.operations.showImage(image);
							}
							else
							{	
								if($.browser.opera) imagesToLoad --;
								image.bind('error load',{currentImage: image}, imageContainer.operations.showImage);
							}
							
						});
						
						return this;
					},
					
					showImage: function(image)
					{	
						if(!$.browser.opera) imagesToLoad --;
						if(image.data.currentImage != undefined) { image = image.data.currentImage;}
													
						if (options.delay <= 0) image.css('visibility','visible').animate({opacity:1}, options.fadeInSpeed);
											 
						if(imagesToLoad == 0)
						{
							if(options.delay > 0)
							{
								images.each(function(i, event)
								{	
									var image = $(this);
									setTimeout(function()
									{	
										image.css('visibility','visible').animate({opacity:1}, options.fadeInSpeed, function()
										{
											$(this).parent().removeClass('preloading');
										});
									},
									options.delay*(i+1));
								});
								
								if(options.callback != '')
								{
									setTimeout(options.callback, options.delay*images.length);
								}
							}
							else if(options.callback != '')
							{
								(options.callback)();
							}
							
						}
						
					}
 
				};
				
				imageContainer.operations.preload();
		});
		
	}
})(jQuery);
 
 
 
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The BLOCK && FADE Slider
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(function($)
{
	$.fn.kriesi_block_slider= function(options) 
	{
		var defaults = 
		{
			slides: '>div',				// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 900,		// animation duration
			autorotation: true,			// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,		// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			appendControlls: '',		// element to apply controlls to
			slideControlls: 'none',		// controlls, yes or no?
			blockSize: {height: 'full', width:'full'},
			betweenBlockDelay:15,
			display: 'topleft',
			switchMovement: false,
			showText: true,	
			transition: 'slide',		//slide or fade	
			backgroundOpacity:0.8,		// opacity for background
			transitionOrder: new Array('diagonaltop', 'diagonalbottom','topleft', 'bottomright', 'random')
		};
		
		var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
		
		return this.each(function()
		{
			var slideWrapper 	= $(this),								//wrapper element
				slides			= slideWrapper.find(options.slides),	//single slide container
				slideImages		= slides.find('>a>img'),				//slide image within container
				slideCount 	= slides.length,							//number of slides
				slideWidth = slides.width(),							//width of slidecontainer
				slideHeight= slides.height(),							//height of slidecontainer
				blockNumber = 0,										//how many blocks do we need
				currentSlideNumber = 0,									//which slide is currently shown
				reverseSwitch = false,									//var to set the starting point of the transition
				currentTransition = 0,									//var to set which transition to display when rotating with 'all'
				current_class = 'active_item',							//currently active controller item
				controlls = '',											//string that will contain controll items to append
				skipSwitch = true,										//var to check if performing transition is allowed
				interval ='',
				blockOrder = new Array();										
			
			if (options.blockSize.height == 'full') options.blockSize.height = slideHeight;
			if (options.blockSize.width == 'full') options.blockSize.width = slideWidth;
			
			if(options.showText)
			slides.find('.feature_excerpt').css({display:'block', 'opacity':options.backgroundOpacity});
				
			slideWrapper.methods = {
			
				init: function()
				{	
					var posX = 0,
						posY = 0,
						generateBlocks = true,
						bgOffset = '',
						blockSelectionJQ ='',
						blockSelection ='';
						
						
					while(generateBlocks)
					{
						blockNumber ++;
						bgOffset = "-"+posX +"px -"+posY+"px";
						
						$('<div class="kBlock"></div>').appendTo(slideWrapper).css({	
								zIndex:20, 
								position:'absolute',
								display:'none',
								left:posX,
								top:posY,
								height:options.blockSize.height,
								width:options.blockSize.width,
								backgroundPosition:bgOffset
							});
				
						
						posX += options.blockSize.width;
						
						if(posX >= slideWidth)
						{
							posX = 0;
							posY += options.blockSize.height;
						}
						
						if(posY >= slideHeight)
						{	
							//end adding Blocks
							generateBlocks = false;
						}
					}
					
					//setup directions
					blockSelection = slideWrapper.find('.kBlock');
					blockOrder['topleft'] = blockSelection;
					blockOrder['bottomright'] = $(blockSelection.get().reverse());
					blockOrder['diagonaltop'] = slideWrapper.methods.kcubit(blockSelection);
					blockOrder['diagonalbottom'] = slideWrapper.methods.kcubit(blockOrder['bottomright']);
					blockOrder['random'] = slideWrapper.methods.fyrandomize(blockSelection);
					
					
					//save image in case of flash replacements
					slides.each(function()
					{
						$.data(this, "data", { img: $(this).find('img').attr('src')});
					});
			
					if(slideCount <= 1)
						{
							slideWrapper.kriesi_image_preloader({delay:200});
						}
						else
						{
							slideWrapper.kriesi_image_preloader({callback:slideWrapper.methods.preloadingDone, delay:200});
							slideWrapper.methods.appendControlls();
						}	
				},
				
				appendControlls: function()
				{
					if (options.slideControlls == 'items')
					{
						controlls = $('<div></div>').addClass('slidecontrolls').css({position:'absolute'}).appendTo(options.appendControlls);
						
						slides.each(function(i)
						{	
							var controller = $('<a href="#" class="ie6fix '+current_class+'"></a>').appendTo(controlls);
							controller.bind('click', {currentSlideNumber: i}, slideWrapper.methods.switchSlide);
							current_class = "";
						});	
					}
				},
				
				preloadingDone: function()
				{	
					skipSwitch = false;
					
					slides.css({'backgroundColor':'transparent','backgroundImage':'none'});
					
					if(options.autorotation && !$.browser.opera) 
					{
					slideWrapper.methods.autorotate();
					slideImages.bind("click", function(){ clearInterval(interval); });
					}
				},
				
				autorotate: function()
				{	
					interval = setInterval(function()
					{ 	
						currentSlideNumber ++;
						if(currentSlideNumber == slideCount) currentSlideNumber = 0;
						
						slideWrapper.methods.switchSlide();
					},
					(parseInt(options.autorotationSpeed) * 1000) + (options.betweenBlockDelay * blockNumber) + options.animationSpeed);
				},
				
				switchSlide: function(passed)
				{
					var noAction = false;
						
					if(passed != undefined && !skipSwitch)
					{	
						if(currentSlideNumber != passed.data.currentSlideNumber)
						{	
							currentSlideNumber = passed.data.currentSlideNumber;
						}
						else
						{
							noAction = true;
						}
					}
						
					if(passed != undefined) clearInterval(interval);
					
					if(!skipSwitch && noAction == false)
					{	
						skipSwitch = true;
						var currentSlide = slides.filter(':visible'),
							nextSlide = slides.filter(':eq('+currentSlideNumber+')'),
							nextURL = $.data(nextSlide[0], "data").img,	
							nextImageBG = 'url('+nextURL+')';	
							if(options.appendControlls)
							{	
								controlls.find('.active_item').removeClass('active_item');
								controlls.find('a:eq('+currentSlideNumber+')').addClass('active_item');									
							}

						blockSelectionJQ = blockOrder[options.display];
						
						//workarround to make more than one flash movies with the same classname possible
						slides.find('>a>img').css({opacity:1,visibility:'visible'});
							
						//switchmovement
						if(options.switchMovement && (options.display == "topleft" || options.display == "diagonaltop"))
						{
								if(reverseSwitch == false)
								{	
									blockSelectionJQ = blockOrder[options.display];
									reverseSwitch = true;							
								}
								else
								{	
									if(options.display == "topleft") blockSelectionJQ = blockOrder['bottomright'];
									if(options.display == "diagonaltop") blockSelectionJQ = blockOrder['diagonalbottom'];
									reverseSwitch = false;							
								}
						}	
						
						if(options.display == 'random')
						{
							blockSelectionJQ = slideWrapper.methods.fyrandomize(blockSelection);
						}

						if(options.display == 'all')
						{
							blockSelectionJQ = blockOrder[options.transitionOrder[currentTransition]];
							currentTransition ++;
							if(currentTransition >=  options.transitionOrder.length) currentTransition = 0;
						}
						

						//fire transition
						blockSelectionJQ.css({backgroundImage: nextImageBG}).each(function(i)
						{	
							
							var currentBlock = $(this);
							setTimeout(function()
							{	
								var transitionObject = new Array();
								if(options.transition == 'slide')
								{
									transitionObject['css'] = {height:1, width:1, display:'block',opacity:0};
									transitionObject['anim'] = {height:options.blockSize.height,width:options.blockSize.width,opacity:1};
								}
								else
								{
									transitionObject['css'] = {display:'block',opacity:0};
									transitionObject['anim'] = {opacity:1};
								}
							
								currentBlock
								.css(transitionObject['css'])
								.animate(transitionObject['anim'],options.animationSpeed, function()
								{ 
									if(i+1 == blockNumber)
									{	
										slideWrapper.methods.changeImage(currentSlide, nextSlide);
									}
								});
							}, i*options.betweenBlockDelay);
						});
						
					} // end if(!skipSwitch && noAction == false)
					
					return false;
				},
				
				changeImage: function(currentSlide, nextSlide)
				{	
					currentSlide.css({zIndex:0, display:'none'});
					nextSlide.css({zIndex:3, display:'block'});
					blockSelectionJQ.fadeOut(options.animationSpeed*1/3, function(){ skipSwitch = false; });
				},
				
				// array sorting
				fyrandomize: function(object) 
				{	
					var length = object.length,
						objectSorted = $(object);
						
					if ( length == 0 ) return false;
					
					while ( --length ) 
					{
						var newObject = Math.floor( Math.random() * ( length + 1 ) ),
							temp1 = objectSorted[length],
							temp2 = objectSorted[newObject];
						objectSorted[length] = temp2;
						objectSorted[newObject] = temp1;
					}
					return objectSorted;
				},
				
				kcubit: function(object)
				{
					var length = object.length, 
						objectSorted = $(object),	
						currentIndex = 0;		//index of the object that should get the object in "i" applied
						rows = Math.ceil(slideHeight / options.blockSize.height),
						columns = Math.ceil(slideWidth / options.blockSize.width),
						oneColumn = blockNumber/columns,
						oneRow = blockNumber/rows,
						modX = 0,
						modY = 0,
						rowend = 0,
						endreached = false,
						onlyOne = false; 
					
					if ( length == 0 ) return false;
					for (i = 0; i<length; i++ ) 
					{
						objectSorted[i] = object[currentIndex];
						
						if((currentIndex % oneRow == 0 && blockNumber - i > oneRow)|| (modY + 1) % oneColumn == 0)
						{						
							currentIndex -= (((oneRow - 1) * modY) - 1); modY = 0; modX ++; onlyOne = false;
							
							if (rowend > 0)
							{
								modY = rowend; currentIndex += (oneRow -1) * modY;
							}
						}
						else
						{
							currentIndex += oneRow -1; modY ++;
						}
						
						if((modX % (oneRow-1) == 0 && modX != 0 && rowend == 0) || (endreached == true && onlyOne == false) )
						{	
							modX = 0.1; rowend ++; endreached = true; onlyOne = true;
						}	
					}
					
				return objectSorted;						
				}
			}	
			
			slideWrapper.methods.init();	
		});
	}
})(jQuery);



// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The News Slider
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(function($)
{
	$.fn.kriesi_news_slider= function(options) 
	{
		var defaults = 
		{
			slides: '>div',				// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 900,		// animation duration
			autorotation: true,			// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,		// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			easing: 'easeOutQuint',
			backgroundOpacity:0.8		// opacity for background
		};
		
		var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
		
		return this.each(function()
		{
			var slideWrapper 	= $(this),								
				slides			= slideWrapper.find(options.slides).css({display:'none',zIndex:0}),
				slideCount 	= slides.length,
				accelerator = 0,				// accelerator of scrolling speed
				scrollInterval = '',			// var that stores the setInterval id
				mousePos = '',					// current mouse position
				moving = false,					// scrollbar currently moving or not?
				controllWindowHeight = 0,		// height of the wrapping element that hides overflow
				controllWindowPart = 0,			// mouseoverpart of the wrapping element that hides overflow
				itemWindowHeight = 0,			// height of element to move
				current_class = 'active_item',
				skipSwitch = true,
				currentSlideNumber = 0,
				newsSelect ='',
				newsItems = '';	
				
				slides.find('.feature_excerpt').css('opacity',options.backgroundOpacity);			
				
				slideWrapper.methods = {
				
					init: function()
					{
						newsSelect = $('<div></div>').addClass('newsselect').appendTo(slideWrapper);
						newsItems = $('<div></div>').addClass('newsItems').appendTo(newsSelect);
						fadeout = $('<div></div>').addClass('fadeout').addClass('ie6fix').appendTo(slideWrapper);
						
						slides.filter(':eq(0)').css({zIndex:2, display:'block'});
						
						slides.each(function(i)
						{	
							var slide = $(this),
								url = slide.find('a').attr('href'),
								controll = $('<a class="single_item '+current_class+'"></a>').appendTo(newsItems).attr('href',url);
								current_class ='';
								
							slide.find('.feature_excerpt .sliderheading, .feature_excerpt .sliderdate').clone().appendTo(controll);
							controll.bind('click', {currentSlideNumber: i}, slideWrapper.methods.switchSlide);
						});
						
						controllWindowHeight = newsSelect.height();
						controllWindowPart = controllWindowHeight/3;
						itemWindowHeight = newsItems.height();
						
						if(slideCount > 1)
						{
							slideWrapper.kriesi_image_preloader({delay:200});
							slideWrapper.methods.preloadingDone();
						}
					},
					
					preloadingDone: function()
					{	
						skipSwitch = false;
						var offset = newsSelect.offset();
						
						newsSelect.mousemove(function(e)
						{
							mousePos = e.pageY - offset.top;
							
							if(!moving)
							{
								scrollInterval = setInterval(function() { slideWrapper.methods.scrollItem(mousePos); }, 25);
								moving = true;
							}
						}); 
										
						newsSelect.bind('mouseleave', function()
						{ 
							clearInterval(scrollInterval); 
							moving = false;
							accelerator = 0;
						});
						
					},
					
					scrollItem: function()
					{	
						var movement = 0,
							percent = controllWindowPart / 100,
							modifier = 10,
							currentTop = parseInt(newsItems.css('top'));
							
						accelerator = accelerator <= 2 ? accelerator + 0.5 : accelerator; 
						
						if(mousePos < controllWindowPart)
						{	
							movement = ((controllWindowPart - mousePos) / percent) * accelerator;
							newPos = currentTop + (movement/modifier);
							
							if(currentTop < 0)
							{	
								if (newPos > 0) newPos = 0;
								newsItems.css({top:newPos + "px"});
							}
						}
						else if(mousePos > controllWindowPart * 2)
						{	
							movement = ((mousePos - controllWindowPart * 2) / percent) * accelerator;
							newPos = currentTop + (movement/modifier * -1);
							
							if((currentTop * -1) < itemWindowHeight - controllWindowHeight)
							{
								if (newPos * -1 > itemWindowHeight - controllWindowHeight) newPos = controllWindowHeight - itemWindowHeight;
								
								newsItems.css({top:newPos + "px"});
							}
						}
						else
						{
							accelerator = 0;
						}
					},
					
					switchSlide: function(passed)
					{	
						//workarround to make more than one flash movies with the same classname possible
						slides.find('>a>img').css({opacity:1,visibility:'visible'});
						var noAction = false;
						
						if(passed != undefined && !skipSwitch)
						{
							if(currentSlideNumber != passed.data.currentSlideNumber)
							{	
								currentSlideNumber = passed.data.currentSlideNumber;
							}
							else
							{
								noAction = true;
							}
						}
						
						if(passed != undefined)
						{	
							// clearInterval(interval);
						}
						
						
						if(!skipSwitch && noAction == false)
						{	
							skipSwitch = true;
							var currentSlide = slides.filter(':visible'),
								nextSlide = slides.filter(':eq('+currentSlideNumber+')');
																
							newsSelect.find('.active_item').removeClass('active_item');
							newsSelect.find('a:eq('+currentSlideNumber+')').addClass('active_item');	
																
							currentSlide.css({zIndex:4});
							nextSlide.css({zIndex:2, display:'block'});
							
							currentSlide.fadeOut(options.animationSpeed, function()
							{
								currentSlide.css({zIndex:0, display:"none"});
								skipSwitch = false;
							});
						}
						return false;
					},
					
					autorotate: function()
					{	
						//autorotation not yet supportet
					}
				
				};
				
				slideWrapper.methods.init();
		});
		
	}
})(jQuery);


//equalHeights by james padolsey
jQuery.fn.equalHeights = function() {
    return this.height(Math.max.apply(null,
        this.map(function() {
           return jQuery(this).height()
        }).get()
    ));
};

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The Main accordion slider - KRICORDION

// Dependencies: equalheight function, kriesi_image_preoloader. jquery easing
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(function($)
{
	$.fn.kricordion = function(options) 
	{
		var defaults = 
		{
			slides: '>div',				// wich element inside the container should serve as slide
			animationSpeed: 900,		// animation duration
			autorotation: true,			// autorotation true or false?
			autorotationSpeed:3,		// duration between autorotation switch in Seconds
			easing: 'easeOutQuint',		// animation easing, more options at the bottom of this file
			event: 'mouseover',			// event to focus a slide: mouseover or click
			imageShadow:true,			// should the image get a drop shadow to the left
			imageShadowStrength:0.5,	// how dark should that shadow be, recommended values: between 0.3 and 0.8, allowed between 0 and 1
			fontOpacity: 1,				// opacity for font, if set to 1 it will be stronger but most browsers got a small rendering glitch at 1
			backgroundOpacity:0.8		// opacity for background
			
		};
		
		// merge default values with the values that were passed with the function call
		var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
		
		return this.each(function()
		{	
			// save some jQuery selections into variables, also calculate base values for each slide
			var slideWrapper 	= $(this),								// element that holds the slides
				slides			= slideWrapper.find(options.slides).css('display','block'),	// the slides
				slide_count 	= slides.length,						// number of slides
				slide_width		= slideWrapper.width() / slide_count	// width of the slides
				expand_slide 	= slides.width(),						// size of a slide when expanded, defined in css, class ".featured" by default
				minimized_slide	= (slideWrapper.width() - expand_slide) / (slide_count - 1), // remaining width is shared among the non-active slides
				overlay_modifier = 200 *(1- options.imageShadowStrength),					//increases the size of the minimized image div to avoid flickering
				excerptWrapper = slideWrapper.find('.feature_excerpt'),
				interval = '',
				current_slide = 0;
			
				
			//modify excerptWrapper and re-select it, also add positioning span -------------------------
			excerptWrapper.wrap('<span class="feature_excerpt"></span>').removeClass('feature_excerpt').addClass('position_excerpt');
			excerptWrapper = slideWrapper.find('.feature_excerpt').css('opacity',options.backgroundOpacity);
			// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			
				
			//equal heights for all excerpt containers, then hide basic excerpt content -----------------
			excerptWrapper.equalHeights().find('.position_excerpt').css({display:'block', opacity:0, position:'absolute'});
			var excerptWrapperHeight = excerptWrapper.height();
			// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			
						
			
			//iterate each slide and set new base values, also set positions for acitve and inactive states and event handlers
			slides.each(function(i)
			{
				var this_slide = $(this),											// current slide element
					this_slide_a = this_slide.find('a'),							// a tag inside the element
					real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.position_excerpt'),			// wrapper to center the excerpt content verticaly
					feature_excerpt = this_slide.find('.feature_excerpt'),
					real_excerpt_height = real_excerpt.height(),					// height of the excerpt content
					slide_heading =this_slide.find('.sliderheading'),  				// slide heading
					cloned_heading =   slide_heading.clone().appendTo(this_slide_a) // clone heading for heading only view
													.addClass('heading_clone')
													.css({opacity:options.fontOpacity, width:slide_width-30}),
					clone_height = cloned_heading.height(),							// height of clone heading, needed to center verticaly as well
					modifier = parseInt(feature_excerpt.css('paddingBottom'));
					
					this_slide.css('backgroundPosition',parseInt(slide_width/2-8) + 'px ' + parseInt((this_slide.height()- excerptWrapperHeight)/2 -8) + 'px');						
					
					cloned_heading.css({bottom: (excerptWrapperHeight-clone_height)/2 +modifier});			//center clone heading
					real_excerpt.css({bottom: (excerptWrapperHeight-real_excerpt_height)/2 +modifier});	//center real excerpt
												
					this_slide.data( //save data of each slide via jquerys data method
					'data',
					{
						this_slides_position: i * slide_width,							// position if no item is active
						pos_active_higher: i * minimized_slide,							// position of the item if a higher item is active
						pos_active_lower: ((i-1) * minimized_slide) + expand_slide		// position of the item if a lower item is active
					});
					
				//set base properties	
				this_slide.css({zIndex:i+1, left: i * slide_width, width:slide_width + overlay_modifier});
								
				
				//apply the fading div if option is set to do so
				if(options.imageShadow)
				{
					this_slide.find('>a').prepend('<span class="fadeout ie6fix"></span>');
				}
								
			});
			
			// calls the preloader, kriesi_image_preloader plugin needed
			jQuery('.featured_inside').kriesi_image_preloader({callback:add_functionality});
			
			function add_functionality()
			{
				
				//set autorotation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
				
				
				if(options.autorotation)
				{
					interval = setInterval(function() { autorotation(); }, (parseInt(options.autorotationSpeed) * 1000));
				}
				
				slides.each(function(i)
				{	
					var this_slide = $(this), 
						real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.position_excerpt'), 
						cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.heading_clone');
						
					//set mouseover or click event
					this_slide.bind(options.event, function(event, continue_autoslide)
					{	
						//stop autoslide on userinteraction
						if(!continue_autoslide)
						{
							clearInterval(interval)
						}
						
						var objData = this_slide.data( 'data' );
						//on mouseover expand current slide to full size and fadeIn real content
						real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
						cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
						
						this_slide.stop().animate({	width: expand_slide + (overlay_modifier * 1.2), 
													left: objData.pos_active_higher},
													options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
											
						//set and all other slides to small size
						slides.each(function(j){
						
							if (i !== j)
							{	
								var this_slide = $(this),
									real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.position_excerpt'),
									cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.heading_clone'),
									objData = this_slide.data( 'data' ),
									new_pos = objData.pos_active_higher;
									
								if(i < j) { new_pos = objData.pos_active_lower; }
								this_slide.stop().animate({left: new_pos, width:minimized_slide + overlay_modifier},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
								real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
								cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
							}
						
						});
						
					});
				});
				
				
				//set mouseout event: expand all slides to no-slide-active position and width
				slideWrapper.bind('mouseleave', function()
				{
					slides.each(function(i)
					{
						var this_slide = $(this),
							real_excerpt = this_slide.find('.position_excerpt'),
							cloned_heading = this_slide.find('.heading_clone'),
							objData = this_slide.data( 'data' ),
							new_pos = objData.this_slides_position;
							
							this_slide.stop().animate({left: new_pos, width:slide_width + overlay_modifier},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
							real_excerpt.stop().animate({opacity:0},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
							cloned_heading.stop().animate({opacity:options.fontOpacity},options.animationSpeed, options.easing);
					});
					
				});
			}
			
			
			// autorotation function for the image slider
			function autorotation()
			{	
				if(slide_count  == current_slide)
				{
					slideWrapper.trigger('mouseleave');
					current_slide = 0;
				}
				else
				{
					slides.filter(':eq('+current_slide+')').trigger(options.event,[true]);
					current_slide ++;
				}
			}
		});
	};
})(jQuery);
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// END KRICORDION
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
 
function k_pixelperfect()
{
	if(jQuery.browser.opera) // opera somewhat sucks when something is alligned with pos absolute and bottom
	{
		//hide fancyborders, doesnt work
		jQuery('.fancyborder').css({display:'none'});
		
		//set background image sidebar
		var sbHeight = jQuery('.sidebar').height();
		jQuery('.sidebar_bottom').css({top:sbHeight});
	}
	
	jQuery('.wp-caption').each(function()
	{
		var current_caption = jQuery(this),
			current_img= current_caption.find('img');
			
		current_caption.css('width',current_img.width() + parseInt(current_img.css('paddingLeft'))+ parseInt(current_img.css('paddingRight')));
	});
	
	if(jQuery.browser.msie && jQuery.browser.version < 8)
	{
		jQuery('.testimonial_slides').css('paddingTop','25px');
		
		if(jQuery.browser.version < 7)
		{
			jQuery('.fancyborder').css({display:'none'});
		}
	}
}