function startNews() {
	//$('f7loadNews').innerHTML = '<img src="/images/loading.gif" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /> Loading News Ticker...';
	//setTimeout("new Effect.Opacity('f7loadNews', {duration:0.5, from:1.0, to:0.0, afterFinish:function(){ $('f7loadNews').style.display='none'; $('f7newsContainer').style.display='block'; new Effect.Opacity('f7newsContainer', {duration:0.5, from:0.0, to:1.0, afterFinish:function(){ $('f7newsContainer').style.opacity='1'; $('f7newsContainer').style.filter=''; runNews(); } });} });",500);
	//$('f7loadNews').style.backgroundColor='red';
/*	$('f7newsContainer').style.display='block';
	$('f7newsContainer').style.opacity='1'; 
	$('f7newsContainer').style.filter='alpha(opacity=100)';
	*/
	//runNews();
}

function runNews() {
	newsArea = $('f7newsContainer');
	newsStories = $(newsArea).immediateDescendants();
	
	if (newsStories.length > 0) {
		newsWidth = newsStories[0].getWidth();
		//new Effect.Morph(newsStories[0], { style:'color:#0068b3;', duration:0.5 });
		newsStories[0].style.width=newsWidth;
		newsStories[0].style.overflow='hidden';
		newsAction = "new Effect.Opacity(newsStories[0], {duration:0.8, from:1.0, to:0.0, afterFinish:function(){ new Effect.Morph(newsStories[0], { style:'width:0px;', duration:0.7, afterFinish:function() { Element.insert(newsArea, newsStories[0]); newsStories[0].style.opacity=''; newsStories[0].style.filter=''; newsStories[0].style.width='132px'; runNews(); } }); }});";
		setTimeout(newsAction,1000);
		
		
		
	} //end if
}