function animatedIntroduction() {
  $('#side_bar').show('slide', {direction: 'left'}, 800, function() {
    $('#navigation_container').fadeIn(800, function() {
      $('#latest_news_container').fadeIn(800, function() {
        $('#links').slideDown(800);
      });
    });
  });
}

$(function() {
  $('#side_bar, #navigation_container, #latest_news_container, #links').css('display', 'none');

  var video_url = "/videos/world_map_" + Math.floor(Math.random()*2) + ".mp4";

  flowplayer("player", {src: 'flash/flowplayer-3.2.6.swf', allowfullscreen: 'false', wmode: 'opaque'},
    {
      plugins: {
         controls: null
      },
      play: null,
      clip: {
        url: video_url,
        autoPlay: true
      },
      onBeforePause: function() {
        return false;
      },
      onBeforeFinish: function() {
        return false;
      }
  });

  setTimeout(animatedIntroduction, 2000);
});