jQuery.noConflict();

jQuery(document).ready(function(){

	k_menu(); // controls the dropdown menu

});

function k_menu()
{
	jQuery("#nav a, .subnav a").removeAttr('title');
	jQuery(" #nav ul ").css({display: "none"}); // Opera Fix
	
	jQuery("#nav li").each(function()
	{	
		
		var $sublist = jQuery(this).find('ul:first');
		
		jQuery(this).hover(function()
		{	
			$sublist.stop().css({overflow:"hidden", height:"auto", display:"none"}).slideDown(400, function()
			{
				jQuery(this).css({overflow:"visible", height:"auto"});
			});	
		},
		function()
		{	
			$sublist.stop().slideUp(400, function()
			{	
				jQuery(this).css({overflow:"hidden", display:"none"});
			});
		});	
	});
}


function k_fader($items_to_fade, $next_or_prev)
{	
	var $items = jQuery($items_to_fade);
	var $currentitem = $items.filter(":visible");
	var $new_item;
	var $selector;
	
	$items.css('visibility','visible');
	
	if($items.length > 1)
	{
		for(i = 0; i < $items.length; i++)
		{
			if($items[i] == $currentitem[0])
			{	
				$selector = $next_or_prev >= 0 ? i != $items.length-1 ? i+1 : 0 : i == 0 ? $items.length-1 : i-1;
				
				$new_item = jQuery($items[$selector]);
				break;
			}
		}
		
		if( $new_item.css("display") == "none" )
			{	
				$currentitem.css({zIndex:2});
				$new_item.css({zIndex:3}).fadeIn(1200, function()
				{
					$currentitem.css({display:"none"});
				});
				
			}
	}
}