jQuery.fn.exists = function(){
        return ( $(this).length > 0 );
}


/*
 * Paul Szymborski
 *
 * jQuery Pause
 * version 0.3
 *
 */

jQuery.fn.pause = function(milli,type) {
	milli = milli || 1000;
	type = type || "fx";
	return this.queue(type,function(){
		var self = this;
		setTimeout(function(){
			$.dequeue(self);
		},milli);
	});
};

jQuery.fn.clearQueue = jQuery.fn.unpause = function(type) {
	return this.each(function(){
		type = type || "fx";
		if(this.queue && this.queue[type]) {
			this.queue[type].length = 0;
		}
	});
};