function slideSwitch()
{
    var $active = $('#slideshow img.active');
    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow img:last-child');

    // -- A: Linear slide --
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next() : $('#slideshow img:first-child');
	
	// -- B: Random slide --
//     var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
//     var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
//     var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );

    $active.addClass('last-active');
    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0},1000,function()
		{
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}

jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
        options = options || {};
        if (value === null) {
            value = '';
            options.expires = -1;
        }
        var expires = '';
        if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
            var date;
            if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
                date = new Date();
                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
            } else {
                date = options.expires;
            }
            expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
        }
        // CAUTION: Needed to parenthesize options.path and options.domain
        // in the following expressions, otherwise they evaluate to undefined
        // in the packed version for some reason...
        var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';
        var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';
        var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
        document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
    } else { // only name given, get cookie
        var cookieValue = null;
        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
                // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return cookieValue;
    }
};



$(window).resize(function()
{
    var options = { path: '/', expires: 1 };
    //$.cookie('ie',($.browser.msie && $.browser.version == '6.0') ? 'yes' : 'no',options);
	$.cookie('screenwidth',$(window).width(),options);
	$.cookie('screenheight',$(window).height(),options);
});