function showRSSDesc() {
	var thediv = document.createElement("div");
	thediv.setAttribute("id", "rssdesc");
	var theimage = document.createElement("img");
	theimage.setAttribute("src", "img/loading.gif");
	theimage.setAttribute("alt", "Loading...");
	theimage.setAttribute("width","319");
	theimage.setAttribute("height", "305");
	thediv.appendChild(theimage);
	document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(thediv);

	req = detectAjax();
    req.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (req.readyState == 4) {
        if (req.status == 0) {
          document.getElementById("rssdesc").innerHTML = req.responseText + "<br/><br/><a href=\"#\"onclick=\"document.getElementById('rssdesc').style.display='none';return false;\">Close Window</a>";
        } else {
          document.getElementById("rssdesc").innerHTML = "The connection timed-out, <a href=\"rss.shtml\">view rss information</a>. <a href=\"javascript:document.getElementById('rssdesc').style.display='none'\">Close Window</a>";
        }
      }
    }
    req.open("GET","rssinfo.html",true);
    req.send(null);
}
function detectAjax() {
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    req = new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
  else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    try {
      req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    }
    catch(e) {
      try {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }
      catch(e) {
        req = false
      }
    }
  }
  else {
    req = false;
  }
  return req;
}