//image fade-in
$(function() {
    $('img.fadeIn').animate({
        "opacity": 1
    }, 2500);
});
//load flash
function loadFlash(swfURL, divName, height, width) {
    var flashvars = {};
    var params = {};
    params.loop = "true";
    params.menu = "false";
    params.bgcolor = "#ffffff";
    params.wmode = "transparent";
    var attributes = {};
    swfobject.embedSWF(swfURL, divName, width, height, "8.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes);
}
//drop caps function

function swap_letter(capURL, bottomPad) {
    $('#drop-cap').each(function(index) {
        var paragraph = this;
        var node = paragraph;
        while (node.childNodes.length) {
            node = node.firstChild;
        }
        var text = node.nodeValue;
        var first_letter = text.substr(0, 1);

        var match = /[a-zA-Z]/.test(first_letter);
        if (match) {
            node.nodeValue = text.slice(1);
            $('<img />')
          .attr('src', capURL)
          .attr('alt', first_letter)
          .addClass('drop-cap-letter')
		  .css('paddingBottom', bottomPad)
          .prependTo(paragraph);
            first_letter = "";
        }
    });
}