$(document).ready(function(){

	$("#col2:empty").hide();

});


function setupSlider()
{
	var newsSliderLength = $("#newsSlider li").length;
		
	
		$("#newsSlider").easySlider({
		continuous: 	true,
		controlsBefore:	'<div id="sliderControls">',
		controlsAfter:	'</div>',
		showIndex:		true,
                pause: 10000
	});
	
    $("#sliderControls span a").text("");
	/*
    $("#sliderControls").append($('<p/>',{ "class": "totalAmount", text: "of "+newsSliderLength}));
    */
	$("#sliderControls span a").click(function(){
		updateCurrent();
	});
	
	
}

function updateCurrent()
{
	currentIndex = $("#sliderControls:visible").index();
	//console.log(currentIndex);
}