var xmlHttp

function showBlurb(str)
{
if (str.length==0)
{ 
document.getElementById("about").innerHTML=""
return
}
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
{
//alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
return
} 
var url="/scripts/blurbs.php"
url=url+"?q="+str
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged 
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)
} 

function stateChanged() 
{ 
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
	{ 
		document.getElementById("about").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
	} else {
		document.getElementById("about").innerHTML="<img src=\"/images/loading.gif\" id=\"loading-graphic\" name=\"loading-graphic\" width=\"70\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Loading...\" />"
	}
} 

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{ 
var objXMLHttp=null
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
}
return objXMLHttp
}