jQuery.fn.accessNews = function(settings) {

    settings = jQuery.extend({

        newsHeadline: "Top Stories",

        newsSpeed: "slow"

    }, settings);

    return this.each(function(i) {

        aNewsSlider.itemWidth = parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq(" + i + ")",".news_slider").css("width")) + parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq(" + i + ")",".news_slider").css("margin-right"));

        aNewsSlider.init(settings,this);

        jQuery(".view_all > a", this).click(function() {

            aNewsSlider.vAll(settings,this);

            return false;

        });

    });

};

var aNewsSlider = {

    itemWidth: 0,

    init: function(s,p) {

        jQuery(".messaging",p).css("display","none");

        itemLength = jQuery(".item",p).length;

        if (jQuery(".view_all",p).width() == null) {

            jQuery(".news_items",p).prepend("<p class='view_all'>" + s.newsHeadline + " [ " + itemLength + " total ] &nbsp;-&nbsp; <a href='#'>View All</a></p>");

        }

        newsContainerWidth = itemLength * aNewsSlider.itemWidth;

        jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth + "px");

        jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");

        animating = false;

        jQuery(".next",p).click(function() {

            if (animating == false) {

                animating = true;

                animateLeft = parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left")) - (aNewsSlider.itemWidth * 2);

                if (animateLeft + parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width")) > 0) {

                    jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","block");

                    jQuery(".container",p).animate({left: animateLeft}, s.newsSpeed, function() {

                        jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);

                        if (parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left")) + parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width")) <= aNewsSlider.itemWidth * 2) {

                            jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");

                        }

                        animating = false;

                    });

                } else {

                    animating = false;

                }

            }

            return false;

        });

        jQuery(".prev",p).click(function() {

            if (animating == false) {

                animating = true;

                animateLeft = parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left")) + (aNewsSlider.itemWidth * 2);

                if ((animateLeft + parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))) <= parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))) {

                    jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");

                    jQuery(".container",p).animate({left: animateLeft}, s.newsSpeed, function() {

                        jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);

                        if (parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left")) == 0) {

                            jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");

                        }

                        animating = false;

                    });

                } else {

                    animating = false;

                }

            }

            return false;

        });

    },

    vAll: function(s,p) {

        var o = p;

        while (p) {

            p = p.parentNode;

            if (jQuery(p).attr("class") != undefined && jQuery(p).attr("class").indexOf("news_slider") != -1) {

                break;

            }

        }

        if (jQuery(o).text().indexOf("View All") != -1) {

            jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");

            jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");

            jQuery(o).text("View Less");

            jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",aNewsSlider.itemWidth * 2 + "px");

        } else {

            jQuery(o).text("View All");

            aNewsSlider.init(s,p);

        }

    }

};