window.addEvent('domready', function() {

            //slider variables for making things easier below
            var itemsHolder = $('container-news');
            var myItems = $$(itemsHolder.getElements('.item'));

            //controls for slider
            var theControls = $('controls1');
            var thePrevBtn = $(theControls.getElement('.prev_btn'));
            var theNextBtn = $(theControls.getElement('.next_btn'));


            //create instance of the slider, and start it up		
            var mySlider = new SL_Slider({
                slideTimer: 3000,
                orientation: 'none',      //vertical, horizontal, or none: None will create a fading in/out transition.
                fade: true,                    //if true will fade the outgoing slide - only used if orientation is != None
                isPaused: false,
                container: itemsHolder,
                items: myItems,
                prevBtn: thePrevBtn,
                nextBtn: theNextBtn
            });
            mySlider.start();


            //adding a little animated rollover highlight to the play and prev/next buttons
            var origBkgdColor = theNextBtn.getStyle('background-color');
            var newBkgdColor = "#";
            var btnArray = new Array(thePrevBtn, theNextBtn);

            btnArray.each(function(e, i) {
                e.set('tween', { duration: 350, transition: 'cubic:out', link: 'cancel' });
                e.addEvents({
                    'mouseenter': function() {
                        this.tween('background-color', newBkgdColor);
                    },
                    'mouseleave': function() {
                        this.tween('background-color', origBkgdColor);
                    }
                });
            });

        });

<!--
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->



function hasNumbers(str)
{
	var strValidChars = "0123456789";
	var result=false;
	for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
      {
		var strChar = str.charAt(i);
		if(strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) > -1)
        {
			result=true;
        } 
      }
	return result;
}
function IsNumeric(strString,specialChar)
   //  check for valid numeric strings	
   {
      if(specialChar=='')
		var strValidChars = "0123456789";
	  else
		var strValidChars = "0123456789"+specialChar;

   var strChar;
   var blnResult = true;

   if (strString.length == 0) return false;

   //  test strString consists of valid characters listed above
   for (i = 0; i < strString.length && blnResult == true; i++)
      {
      strChar = strString.charAt(i);
      if (strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) == -1)
         {
         blnResult = false;
         }
      }
   return blnResult;
   }
   
   function hasSpecialChar(str)
   {
	var strValidChars = "~!@#$%^&*()=+?><|{}[];:\'/";
	var result=false;
	for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
		{
		var strChar = str.charAt(i);
		if(strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) > -1)
			{
			result=true;
			} 
		}
	return result;
   }
   

// Declaring required variables
var digits = "0123456789";
// non-digit characters which are allowed in phone numbers
var phoneNumberDelimiters = "()- ";
// characters which are allowed in international phone numbers
// (a leading + is OK)
var validWorldPhoneChars = phoneNumberDelimiters + "+";
// Minimum no of digits in an international phone no.
var minDigitsInIPhoneNumber = 10;

function isInteger(s)
{   var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}
function trim(s)
{   var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not a whitespace, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (c != " ") returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}
function stripCharsInBag(s, bag)
{   var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function checkInternationalPhone(strPhone){
var bracket=3
strPhone=trim(strPhone)
if(strPhone.indexOf("+")>1) return false
if(strPhone.indexOf("-")!=-1)bracket=bracket+1
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")!=-1 && strPhone.indexOf("(")>bracket)return false
var brchr=strPhone.indexOf("(")
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")!=-1 && strPhone.charAt(brchr+2)!=")")return false
if(strPhone.indexOf("(")==-1 && strPhone.indexOf(")")!=-1)return false
s=stripCharsInBag(strPhone,validWorldPhoneChars);
return (isInteger(s) && s.length >= minDigitsInIPhoneNumber);
}


/**************************************
creted by Navin
**************************************/
function trim(str)
{
  return str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');
}
function isEmail(str)
{
 var regex = /^[-_.a-z0-9]+@(([-_a-z0-9]+\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i;
 return regex.test(str);
 } 
function validateForm(){
var names=document.getElementById("names");
var email=document.getElementById("email");
var contactus=document.getElementById("contactus");
var feedback=document.getElementById("feedback");
	if(trim(names.value)=="Name *"){
	alert("Please Enter Your Name.");
	names.value='';
	names.focus();
	return false;
	}
	
	if(trim(names.value)!="")
	{
		if(hasNumbers(trim(names.value)))
		{
			alert('Please Enter Valid Name.');
			names.value='';
			names.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if(hasSpecialChar(names.value))
		{
			alert('Please Enter Valid Name.');
			names.value='';
			names.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
	}

//check email now
	if(trim(email.value)=="Email Id *"){
	    alert("Please Enter Your Email.");
		email.value='';
	   email.focus();
	   return false;
	}else{
		if(!isEmail(email.value)){
		 alert("Please Enter Valid Email.");
		 email.value='';
	     email.focus();
	      return false;
		}
	}
  if(trim(contactus.value)=="Contact Number *"){
  alert("Please Enter Contact Number.");
    contactus.value='';
	contactus.focus();
	return false;
  }
  
   if ((contactus.value==null)||(contactus.value=="")){
		alert("Please Enter Contact Number.")
		contactus.focus()
		return false
	}
	if (checkInternationalPhone(contactus.value)==false){
		alert("Please Enter Valid Contact Number.")
		contactus.value=""
		contactus.focus()
		return false
	}

	if(trim(feedback.value)=="Request for Service/Feedback *"){
	alert("Please Enter Message.");
	feedback.value='';
	feedback.focus();
	return false;
	}
 document.contactForm.submit();
}