jQuery.noConflict();

// Innitiate Main Menu
jQuery(document).ready(function() { 
	jQuery('ul#menu').superfish(); 
});

//Homepage Slideshow navigation
function paginate(idx, slide){	
	return '<a href="" title="" class="ie6"><img src="layout/images/transparent.png" alt="" width="13" height="13" class="ie6" /></a>';
}

//News Scroller (Widget)
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 
 	jQuery('.news-scroller').cycle({ 
	    fx: 'scrollVert',
		speed: 1500,
		rev: true,
		timeout: 4000,
		next: '.news-next', 
	    prev: '.news-previous',
	    easing: 'easeInOutQuint'
	 });      
 
});