function getContents(http_request) {
       if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
               if (http_request.status == 200) {
                        var data = http_request.responseXML;
                        var newContent = http_request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('root');   
                        alert('New:'+newContent);
                        for(var i=0; i < newContent.length; i++) {  
                                document.getElementById(newContent[i].getAttribute('div')).innerHTML=newContent[i].nodeValue;
                        } 
                        
//                      alert ("headers:"+http_request.getAllResponseHeaders());
//                      for (current_v in newContent) { 
//                              alert('Name:' + current_v + ' AND Value:' + data[current_v]);
//                      } 
//                      alert ('Past the dump for:' + data.nextSibling);
//                      for(i=0;i<data.childNodes[0].childNodes.length;i++) {
//                              if (data.childNodes[0].childNodes[i].nodeType == '1') { 
//                                      var txt_node = data.childNodes[0].childNodes[i];
//                                      var new_txt = txt_node.firstChild.nodeValue;
//                                      document.getElementById(txt_node.localName).innerHTML = new_txt;
//                              }
//                      }       
                } 
        }
    }