$(document).ready(function() {

$('div#topSlideArea').after('<div id="slide-nav">').cycle({
fx:'fade',
random:  1 ,
speed:1000,
timeout:5000,
pager: '#slide-nav', 
pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) { 
var na_html = '<li><a href="#"><img src="/skins/img/top_slide_nav.gif"></a></li>';
return na_html; 
    } 

});
});

$(document).ready(function() {
  var options = {
    newsList: "ul#news",
    startDelay: 10
  }
  $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: "rss.xml",
    dataType: "xml",
    success: function(xml) {
      $('<ul id="news"> </ul>');
      $(xml).find('item').each(function(){
        var desc = $(this).find('title').text();
        var date = $(this).find('pubDate').text();
        var link = $(this).find('link').text();
        $('<li><a href="'+link+'">'+date+' '+desc+'</a></li>').appendTo('ul#news');
      });
      $().newsTicker(options);
    }
  });
});