$(document).ready(function(){
	$('#slide-container').cycle({
		height:  '250px',	// container height 
	    fade:     1,		// true for fade, false for slide 
	    speed:    'slow',	// any valid fx speed value 
	    timeout:  5000,		// ms duration for each slide 
	    random:   0,       // true for random, false for sequence 
	    fit:      0,       // force slides to fit container 
	    pause:    1,       // true to enable "pause on hover" 
	    autostop: 0        // true to end slideshow after X slides have been shown (where X == slide count) (note that if random == true not all slides are guaranteed to have been shown) 
	});
});

/* drop down menu */
function dropdown(obj,stat) {
	idx=fDOM(obj);
	idx.style.visibility=(stat) ? "visible" : "hidden";
}
function fDOM(obj) {
	if (document.getElementById) return (document.getElementById(obj));
	else return (0);
}