//function makeRequest(url) {
    function getLatestBlogs(url) {
    
        var http_request = false;

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

        if (!http_request) {
            //alert('Could not get blogs - Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
			blogsDiv = document.getElementById("LatestBlogs");
   			blogsDiv.innerHTML = "<p>Blogs not available</p>";

            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { writeBlogsOnPage(http_request); };
        
        var cacheBuster = "?cb=" + new Date().getTime();
        url = url+cacheBuster;
        
        //..Debug
        //alert("URL : "+url);
        
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);
        
        var response = '';
         if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                //alert(http_request.responseText);
                response = http_request.responseText;
            } else {
                //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
                response = 'ERROR CODE : BLOGS 02\nThere was a problem with the request.';
            }

        return response;
        }
    }

    function writeBlogsOnPage(http_request) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
            
                blogsDiv = document.getElementById("LatestBlogs");
				blogsDiv.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
                
            } else {
                blogsDiv = document.getElementById("LatestBlogs");
   				blogsDiv.innerHTML = "<p>Blogs not available</p>";
            }
        }
    }