function fix_flash() {     // loop through every embed tag on the site     
var embeds = document.getElementsByTagName('embed');     
for (i = 0; i < embeds.length; i++) {         embed = embeds[i];         var new_embed;         // everything but Firefox & Konqueror         
if (embed.outerHTML) {             var html = embed.outerHTML;             // replace an existing wmode parameter           
  if (html.match(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")[a-zA-Z]+('|")/i))                 new_embed = html.replace(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")window('|")/i, "wmode='transparent'");             // add a new wmode parameter         
  else                 new_embed = html.replace(/<embed\s/i, "<embed wmode='transparent' ");             // replace the old embed object with the fixed version       
  embed.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeBegin', new_embed);             embed.parentNode.removeChild(embed);         } else {             // cloneNode is buggy in some versions of Safari & Opera, but works fine in FF         
  new_embed = embed.cloneNode(true);             if (!new_embed.getAttribute('wmode') || new_embed.getAttribute('wmode').toLowerCase() == 'window')                 new_embed.setAttribute('wmode', 'transparent');             embed.parentNode.replaceChild(new_embed, embed);         }     }     // loop through every object tag on the site    
  var objects = document.getElementsByTagName('object');     for (i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {         object = objects[i];         var new_object;         // object is an IE specific tag so we can use outerHTML here     
  if (object.outerHTML) {             var html = object.outerHTML;             // replace an existing wmode parameter     
  if (html.match(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")wmode('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")[a-zA-Z]+('|")\s*\/?\>/i))                 new_object = html.replace(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")wmode('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")window('|")\s*\/?\>/i, "<param name='wmode' value='transparent' />");             // add a new wmode parameter    
  else                 new_object = html.replace(/<\/object\>/i, "<param name='wmode' value='transparent' />\n</object>");             // loop through each of the param tags         
  var children = object.childNodes;             for (j = 0; j < children.length; j++) {                 try {                     if (children[j] != null) {                         var theName = children[j].getAttribute('name');                         if (theName != null && theName.match(/flashvars/i)) {                             new_object = new_object.replace(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")flashvars('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")[^'"]*('|")\s*\/?\>/i, "<param name='flashvars' value='" + children[j].getAttribute('value') + "' />");                         }                     }                 }                 catch (err) {                 }             }             // replace the old embed object with the fixed versiony       
  object.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeBegin', new_object);             object.parentNode.removeChild(object);         }     } } 

jQuery(function() {
	
	/** begin featured content **/
	jQuery('.featured-img').cycle({
		fx: 'scrollLeft',
		speed: 500,
		timeout: 12000
	});
	/** end featured content **/	
	fix_flash(); 
});