function ajax( filename, location )
  {
    var pageRequest = false;
    if ( window.XMLHttpRequest ) 
      { pageRequest = new XMLHttpRequest( ); }
    else if ( window.ActiveXObject ) 
      { pageRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); }
    else return false;

    pageRequest.onreadystatechange = function( )
      { element( location ).innerHTML = pageRequest.responseText; } 

    pageRequest.open('GET',filename,true);
    pageRequest.send(null);
  }



function aymedate( measure, text )
  {
    text = '<p><b> ayme ' + text + '</b></p>';
    indent( measure, text );
    return; 
  }




function aymetitle( measure, text )
  {
    text = '<p><b class="u">' + text + '</b><br /></p>';
    indent( measure, text );
    return; 
  }


function element ( passedValue )
  {  return document.getElementById( passedValue );  }



function headerTitle ( passedValue )
  {
     returnValue = '';
     returnValue += '<div class="pageHeader"> ';
     returnValue += passedValue + '<br />';
     returnValue += '<span class="fineprint"> ';
  }


function indent( measure, text )
  {
     document.write( '<div style="text-indent:' + measure + 'px;"> ' + text + ' </div>' );
     return;
  }

function toggle ( passedValue )
  {
    if ( element( passedValue ).style.display != 'none' )
      { element( passedValue ).style.display = 'none'; }
    else
      { element( passedValue ).style.display = 'inline'; }

  }