$(document).ready(function(){
	
	$("#news-wrapper div:first-child").removeClass('hide').addClass('news-active'); //set correct classes for the first news item
	setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 6000 );
	$('ul#menuElem').superfish({ 
	            delay:       1000,                            // one second delay on mouseout 
	            animation:   {opacity:'show',height:'show'},  // fade-in and slide-down animation 
	            speed:       'fast',                          // faster animation speed 
	            autoArrows:  false,                           // disable generation of arrow mark-up 
	            dropShadows: false                            // disable drop shadows 
	        });

});

function slideSwitch() {
	var $active = $('#news-wrapper .news-active');
	if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#news-wrapper div:last');
	var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next() : $('#news-wrapper div:first');
	$active.addClass('news-last-active').fadeOut('slow', function(){
		$next.addClass('news-active').fadeIn('fast', function() {
			$active.removeClass('news-active news-last-active');
		});
	});
}