$(document).ready(function () {
    
    $('#slider').nivoSlider({
        effect: 'random', //Specify sets like: 'fold,fade,sliceDown'
        slices: 15,
        animSpeed: 500, //Slide transition speed
        pauseTime: 3000,
        startSlide: 0, //Set starting Slide (0 index)
        directionNav: false, //Next & Prev
        directionNavHide: true, //Only show on hover
        controlNav: false, //1,2,3...
        controlNavThumbs: false, //Use thumbnails for Control Nav
        controlNavThumbsFromRel: false, //Use image rel for thumbs
        controlNavThumbsSearch: '.jpg', //Replace this with...
        controlNavThumbsReplace: '_thumb.jpg', //...this in thumb Image src
        keyboardNav: true, //Use left & right arrows
        pauseOnHover: true, //Stop animation while hovering
        manualAdvance: false, //Force manual transitions
        captionOpacity: 0.8 //Universal caption opacity
    });


    $("#message").show();

    $("#message a.close-notify").click(function () {
        //jQuery.cookie('absence', 'Demo Cookie');

        $("#message").fadeOut("slow");
        
        //$.cookie('absence', null);
        return false;
    });

});