$().ready(function() {

	// Start slides
	$('#slides').slides({
		preload: true,
		preloadImage: 'images/loading.gif',
		play: 5000,
		pause: 500,
		hoverPause: true
	});

	// XHTML Strict version of target="_blank"
	$("a[rel=\'external\']").attr("target","_blank");

	// Smooth Scrolling
	$("a[href*=#]").click(function() {

		if (location.pathname.replace(/^\//,"") == this.pathname.replace(/^\//,"") && location.hostname == this.hostname) {

			var $target = $(this.hash);
			$target = $target.length && $target || $("[name=" + this.hash.slice(1) +"]");

			if ($target.length) {
				var targetOffset = $target.offset().top;
				$("html,body").animate({scrollTop: targetOffset}, 1000);
				return false;
			}

		}
	});

});