jQuery.noConflict();

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
	
		//Speed of the slideshow
		var speed = 8000;
		
		//You have to specify width and height in #slider CSS properties
		//After that, the following script will set the width and height accordingly
		jQuery('#mask-gallery, #gallery li').width(jQuery('#slider').width());	
		jQuery('#gallery').width(jQuery('#slider').width() * jQuery('#gallery li').length);
		jQuery('#mask-gallery, #gallery li, #excerpt li').height(jQuery('#slider').height());
		
		//Assign a timer, so it will run periodically
		var run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);	
		
		jQuery('#gallery li:first, #excerpt li:first').addClass('selected');
	
		//Pause the slidershow with clearInterval
		jQuery('#btn-pause').click(function () {
			clearInterval(run);
			return false;
		});
	
		//Continue the slideshow with setInterval
		jQuery('#btn-play').click(function () {
			run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);	
			return false;
		});
		
		//Next Slide by calling the function
		jQuery('#btn-next').click(function () {
			newsscoller(0);	
			return false;
		});	
	
		//Previous slide by passing prev=1
		jQuery('#btn-prev').click(function () {
			newsscoller(1);	
			return false;
		});	
		
		//Mouse over, pause it, on mouse out, resume the slider show
		jQuery('#slider').hover(
		
			function() {
				clearInterval(run);
			}, 
			function() {
				run = setInterval('newsscoller(0)', speed);	
			}
		); 	
		
	});
	
	
	function newsscoller(prev) {
	
		//Get the current selected item (with selected class), if none was found, get the first item
		var current_image = jQuery('#gallery li.selected').length ? jQuery('#gallery li.selected') : jQuery('#gallery li:first');
		var current_excerpt = jQuery('#excerpt li.selected').length ? jQuery('#excerpt li.selected') : jQuery('#excerpt li:first');
	
		//if prev is set to 1 (previous item)
		if (prev) {
			
			//Get previous sibling
			var next_image = (current_image.prev().length) ? current_image.prev() : jQuery('#gallery li:last');
			var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.prev().length) ? current_excerpt.prev() : jQuery('#excerpt li:last');
		
		//if prev is set to 0 (next item)
		} else {
			
			//Get next sibling
			var next_image = (current_image.next().length) ? current_image.next() : jQuery('#gallery li:first');
			var next_excerpt = (current_excerpt.next().length) ? current_excerpt.next() : jQuery('#excerpt li:first');
		}
	
		//clear the selected class
		jQuery('#excerpt li, #gallery li').removeClass('selected');
		
		//reassign the selected class to current items
		next_image.addClass('selected');
		next_excerpt.addClass('selected');
	
		//Scroll the items
		jQuery('#mask-gallery').scrollTo(next_image, 800);		
		jQuery('#mask-excerpt').scrollTo(next_excerpt, 800);					
		
	}