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	// functions
	function newUsers_detectVariables() {
		
		var newUsers_block = document.getElementById("newUsers_block");
		
		if (newUsers_loadUrl &&
			newUsers_displayStringStart && 
			newUsers_displayStringStop &&
			newUsers_block) 
			
			return true;
		else
			return false;
	}
	
	function newUsers_resetToBlank() {
		document.getElementById("newUsers_block").innerHTML = '';
	}

	function newUsers_processXml(xml) {
		try {
			var newUserElement = xml.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("NewUser");
			var countRecord = newUserElement[0].getAttribute("count");
			var countRecordInt = parseInt(countRecord); 
			
			if (countRecord && countRecordInt > 0) {
				document.getElementById("newUsers_block").innerHTML = 
					newUsers_displayStringStart + countRecord + newUsers_displayStringStop;
			}
			else
				newUsers_resetToBlank();
		}
		catch (e) {
			newUsers_resetToBlank();
		}
	}

	function newUsers_doOperation() {
		var xmlRequest = ajaxUtils_retrieveXmlConnection();
		var currentTime = new Date();
		
		if (xmlRequest) {
			xmlRequest.open("GET", newUsers_loadUrl + currentTime.getTime(), true);
			xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
			
				if (xmlRequest.readyState == 4) {
					if (xmlRequest.status == 200)
						newUsers_processXml(xmlRequest);
					else
						newUsers_resetToBlank();

					self.setTimeout("newUsers_doOperation()", (60 * 1000));
				}			
			}
			
			xmlRequest.send("");	
		}
	}
	
	// main
	if (newUsers_detectVariables()) {
		newUsers_resetToBlank();
		newUsers_doOperation();
	}

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