function display_todays_date() {
	var today = new Date();
	var numerical_day=today.getDay();
	var numerical_month=today.getMonth();
	var date=today.getDate();
	var year=today.getFullYear();
	
	var weekday_array = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
	var day_of_the_week = weekday_array[numerical_day];
	
	var month_array = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
	var month_name = month_array[numerical_month];
	
	var date_string= day_of_the_week+', '+month_name+' '+date+', '+year;
	document.write(date_string);
}

function selectMyNews() {
	var location = document.getElementById("my_news_select").value
	window.location = 'http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/list?xtags=' + location;
}

function changeTarget() {
	if (document.search_form.choose_search.value == "vandy") {
		document.search_form.action = "http://searchvu.vanderbilt.edu/search";
		 document.search_form.site.value = "default_collection";
                document.search_form.client.value = "default_frontend";
                document.search_form.proxystylesheet.value = "default_frontend";
                document.search_form.output.value = "xml_no_dtd";
		document.search_form.sitesearch.value = "";
	}
	
	if (document.search_form.choose_search.value == "news") {
		document.search_form.action = "http://searchvu.vanderbilt.edu/search";
                document.search_form.site.value = "vucast";
                document.search_form.client.value = "default_frontend";
                document.search_form.proxystylesheet.value = "default_frontend";
                document.search_form.output.value = "xml_no_dtd";
		document.search_form.sort.value = "date:D:R:d1";
	}
	
	if (document.search_form.choose_search.value == "google") {
		document.search_form.action = "http://www.google.com/search";
		document.search_form.method = "get";
		document.search_form.site.value = "";
		document.search_form.client.value = "";
		document.search_form.proxystylesheet.value = "";
		document.search_form.output.value = "";
		document.search_form.sitesearch.value = "";
	}
}

function loadqt() {
	document.search_form.qt.value = document.search_form.search.value;
	document.search_form.search_string.value = document.search_form.search.value;
}


function playVideo(item_id) {
	var counter_url = 'http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/element/arnrr3y/counter/' + item_id;
	var av_viewer = document.getElementById('av_viewer');
	var new_item_id = 'z' + item_id;

	for (var i = 0; i < av_viewer.childNodes.length; i++) {
		if (av_viewer.childNodes[i].nodeName == 'DIV') {
			av_viewer.childNodes[i].style.display = 'none';
		}
	}

	document.getElementById(new_item_id).style.display='';
	callURL(counter_url);
}

function playAudio(item_id) {
	//alert(counter_url);
	var counter_url = 'http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/element/crvj4zj/counter/' + item_id;
	var av_viewer = document.getElementById('av_viewer');
	var new_item_id = 'z' + item_id;

	for (var i = 0; i < av_viewer.childNodes.length; i++) {
		if (av_viewer.childNodes[i].nodeName == 'DIV') {
			av_viewer.childNodes[i].style.display = 'none';
		}
	}

	document.getElementById(new_item_id).style.display='';
	callURL(counter_url);
}


function callURL(_url) {
	// branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
		req.open("GET", _url, true);
		req.send(null);
	// branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		var req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		if (req) {
			req.open("GET", _url, true);
			req.send(null);
		}
	}
}