$('#hp-news').before('<div id="hp-nav">').cycle({ 
    fx:     'scrollUp', 
    speed:  'fast', 
    timeout: 5000,
				cleartype: true,
				height: 'auto',
				fit: 0,
				pause: 1,
    pager:  '#hp-nav' 
});

$(function () {

var newYear = new Date(); 
newYear = new Date(newYear.setFullYear(2012,06,27)); 
newYear.setHours(0); 
newYear.setMinutes(1);
newYear.setSeconds(0);
newYear.setMilliseconds(0);

$('#london2012countdown').countdown({until: newYear}); 
 
												});

$(function () {

var newYear = new Date(); 
newYear = new Date(newYear.setFullYear(2012,07,29)); 
newYear.setHours(0); 
newYear.setMinutes(1);
newYear.setSeconds(0);
newYear.setMilliseconds(0);


$('#paralympic2012countdown').countdown({until: newYear}); 
 
												});