$(function(){
       $('.slide-out-div').tabSlideOut({
            tabHandle: '.handle',                     //class of the element that will become your tab
            pathToTabImage: 'images/contact_tab.gif', //path to the image for the tab //Optionally can be set using css
            imageHeight: '122px',                     //height of tab image           //Optionally can be set using css
            imageWidth: '40px',                       //width of tab image            //Optionally can be set using css
            tabLocation: 'left',                      //side of screen where tab lives, top, right, bottom, or left
            speed: 400,                               //speed of animation
            action: 'click',                          //options: 'click' or 'hover', action to trigger animation
            topPos: '115px',                          //position from the top/ use if tabLocation is left or right
            leftPos: '20px',                          //position from left/ use if tabLocation is bottom or top
            fixedPosition: true                      //options: true makes it stick(fixed position) on scroll
        });
	
    });
  	

function newsslider(prev) {

	//Get the current selected item (with selected class), if none was found, get the first item
	var current_image = $('#gallery li.selected').length ? $('#gallery li.selected') : $('#gallery li:first');
	var current_excerpt = $('#excerpt li.selected').length ? $('#excerpt li.selected') : $('#excerpt li:first');

	//if prev is set to 1 (previous item)
	if (prev) {
		
		//Get previous sibling
		var next_image = (current_image.prev().length) ? current_image.prev() : $('#gallery li:last');
		var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.prev().length) ? current_excerpt.prev() : $('#excerpt li:last');
	
	//if prev is set to 0 (next item)
	} else {
		
		//Get next sibling
		var next_image = (current_image.next().length) ? current_image.next() : $('#gallery li:first');
		var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.next().length) ? current_excerpt.next() : $('#excerpt li:first');
	}

	//clear the selected class
	$('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');
	
	//reassign the selected class to current items
	next_image.addClass('selected');
	next_excerpt.addClass('selected');

	//Scroll the items
	$('#mask-gallery').scrollTo(next_image, 800);		
	$('#mask-excerpt').scrollTo(next_excerpt, 800);					
	
}