// initialise the carousel globally
$(function() {$(".carousel").jCarouselLite({btnNext: ".next",btnPrev: ".prev"});});

// fade the homepage hero shot - nivo slider
$(window).load(function() {$('#slider').nivoSlider({controlNav:false,captionOpacity:1.0});});

// shuffle the backgroud image
$(document).ready(function() {$('.shuffle').randomImage({path: '/files/img/background/'});});

// navigation dropdown
$(document).ready(function() {$("ul#main-nav ul").css({display: "none"});$("ul#main-nav li").hover(function(){$(this).find('ul:first').css({visibility: "visible",display: "none"}).show(); },function(){ $(this).find('ul:first').css({visibility: "hidden"}); });});

// columns
$(function(){$('.wide').columnize({columns:2});});

// lets fade the carousel arrows out and activate on hover
$(document).ready(function(){$(".fade").fadeTo("fast", 0.3); $(".fade").hover(function(){	$(this).fadeTo("fast", 1.0); },function(){$(this).fadeTo("fast", 0.3)});});