$(function() {
    $('#news-container > ul').tabs({ fx          : { opacity: 'toggle', duration: 110 },
                        navClass      : 'news-tabs-nav',
                     selectedClass : 'news-tabs-selected',
                     unselectClass : 'news-tabs-unselect',
                     disabledClass : 'news-tabs-disabled',
                     panelClass    : 'news-tabs-panel',
                     hideClass     : 'news-tabs-hide',
                     loadingClass  : 'news-tabs-loading'});
});

function toggleLayer( whichLayer )
{
  var elem, vis;
  if( document.getElementById ) // this is the way the standards work
    elem = document.getElementById( whichLayer );
  else if( document.all ) // this is the way old msie versions work
      elem = document.all[whichLayer];
  else if( document.layers ) // this is the way nn4 works
    elem = document.layers[whichLayer];
  vis = elem.style;
  // if the style.display value is blank we try to figure it out here
  if(vis.display==''&&elem.offsetWidth!=undefined&&elem.offsetHeight!=undefined)
    vis.display = (elem.offsetWidth!=0&&elem.offsetHeight!=0)?'block':'none';
  vis.display = (vis.display==''||vis.display=='block')?'none':'block';
}