function slide(direction, container) {
		var sliderContainer = container.down('.slider-container');
		var itemsPerVP = (sliderContainer.getWidth() /sliderContainer.down('.item').getWidth()).floor();
		var itemsTotal = sliderContainer.select('.item').length;
		var currentOffset = sliderContainer.down('.slider').positionedOffset().left;
		var offset = (parseInt(sliderContainer.down('.item').getStyle('margin-right').match(new RegExp("[0-9]*"))) + sliderContainer.down('.item').getWidth()) * itemsPerVP;
		if(direction =="forward" && offset * ((itemsTotal/itemsPerVP).ceil() - 1) != currentOffset.abs()) {
			new Effect.Move(sliderContainer.down('.slider'), {x: -(offset), y: 0, mode: 'relative', transition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal, duration: 0.6, queue: { position: 'end', scope: 'sliderqueue', limit: 1 }, afterFinish: function() { if (0 != sliderContainer.down('.slider').positionedOffset().left.abs()) {container.down('.back').removeClassName('fade');}; if (offset * ((itemsTotal/itemsPerVP).ceil() - 1) == sliderContainer.down('.slider').positionedOffset().left.abs()) {container.down('.forward').toggleClassName('fade');} } });
		} else if(direction == "backward" && currentOffset != 0) {
			new Effect.Move(sliderContainer.down('.slider'), {x: offset, y: 0, mode: 'relative', transition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal, duration: 0.6, queue: { position: 'end', scope: 'sliderqueue', limit: 1 }, afterFinish: function() {  if (offset * ((itemsTotal/itemsPerVP).ceil() - 1) != sliderContainer.down('.slider').positionedOffset().left.abs()) {container.down('.forward').removeClassName('fade');}; if (0 == sliderContainer.down('.slider').positionedOffset().left.abs()) {container.down('.back').toggleClassName('fade');} } });
		}
	}
function slideAppend(direction, container, headlineScroller,sc,scrollerPosArr) {
		var h = scrollerPos[scrollerPosArr];
		for (var i=0;i<=2;i++) {
			if (headlineScroller[scrollerPos[scrollerPosArr]]==undefined) {
				break;
			}
			sc.innerHTML += headlineScroller[h];
			scrollerPos[scrollerPosArr]++;
			h++;
		}
		slide(direction, container);
	}