$(document).ready(function() {
     //dropCap('#navigation ul li a');
     //Set up thumbstrip
     $('#thumbs').jcarousel({
          easing:'easeInOutCirc',
          scroll: 9,
          visible: 9,
          /*wrap: "last",*/
          animation: 2000
     });

     //load the first big image
     startImageLoad($('#thumbs a:first'));

     $('#thumbs a').preload({ threshold:2 });

     //Bind image loading to each thumbnail's click event
     //and return false
     $('#thumbs a').click(function(){
          startImageLoad(this);
          return false;
     });
});