$(document).ready(function() {

	$("#topnav li").prepend("<span></span>"); //Throws an empty span tag right before the a tag

	$("#topnav li").each(function() { //For each list item...
		var linkText = $(this).find("a").html(); //Find the text inside of the <a> tag
		$(this).find("span").show().html(linkText); //Add the text in the <span> tag
	}); 

	$("#topnav li").hover(function() {	//On hover...
		$(this).find("span").stop().animate({
			marginTop: "-40" //Find the <span> tag and move it up 40 pixels
		}, 250);
	} , function() { //On hover out...
		$(this).find("span").stop().animate({
			marginTop: "0"  //Move the <span> back to its original state (0px)
		}, 250);
	});

});


		function pickEffect()
		{
		
		var effects = new Array('cover','fadeZoom','growX','growY','scrollUp','scrollDown','scrollLeft','scrollRight','scrollHorz','scrollVert','shuffle','slideX','slideY','turnUp','turnDown','turnLeft','turnRight','uncover','wipe','zoom')
		//create a random number
		var randno = Math.floor ( Math.random() * effects.length ); 
		
		return effects[randno];
		
		}



$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.newsticker').cycle({
	delay:  500,
		fx:  'cover' /*pickEffect()*/ // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
	});
});

//doc and samples at http://www.malsup.com/jquery/cycle/