function newsletter_email()
                                    {
                                             
                                           
                                                var email = document.getElementById('email').value;
                                                
                                                 
                                                
                                                if((email.length == 0) || (email == 'Email Address'))
                                                {
                                                            alert('Please enter your email.');
                                                            return;
                                                }
                                            

                                                var url = "xt_monthly_newsletter_ajax.asp";
                                                var post_str = "email=" + escape(encodeURI(email));
                                                http_request = false;
                                                
                                         

                                                // Mozilla, Safari,...
                                                if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
                                                {
                                                            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
                                                            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                                                            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                                                            }
                                                }
                                                // IE
                                                else if(window.ActiveXObject)
                                                {
                                                            try
                                                            {
                                                            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                                                            }
                                                            catch(e)
                                                            {
                                                            try
                                                            {
                                                                        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                                                            }
                                                            catch(e){}
                                                            }
                                                }

                                                if(!http_request)
                                                {
                                                            alert("Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance");
                                                            return false;
                                                }

                                                http_request.abort();
                                                http_request.onreadystatechange = setExecute;
                                                http_request.open('POST', url, true);
                                                http_request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
                                                http_request.setRequestHeader('Content-length', post_str.length);
                                                http_request.send(post_str);
                                    }

                                    function setExecute()
                                    {
                                                if (http_request.readyState == 4)
                                                {
                                                            if (http_request.status == 200)
                                                            {
                                                                
                                                                      
                                                                        alert('Thank you for subscribing to our Newsletter.');
                                                                 
                                                            }
                                                            else
                                                            {
                                                                        alert('There was a problem with the request.');
                                                            }
                                                }

                                    }


	function clearInput(obj, str)
			{
				if(obj.value == str)
					obj.value = "";
			}