function getBlogCounts() {
	var myAjax = new Ajax.Request(
			'/_site/channel/get_news_counts.asp', 
			{
				method: 'get', 
				parameters: '', 
				asynchronous: false,  
				onComplete: function(response) {
					currentCounts = eval('(' + response.responseText + ')');
					drawBlogCounts(currentCounts);
				}
			});
}


/*---------------------------------------------------------------*/

function drawBlogCounts(Counts) {
	
	strCounts = '( ' + Counts['counts'][0].TotalRecords + ' Articles )';
	document.getElementById('BlogRecordCountsTop').innerHTML = strCounts;

}