function flipset() {
		var flipped = false;
		var hidden = false;
		for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
			if(hidden && !flipped) {
				flipped = true;
				Element.show(arguments[i]);
			}
		if($(arguments[i]).style.display != 'none' && !hidden) {
				hidden = true;
				Element.hide(arguments[i]);
			}
		}

		if(hidden && !flipped) {
			flipped = true;
			Element.show(arguments[0]);
		}
	}

	news_start_pos = 0;

	function newsflipset(dir) {
		// dir is the # of posts to offset.
		Element.cleanWhitespace('newspane');

		news_start_pos += dir;
		offset = Math.abs(dir);
		
		if(news_start_pos >= $('newspane').childNodes.length) {
			news_start_pos = 0;
		} else if (news_start_pos < 0){
			reverse_offset = ($('newspane').childNodes.length % offset);
			if(reverse_offset == 0) reverse_offset = offset;
			news_start_pos = ($('newspane').childNodes.length - reverse_offset);
		}

		for(var i=0; i<$('newspane').childNodes.length; i++) {
			Element.hide($('newspane').childNodes[i]);
		}

		for(var i=news_start_pos; i < (news_start_pos + offset); i++) {
			if(i >= $('newspane').childNodes.length) break;
			Element.show($('newspane').childNodes[i]);
		}
	}