$(document).ready(function(){
			$('.selector select').selectmenu({
				style:'dropdown'
			});
			
			var ImgSrc = $('.featured img').attr("src");			
			if(ImgSrc == "" || ImgSrc == undefined){
				$('.featured img').css({
					display:'none',
					visibility: 'hidden'					
					});
				}
				
		/* News Excerpt Scripts */
	jQuery('.info').each(function() {
        var visibleTitle = jQuery(this).children('h3').children('a').text().substring(0, 54);
		var linktoArticle = jQuery(this).children('h3').children('a').attr('href');
		
		if(visibleTitle.length >= 54){
			jQuery(this).children('h3').html(('<a href="'+linktoArticle+'">') + visibleTitle + ('</a>')).append(' &hellip;');
		}
        var visibleText = jQuery(this).children('p').text().substring(0, 240);
		jQuery(this).children('p').html(visibleText + ('&hellip;'));
	});
	jQuery('.new-info').each(function(){
		var newvisibleTitle = jQuery(this).children('h3').children('a').text().substring(0, 28);
		var newlinktoArticle = jQuery(this).children('h3').children('a').attr('href');
		if(newvisibleTitle.length >= 28){
			jQuery(this).children('h3').html(('<a href="'+newlinktoArticle+'">') + newvisibleTitle + ('</a>')).append(' &hellip;');
		};
		});	
	jQuery('.events ul.clearfix li').each(function(){
		var visibleEvent = jQuery(this).children('p').text().substring(0, 240);
		if(visibleEvent.length >= 240){
			jQuery(this).children('p').html('' + visibleEvent + '').append(' &hellip;');
		};
		});					
			
});