if(!window.Node){
var Node = {ELEMENT_NODE : 1, TEXT_NODE : 3};
}

function checkNode(node, filter){
return (filter == null || node.nodeType == Node[filter] || node.nodeName.toUpperCase() == filter.toUpperCase());
}

function getChildren(node, filter){
var result = new Array();
var children = node.childNodes;
for(var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
if(checkNode(children[i], filter)) result[result.length] = children[i];
}
return result;
}

function getChildrenByElement(node){
return getChildren(node, "ELEMENT_NODE");
}

function getFirstChild(node, filter){
var child;
var children = node.childNodes;
for(var i = 0; i < children.length; i++){
child = children[i];
if(checkNode(child, filter)) return child;
}
return null;
}

function getFirstChildByText(node){
return getFirstChild(node, "TEXT_NODE");
}

function getNextSibling(node, filter){
for(var sibling = node.nextSibling; sibling != null; sibling = sibling.nextSibling){
if(checkNode(sibling, filter)) return sibling;
}
return null;
}
function getNextSiblingByElement(node){
return getNextSibling(node, "ELEMENT_NODE");
}

// Menu Functions & Properties

var activeMenu = null;

function showMenu() {
if(activeMenu){
activeMenu.className = "";
getNextSiblingByElement(activeMenu).style.display = "none";
}
if(this == activeMenu){
activeMenu = null;
} else {
this.className = "active";
getNextSiblingByElement(this).style.display = "block";
activeMenu = this;
}
return false;
}

function initMenu(){
var menus, menu, text, a, i;
menus = getChildrenByElement(document.getElementById("newsnav"));
for(i = 0; i < menus.length; i++){
menu = menus[i];
text = getFirstChildByText(menu);
a = document.createElement("a");
menu.replaceChild(a, text);
a.appendChild(text);
a.href = "#";
a.onclick = showMenu;
a.onfocus = function(){this.blur()};
}
}

if(document.createElement) window.onload = initMenu;

