function initNewsSlider(){
	
	 featuredcontentglider.init({
		gliderid: "news_slider", //ID of main glider container
		contentclass: "glidecontent", //Shared CSS class name of each glider content
		togglerid: "p-select", //ID of toggler container
		togglerid_arrows: "p-arrows",
		remotecontent: "", //Get gliding contents from external file on server? "filename" or "" to disable
		selected: 0, //Default selected content index (0=1st)
		persiststate: false, //Remember last content shown within browser session (true/false)?
		speed: 500, //Glide animation duration (in milliseconds)
		direction: "leftright", //set direction of glide: "updown", "downup", "leftright", or "rightleft"
		autorotate: true, //Auto rotate contents (true/false)?
		autorotateconfig: [6000, 2] //if auto rotate enabled, set [milliseconds_btw_rotations, cycles_before_stopping]
	});
	 
 }