$(document).ready(function() {
						   
//$("#intro").hide();						   
						   
$('#sliderintro').nivoSlider({
        effect:'boxRainGrow', 
        slices:15, 
        boxCols: 8,
        boxRows: 4, 
        animSpeed:600, 
        pauseTime:5000,
        startSlide:0,
        directionNav:false, 
        directionNavHide:false, 
        controlNav:false,
        controlNavThumbs:false, 
        controlNavThumbsFromRel:false, 
        controlNavThumbsSearch: '.jpg', 
        controlNavThumbsReplace: '_thumb.jpg', 
        keyboardNav:false, 
        pauseOnHover:false,
        manualAdvance:false, 
        captionOpacity:0.8, 
        prevText: 'Prev',
        nextText: 'Next', 
        beforeChange: function(){},
        afterChange: function(){}, 
        slideshowEnd: function(){}, 
        lastSlide: function(){ $('#sliderintro').data('nivo:vars').stop = true; $("#intro").fadeOut(5000); sliderHome(); }, 
        afterLoad: function(){} 
    });
	$("#intro").height($(document).height());
	
	$('#skip').click(function() {
  		$('#sliderintro').data('nivo:vars').stop = true; $("#intro").fadeOut(1000); 
		sliderHome();
	});
	
});