// JavaScript Document
	
//NEWS ROTATOR
	
this.randomtip = function(){

var pause = 8000; // define the pause for each tip (in milliseconds) 
var length = $("#tips li").length; 
var temp = -1;		

this.getRan = function(){
// get the random number
var ran = Math.floor(Math.random()*length) + 1;
return ran;
};
this.show = function(){
var ran = getRan();
// to avoid repeating
while (ran == temp){
	ran = getRan();
}; 
temp = ran;
$("#tips li").hide();	
$("#tips li:nth-child(" + ran + ")").fadeIn(1000);		
};

show(); setInterval(show,pause);

};

$(document).ready(function(){	
randomtip();

$("#slideshow").find('img').removeAttr('alt');

});