function slideSwitch(clip) {
		var $clip = clip;
		var $active = $('#'+$clip+' IMG.active');
	
		if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#'+$clip+' IMG:last');
	
		// use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
		var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
			: $('#'+$clip+' IMG:first');
	
		// uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order
		
		// 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');
			});
	}
$(function() {
	$posY = ""+((531-$('#news_home').height())/2)+"px";	   
	$('#news_home').css("marginTop", $posY);
	$("div#smenu").hide();
	$("#collection_menu").mouseenter(function() {
							$("div#smenu").show();	
							});
	$("#collection_menu").mouseleave(function() {
							$("div#smenu").hide();
							});
	$("div#smenu").mouseenter(function() {
						$("div#smenu").show();
											});
	$("div#smenu").mouseleave(function() {
						$("div#smenu").hide();
											});
	
});