var http_request = false;
   var xmldoc = "";

   function getQuote(url) {

       http_request = false;
       if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
           http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
       } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
           http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
       }
       http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
       http_request.open('GET', url, true);
       http_request.send(null);

   }

   function alertContents() {

       if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
           if (http_request.status == 200) {
               document.getElementById("theQuote").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
           } else {
               alert('There was a problem with the request.');
           }
           
       }

   }



   function getHtml(url) {

       http_request = false;
       if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
           http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
       } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
           http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
       }
       http_request.onreadystatechange = returnContents;
       http_request.open('GET', url, true);
       http_request.send(null);

   }

   function returnContents() {

       if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
           if (http_request.status == 200) {
               document.getElementById("sandbox").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
           } else {
               alert('There was a problem with the request.');
           }
           
       }

   }