// Slideshow
function slideshow() {  
  var current = (("#mainimage li.show")? $("#mainimage li.show") : $("#mainimage li:first"));  
  var next = ((current.next().length)? current.next() : $("#mainimage li:first"));     
  
  next.fadeIn(1000).addClass("show");
  current.fadeOut(750).removeClass("show");
}

function start() {  
  $("#mainimage li").hide();
  $("#mainimage li:first").fadeIn(1000).addClass("show");
}

$(function() {
  start();
  setInterval("slideshow()", 5500);
  $("a[rel=external]").attr("target","_blank").attr("title","Opens in new window");
});

function make_empty(e) {
  $(e).val("");
}