//Combined effects for displaying or hiding news and events

function openEvents() {
		Effect.Fade('Edown');
		Effect.BlindDown('hevents');
		Effect.Appear('Eup');
	}
	
function closeEvents() {

		Effect.Appear('Edown');
		Effect.Fade('Eup');
		Effect.BlindUp('hevents');
}
function openNews() {
		Effect.Fade('Ndown');
		Effect.BlindDown('hnews');
		Effect.Appear('Nup');
	}
	
function closeNews() {

		Effect.Appear('Ndown');
		Effect.Fade('Nup');
		Effect.BlindUp('hnews');
}

function openUSNews() {
		Effect.Fade('Edown');
		Effect.BlindDown('hevents');
		Effect.Appear('Eup');
		

		
	}