var xmlHttp;
var xmlHttp2;
var xmlHttp3;


function getBlogSub(str,str2)
{ 
    var url= "http://www.ts.vcu.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rss2.pl?somcurriculum&2&60";
    xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject(stateChangedBlog);
    xmlHttp.open("GET", url , true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}



function getEvents()
{ 
	var url="/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/phy-events.pl?numitems=3&SearchDate=0&SearchCategory=ALL&Campus=&Buildings=&SearchAudience=0&School=Medicine&Dept=Physiology+and+Biophysics&extraLink=and";
	xmlHttp3 = GetXmlHttpObject(stateChangedEvents);
	xmlHttp3.open("GET", url , true);
	xmlHttp3.send(null);
} 

function getEventsLong()
{ 
	var url="/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/phy-events.pl?numitems=30&SearchDate=0&SearchCategory=ALL&Campus=&Buildings=&SearchAudience=0&School=Medicine&Dept=Physiology+and+Biophysics&extraLink=and";
	xmlHttp3 = GetXmlHttpObject(stateChangedEvents);
	xmlHttp3.open("GET", url , true);
	xmlHttp3.send(null);
}

function stateChangedEvents() 
{ 
	if (xmlHttp3.readyState==4 || xmlHttp3.readyState=="complete")
	{ 
		document.getElementById("eventfeedbox").innerHTML = xmlHttp3.responseText ;
	} 
} 

function GetXmlHttpObject(handler)
{ 
	var objXmlHttp=null;
	
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0)
	{ 
		var strName="Msxml2.XMLHTTP";
		if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5")>=0)
		{
			strName="Microsoft.XMLHTTP";
		} 
		try
		{ 
			objXmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(strName);
			objXmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handler;
			return objXmlHttp;
		} 
		catch(e)
		{ 
			return;
		} 
	} 
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla")>=0)
	{
		objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		objXmlHttp.onload = handler;
		objXmlHttp.onerror = handler;
		return objXmlHttp;
	}
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>=0)
	{
		objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		objXmlHttp.onload = handler;
		objXmlHttp.onerror = handler;
		return objXmlHttp;
	}
}