$(document).ready(function() {
  $("a[rel='external']").attr({target: "_blank"});
});

function niceMenu(id) {
	el = document.getElementById(id);
	pos = el.parentNode.offsetLeft;
	el.style.width = 505 - pos + 'px';
	el.style.left = pos - 10 + 'px';
	el.style.visibility = 'visible';
}


ieHover = function() {
	var elems = document.getElementById("root").getElementsByTagName("li");
	for (var i=0; i<elems.length; i++) {
		elems[i].onmouseover=function() {
			this.className+=" over";
		}

		elems[i].onmouseout=function() {
			this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" over\\b"), "");
		}
	}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", ieHover);

var newsitems;
var curritem=0;
$(document).ready(function(){
    newsitems = $("#intro div").hide().size();
    $("#intro div:eq("+curritem+")").show();
    setInterval(ticknews,8000); //time in milliseconds
});

function ticknews() {
	 $("#intro div:eq("+curritem+")").fadeOut("slow",function(){
	  curritem = ++curritem%newsitems;
	  $("#intro div:eq("+curritem+")").show();
	});
}