(function($) {

$.fn.stories =function() {
	
	var e=this;
	var x=0;
	var boxes="";
	var ems=Array(),stories=Array();
	
	e.hide();
	
	e.children(".story").each(function(i) {
		ems[i]="";
		$(this).find("em").each(function() {
			ems[i]+=$(this).html()+" ";
		});
		ems[i]=ems[i].substr(0,ems[i].length-1);
	});
	e.children("hr").remove();
	
	for(var j in ems) {
		if (j!=0) { boxes+=" … "; }
		st=j-Math.floor(j/3)*3;
		emsj=ems[j];
		if (emsj!=null) { emsj=emsj.replace("<em>",""); }
		boxes+="<span id=\"st" + j + "\" class=\"blurb" + st + "\">" + emsj + "</span>";
	}
	
	$("#storiesBox").html(boxes).show();
	$("#storiesBoxHead").attr({
		src:"images/click.gif",
		alt:"Click on a quote below to find out what our Members are saying:"
	});
	
	$("div.story").css("margin","30px 20px 20px 30px");
	
	$("#storiesBox span").live("click",function() {
		var storynum=$(this).attr("id").substr(2,2);
		$("#story" + storynum).clone().infobox({overlay:"#f0e9e2",padding:0});
	});
}

})(jQuery);