function getXMLHTTP() { //fuction to return the xml http object
		var xmlhttp=false;	
		try{
			xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		catch(e)	{		
			try{			
				xmlhttp= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch(e){
				try{
				xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch(e1){
					xmlhttp=false;
				}
			}
		}
		 	
		return xmlhttp;
	}
	

function getState(strURL,div) {		
  var req = getXMLHTTP();
  if (req) {
  var params = strURL.split("&");
  for (i=0; i<params.length;i++) {
    param_name = params[i].substring(0,params[i].indexOf('='));
    if (param_name == 'div') {
      param_value = params[i].substring(params[i].indexOf('=')+1)
    }
  }
  req.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (req.readyState == 4) {
					// only if "OK"
					if (req.status == 200) {						
						document.getElementById(param_value).innerHTML=req.responseText;						
					} else {
						alert("There was a problem while using XMLHTTP:\n" + req.statusText);
					}
				}				
			}
			
			
			
			req.open("GET", strURL, true);
			req.send(null);
		}
				
	}
function getCity(strURL) {		
  var req = getXMLHTTP();
  var div = location.href.substr(location.href.indexOf("?sid=")+5);
  if (req) {
  var params = strURL.split("&");
  for (i=0; i<params.length;i++) {
    param_name = params[i].substring(0,params[i].indexOf('='));
    if (param_name == 'div') {
      param_value = params[i].substring(params[i].indexOf('=')+1)
    }
  }
			
			req.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (req.readyState == 4) {
					// only if "OK"
					if (req.status == 200) {						
						document.getElementById(param_value).innerHTML=req.responseText;						
					} else {
						alert("There was a problem while using XMLHTTP:\n" + req.statusText);
					}
				}				
			}			
			req.open("GET", strURL, true);
			req.send(null);
		}
				
	}