got rid of INITIAL_EXTENT -- that can be read from the web map now.
story the jquery lib local.  too many problems reaching the google apis within the redlands network.
Allow for the option of including an "intro slide" in the point dataset.  If the FIRST_RECORD_AS_INTRO flag is set to true -- either in the config or through the url parameters -- then the first record will be removed from the point dataset and the picture, title and description will be presented as an intro.  This also involved moving the symbol assignment out of LocationsParserService.js and into the main, which is something I have been meaning to do anyway.
changes to readme.html.
add the location graphics to the map in reverse order, so #1 will be on top.