function tabnewsselect(tab) {
  var tablist = $('tabnewscontrol1').getElementsByTagName('li');
  var nodes = $A(tablist);
  var lClassType = tab.className.substring(0, tab.className.indexOf('-') );

  nodes.each(function(node){
	if (node.id == tab.id) {
	  tab.className=lClassType+'-selected';
		} else {
	  node.className=lClassType+'-unselected';
		};
  });
}

function panenewsselect(pane) {
  var panelist = $('panenewscontrol1').getElementsByTagName('li');
  var nodes = $A(panelist);

  nodes.each(function(node){
	if (node.id == pane.id) {
	  pane.className='panenews-selected';
		} else {
	  node.className='panenews-unselected';
		};
  });
}


function loadnewsPane(pane, src) {
  if (pane.innerHTML=='' || pane.innerHTML=='<img alt="Wait" src="/images/spinner.gif" style="vertical-align:-3px" /> Loading...') {
	reloadPane(pane, src);
  }
}

function reloadnewsPane(pane, src) {
  new Ajax.Updater(pane, src, {asynchronous:1, evalScripts:true, onLoading:function(request){pane.innerHTML='<img alt="Wait" src="/images/spinner.gif" style="vertical-align:-3px" /> Loading...'}})
}