$('#rotator').cycle({
	fx: 'fade',
	speed:500,
	timeout: 6000,
	random:1,
	pager:$('.pager')
	
});	

// Menu and Drop Downs 
var timeout    = 3000;
var closetimer = 0;
var ddmenuitem = 0;

function menu_open()
{ 
  menu_canceltimer();
   menu_close();
   ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').css('visibility', 'visible');}

function menu_close()
{  if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');}

function menu_timer()
{  closetimer = window.setTimeout(menu_close, timeout);}

function menu_canceltimer()
{  if(closetimer)
   {  window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
      closetimer = null;}}

$(document).ready(function()

{
  
 // $('#main-menu ul.CMSListMenuUL > li').bind('mouseover', menu_open)
   //$('#main-menu ul.CMSListMenuUL > li').bind('mouseout',  menu_timer)
   
   $('#header ul.CMSListMenuUL li:first').css('background','none');
   $('#main-menu ul.CMSListMenuUL li:first').css('background','none');
   $('#footer ul.CMSListMenuUL li:first').css('background','none');
   });






//var newsitems;
//var curritem=0;

//$(document).ready(function(){
//    newsitems = $("#left-half p").hide().size();
//    $("#left-half p:eq("+curritem+")").show();
//    setInterval(ticknews,5000); //time in milliseconds

//});

//function ticknews() {
//    $("#left-half p:eq("+curritem+")").hide();
//    curritem = ++curritem%newsitems;
//    $("#left-half p:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn("slow");

//} 

document.onclick = menu_close;