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//	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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$(document).ready(function(){
						   
		//var $ = jQuery.noConflict();						    
		
		$("ul.sf-menu").superfish({
     	delay: 1250,
		speed: 'normal',
		animation:   {opacity:'show',height:'show'},
		autoArrows: true,
		dropShadows: false
  		})
		
		$('#newsTicker').before('<div id="tickerControls">').cycle({
			fx:     'scrollLeft',
			timeout: 6000,
			pause: 1,
			pager: '#tickerControls'
			
			});

	
   $(function(){
		$('#slideshow').cycle({
            timeout: 12000,
            fx:      'none',           
			next:   '#next-slider', 
			prev:  '#prev-slider',  
            pause:   'true',	  
            pauseOnPagerHover: 0
        });
	
		//	$('#pauseButton').click(function() { 
    	//	$('#slideshow').cycle('pause'); 
		//});
		
		//	$('#resumeButton').click(function() { 
    	//	$('#slideshow').cycle('resume'); 
		//});
		
    }); 
							   
		$('#staticshow').cycle({
			fx:     'fade', 
			speed: '300',
			timeout: 0,
			after: onAfter,
			pager:  '#slide_nav',
			slideExpr: 'img'
			})

		function onAfter() { 
			$('#output').html('<h3>' + this.alt + '</h3>'); 
		}
		$('#slide_nav').css({opacity: 0.7});
		
	});		

function validateSearchForm()
{
var x=document.forms["SearchForm"]["SearchString"].value
if (x==null || x=="")
  {
  alert("Please enter search term(s)");
  return false;
  }
}