function initAMenu() {
	var doIt = 0;
	if($('news_amenu')) {
		if($('news_amenu').getStyle("display") != "none") {
			doIt = 1;
		}
	}
	if(doIt) {
		/* find the current Active Accordion (h4 with class set to act) */
		var startIndex = 0;
		var navHeight = $("news_amenu").getSize().y;
		$("news_amenu").getElements("h4").each(function(el,index) {
			if(el.hasClass("act")) {
				startIndex = index;				
			}
			navHeight = navHeight - el.getNext().getSize().y;
		});	
		$("news_amenu").setStyles({
			"position": "absolute",
			"width": "495px",
			"z-index": "40"
		});		
		var aniH = new Fx.Tween("news_list_outer",{ 
			duration: "normal",
			link: "chain" 
		});	
		
		//create our Accordion instance	
		var myAccordion = new Accordion($('news_amenu'), 'h4.toggler', 'div.amenu_year_item', {
			opacity: true,
			show: startIndex,	
			duration: "normal",			
			onActive: function(toggler, element){
				toggler.addClass("act");
				var curHeight = navHeight + element.getScrollSize().y - 5;
				aniH.start("margin-top", curHeight+"px"); // news runterscrollen
				$("news_list_wrap").setStyle("margin-bottom",curHeight+"px") //news wrap erweitern damit contentHeight passt								
			},
			onBackground: function(toggler, element){
				toggler.removeClass("act");
			}
			
		});		
		$("news_list_outer").setStyles({
			"position": "absolute",
			"width": "495px"
		});	
		$("news_list_wrap").setStyles({
			"height": $("news_list_outer").getSize().y+"px"
		});		
		$("news_list_outer").getElements("div.news_item1").each(function(div,index) {		
			newsAnis[index] = new Fx.Morph(div, {duration: "short", link:"cancel", transition: Fx.Transitions.linear});
			div.addEvents({			
				"mouseenter": function() {				
					newsAnis[index].start({
						"background-color": "#DAD2C9"
					});
				},
				"mouseleave": function() {
					newsAnis[index].start({
						"background-color": "#EFECE7"
					});
				}
			});			
		});		

	}		
}