// wrap as a jQuery plugin and pass jQuery in to our anoymous function
 
 var $j = jQuery.noConflict();
 
    (function ($j) {
        $j.fn.cross = function (options) {
            return this.each(function (i) { 
                // cache the copy of jQuery(this) - the start image
                var $$j = $j(this);
                
                // get the target from the backgroundImage + regexp
                var target = $$j.css('backgroundImage').replace(/^url|[\(\)'"]/g, '');

                // nice long chain: wrap img element in span
                $$j.wrap('<span style="position: relative;"></span>')
                    // change selector to parent - i.e. newly created span
                    .parent()
                    // prepend a new image inside the span
                    .prepend('<img>')
                    // change the selector to the newly created image
                    .find(':first-child')
                    // set the image to the target
                    .attr('src', target);

                // the CSS styling of the start image needs to be handled
                // differently for different browsers
                if ($j.browser.msie || $j.browser.mozilla) {
                    $$j.css({
                        'position' : 'absolute', 
                        'left' : 0,
                        'background' : '',
                        'top' : this.offsetTop
                    });
                } else if ($j.browser.opera && $j.browser.version < 9.5) {
                    // Browser sniffing is bad - however opera < 9.5 has a render bug 
                    // so this is required to get around it we can't apply the 'top' : 0 
                    // separately because Mozilla strips the style set originally somehow...                    
                    $$j.css({
                        'position' : 'absolute', 
                        'left' : 0,
                        'background' : '',
                        'top' : "0"
                    });
                } else { // Safari
                    $$j.css({
                        'position' : 'absolute', 
                        'left' : 0,
                        'background' : ''
                    });
                }

                // similar effect as single image technique, except using .animate 
                // which will handle the fading up from the right opacity for us
                $$j.hover(function () {
                    $$j.stop().animate({
                        opacity: 0
                    }, 250);
                }, function () {
                    $$j.stop().animate({
                        opacity: 1
                    }, 750);
                });
            });
        };
        
    })(jQuery);
    
    // note that this uses the .bind('load') on the window object, rather than $(document).ready() 
    // because .ready() fires before the images have loaded, but we need to fire *after* because
    // our code relies on the dimensions of the images already in place.
    $j(window).bind('load', function () {
        $j('img.fade').cross();
    });
    
//$(document).ready(function(){
//    lastBlock = $("#a1");
//    maxWidth = 605;
//    minWidth = 115;	
//
//    $("ul li a").hover(
//      function(){
//        $(lastBlock).animate({width: minWidth+"px"}, { queue:false, duration:400 });
//	$(this).animate({width: maxWidth+"px"}, { queue:false, duration:400});
//	lastBlock = this;
//      }
//    );
//});

$j().ready(function() {
	$j('.kwicks').kwicks({
		max: 605,
		spacing: 10
	});
});