jQuery.noConflict();

	// Equal Height Sidebars
	function equalHeight(group) {
		tallest = 0;
		group.each(function() {
			thisHeight = jQuery(this).height();
			if(thisHeight > tallest) {
				tallest = thisHeight;
			}
		});
		group.height(tallest);
	}

	// Image Rotator
	function deconNNFRotator() {
	var $active = jQuery("#nnfrotator DIV.active");
	
	if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = jQuery("#nnfrotator DIV:last");
	
	// use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
	var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
	    : jQuery("#nnfrotator DIV: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  = jQuery( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
	
	$active.addClass("last-active");
	
	$next.css({opacity: 0.0})
	    .addClass("active")
	    .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
	        $active.removeClass("active last-active");
	    });
	}

jQuery(function() {
	equalHeight(jQuery(".main-aside"));
	setInterval("deconNNFRotator()", 5000);
	
		// Slider Options
	jQuery("#featuredslider").easySlider({
		speed: 300,
		pause: 5000,
		auto: true,
		numeric: true,
		numericId: 'slidenum',
		continuous: true
	});

});