function loadJSON(url) {
	var headID = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];         
	var newScript = document.createElement('script');
		newScript.type = 'text/javascript';
		newScript.src = url;
	headID.appendChild(newScript);
}

function processJSON(obj) {

	var listItems = 5; // the number of handprints to be displayed
	var statusHTML = [];

	statusHTML.push("<h1><a href='http://rtearth.org/'>Restore the Earth</a><br />Positive Handprint Campaign</h1>");
	statusHTML.push("<ul>");
	for ( i = 0; i < listItems; /*obj.length;*/ i++ ) {
		statusHTML.push("<li><span class='author'><img align='left' src='"+obj[i].image+"' alt='"+obj[i].author+"' /> <a href='"+obj[i].url+"'>"+obj[i].author+"</a>, <strong>"+obj[i].author_desc+":</strong> </span>"+obj[i].text+"<br /><span class='date'>"+obj[i].date+"</span></li>");
	}
	statusHTML.push("</ul>");
	statusHTML.push("<h2><a href='http://rtearth.org/home/submit-your-positive-handprint/'>Submit your handprint &rarr;</a></h2>");
	document.getElementById('rtearth_widget').innerHTML = statusHTML.join('');
}

loadJSON('http://restoreearth.winterwell.com/rss.json?tag=retweet-this');