$(function() { 
			    var rotateDelay = 6000; //milliseconds 
			    var rotateTabs=true;     
			    var $tabItems = $('.tabs a').click(function(){ //clicking a tab should cancel the rotate 
			        rotateTabs=false; 
			    }); 
			    
			    $('.tabs a').focus(function(){
			        $(this).click();
			        
			    });
			    
			    var tabs = $("ul.tabs").tabs('.tabContainer', {api:true}); //create the tabs and return the api 
			    function doRotateTabs(){ //recursive function 
			        if (rotateTabs) { 
			            setTimeout(function(){ 
			                if (!rotateTabs) return; 
			                if(tabs.getIndex() == $tabItems.length-1){ //last tab. restart on first tab 
			                    tabs.click(0); 
			                } 
			                else { 
			                    tabs.next(); 
			                } 
			                doRotateTabs(); 
			            }, rotateDelay); 
			        } 
			    } 
			    doRotateTabs(); 
			}); 
		
		$(function() {  
		
			// initialize scrollable
				$("#video_widget div.scrollable").scrollable({
						items: '#videos',
						size: 1,
						clickable: false,
	
						// each time scrolling occurs, the active player is unloaded
						onSeek: function() {
								$f().unload();
						}
				});
		});
				
				/*
					select player containers with jQuery and make them playable with Flowplayer.
					could this be any simpler?
				*/	
		 
		$(function() {
		     
		    $("#videos a").flowplayer({src: "http://www.elon.edu/test/tpaulson/redesign/test/swf/flowplayer-3.1.2.swf" , wmode: 'opaque'}, {
		    
		    		plugins: {
		    			controls: null
		    		}
		    }).hover(function() { 
             
				        // find div.info element inside the player container and show it 
				        $("div.vid_caption", this).fadeTo("slow", 0.7); 
				         
				    }, function() { 
							         
				        // when mouse is removed - hide the info 
				        $("div.vid_caption", this).fadeTo("slow", 0); 
				    });  
							     
				    // initially all info elements are hidden 
				    $("div.vid_caption").css("opacity", 0); 
		
		});