$(function () {
  
    $(".external").click(function(){      
     window.open($(this).attr("href"));
     return false;      
    });
 
  //Superfish navigation dropdowns
  //
    $('ul.sf-menu').superfish({ 
    delay:       600,                            // one second delay on mouseout 
    animation:   {height:'show'},  // fade-in and slide-down animation 
    speed:       'fast',                          // faster animation speed 
    autoArrows:  false,                           // disable generation of arrow mark-up 
    dropShadows: false                            // disable drop shadows 
  });
     if ($('#header .slide').length > 0) {
     
       $('#header .slide').cycle({
          fx: 'fade',
          timeout: 5000,
          speed: 1000,            
          cleartype: 1,
          pause: true,
          pauseOnPagerHover: true          
        }); 
     }
   

    //
    // EMail Spam 
    //
    if ($("span.mailme").length) {
        // variables, which will be replaced
        var at = / AT /;
        var dot = / DOT /g;

        // function, which replaces pre-made class
        $('span.mailme').each(function () {
            var addr = $(this).text().replace(at, '@').replace(dot, '.');
            $(this).after('<a href="mailto:' + addr + '">' + addr + '</a>');
            $(this).remove();
        });
    }
    // EMail Spam 
  
  
  
   
  
});