$(document).ready(function() {
  // slideshow transition
  (function($) {
  $.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollHorz = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
  	$cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
  	opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts, fwd) {
  		$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
  		opts.cssBefore.left = fwd ? (next.cycleW-1) : (1-next.cycleW);
  		opts.animOut.left = fwd ? -curr.cycleW : curr.cycleW;
  	});
  	opts.cssFirst = { left: 0 };
  	opts.cssBefore= { top: 0 };
  	opts.animIn   = { left: 0 };
  	opts.animOut  = { top: 0 };
  };

  })(jQuery);
  
  // slideshow
  var slides = $('.slideshow .slides');
  $('<div class="controls group">').insertAfter(slides);
  slides.cycle({ 
      fx:     'scrollHorz', 
      speed:  500, 
      timeout: 8000, 
      pager:  '.slideshow .controls' 
  });
  
  // round corners for slideshow
  slides.after('<b class="tl"></b><b class="tr"></b>');
  
  // biglinks
  var newsLi = $('.news-list li');
  newsLi.css('opacity', '.8');
  newsLi.biglinks().hover(function() {
    $(this).css('opacity', '1');
  }, function() {
    newsLi.css('opacity', '.8');
  });
});