// ajax functions (added for spotlight image rotation on 6/19/07)
function eduGetXmlHttpObject() {
	var xmlHttp=null;
	try {
		xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch(e) {
		try {
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch(e) {
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		}
	}
	return xmlHttp;
}

function getEduPage(thePageToGet) {
	xmlHttp=eduGetXmlHttpObject();

	if(xmlHttp==null) {alert("Your browser doesn't support AJAX!");return;}

	var now = new Date();
	var url = thePageToGet + now.getTime();

	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=edustateChanged;
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}

function edustateChanged() {
	if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
		if (xmlHttp.responseText) {
		document.getElementById("edu_sponsors").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
		t=setTimeout('getEduPage("http://" + window.location.hostname + "/eduSponsors.cfm?ts=")',6000);
		}
	}
}
<!--
function checkSelected()
{
  var msacount=0;
  var msa=document.theform.msa.options;
  for(var i=0;i<msa.length;i++)
  {
	msacount+=(msa[i].selected)?1:0;
  }

  if (msacount == 0) {
  	alert("You must select a state to search on.");
	return false;
  } 

  return true;
}


// end ajax functions
//-->