var enableDefaultImg;  
enableDefaultImg = 1 

 
var tpNL; 
var staticNwsmgID; 
var staticsrcimg; 
var disclaimerModifier = 0; 
$(document).ready(function(){  if (enableDefaultImg){if($(".nwl a").size() >0){
//check there are news stories,prevents errors during development
tpNL = $(".nwl a").first().attr("href");
staticNwsmgID= tpNL.substring(tpNL.indexOf("index_")+6,tpNL.length-4);
var staticsrcimg = "/homepage_news_images/"+staticNwsmgID+".jpg";
$("#newsimage img").attr("src",staticsrcimg)}
}

 
 
 
 //$("body").css('background-color', '#f4f4f4'); 
 
 
 //$('#baselinks').css('position', 'absolute'); 
 
 
 if ($('#qt').val() == "search"){ $('#qt').css("color","#c0c0c0")}
; 
 
 
 
 
 $('#qt').focus(function(){
	if($(this).val()=="search"){
		$(this).val(""); $(this).css("color","#000")}
	}); 

 
 
 
 $(".nwl").mouseover(function(e){if(enableDefaultImg){$(this).css('background-color','#0CF')}

var identifier = $(this).children(0).attr("href"); 
 nwsmgID = identifier.substring(identifier.indexOf("index_")+6, identifier.length-4); 
        var srcimg = "/homepage_news_images/"+nwsmgID+".jpg"; 
$("#newsimage img").attr("src", srcimg)}
); 
 
$(".nwl").mouseout(function(e){$("#newsimage img").attr("src",staticsrcimg); if(enableDefaultImg){$(this).css('background-color','#09C'); $('.newsitem2').css('background-color','#17A4C9')}
}
)}
); //end document ready