Event.observe(window, 'load', function() 
    {
		if ($('births_expand_link')){
            Event.observe('births_expand_link', 'click', function(){
                // expand the births panel
                $('births_div').show();
                $('births_expand_link').hide();
                $('random_birth').hide(); 
            });
		}
        if ($('events_expand_link')){
            Event.observe('events_expand_link', 'click', function(){
                // expand the births panel
                $('events_div').show();
                $('events_expand_link').hide();
                $('random_event').hide();             
            });
        }
        
        // load tabbed panels
        if ($('tabs_research')){
            var TabbedPanels1 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("tabs_research");
            var TabbedPanels2 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("tabs_teaching_and_study");
        }
    }
);