iArray = 0;
// Ajax Script for News Feed
function SendAjax(url, callbackFunction, DIV) {
	thisDIV = 'NewNewsTickerContent';
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
      var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   } else {
      var request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
   }
 
   request.open("POST", url, true);
   request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); 
 
   request.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (request.readyState == 4 && request.status == 200) {
         if (request.responseText) {
            ReceiveAjax(request.responseText, callbackFunction);
         }
      }
   }

   request.send(null);
}
function ReceiveAjax(response, callbackFunction) {
   if (window.ActiveXObject) {
      var doc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
      doc.async = "false";
      doc.loadXML(response);
   } else {
      var parser = new DOMParser();
      var doc = parser.parseFromString(response,"text/xml");
   }
   ParseData(doc.documentElement);
}
function ValueFromTagName(item, tagname) {
   var val = item.getElementsByTagName(tagname);
   return val[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
// My News Feed Script
function ParseData(data) {
	outputTitle = new Array();
	outputDescription = new Array();
	outputLink = new Array();
	items = data.getElementsByTagName('item');
	loopLimit = items.length;
	
	for (var i = 0; i < loopLimit; ++i) {
		var title = ValueFromTagName(items[i], 'title');
		var description = ValueFromTagName(items[i], 'description');
  	  	var link =  ValueFromTagName(items[i], 'link');		
		outputTitle[i] = title;
		outputDescription[i] = description;
		outputLink[i] = link;
	}
	RSSOutput = document.getElementById(thisDIV);		
	updateTicker()
	
}
function updateTicker() {
	if (iArray < loopLimit){
		fadeContent('" + thisDIV + "');
	} else {		
		iArray = 0;
		updateTicker();
	}
}
function refreshContent() {
	output =  '<p><strong>' + outputTitle[iArray] + '.</strong> ';
	output += outputDescription[iArray].truncate(100);
	output += ' <a href="' + outputLink[iArray] + '" target="_blank">Read More.</a></p>';
	RSSOutput.innerHTML = output;
	Effect.Appear(thisDIV, {
		duration: 0.4,
		afterFinish: wait		
		});
	iArray ++;
}
function fadeContent() {
	Effect.Fade(thisDIV, {
		duration: 0.4,
		afterFinish: refreshContent
	});			
}
function wait() {
	setTimeout('updateTicker()', 4000);
}