function viewSlideshow() {
	$('news_li').removeClassName('selected');
	$('news_holder').hide();
	$('slideshow_li').addClassName('selected');
	$('slideshow_holder').show();
	Cookies.create("viewType", 'slideshow', 365);
	slideshow.run();
}

function viewNews() {
	$('slideshow_li').removeClassName('selected');
	$('slideshow_holder').hide();
	$('news_li').addClassName('selected');
	$('news_holder').show();
	Cookies.create("viewType", 'news', 365);
	slideshow.stop();
}

Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
 		if ($('content_sp')) {
			var news_scrollArea	= new ScrollArea('content_sp','content_sp_clip', 150, 5);
 		}
		
 		$A($$('a')).each(function(element) {element.observe('focus', blur)} );
 		refreshLayout();
 		initTicker();
	}
);

function blur(event) {
	Event.element(event).blur();
}

function showSidePanel(id) {
	$(id + '_link').addClassName('selected');
	$(id + '_sp').style.visibility = "visible";
	$(id + '_sp').show();
	
	var	id_combo  = id == 'references' ? 'news' : 'references';
	 
	$(id_combo + '_link').removeClassName('selected');
	$(id_combo + '_sp').hide();
}

function toggleMsg(){
   $('more').toggle();
}