function HttpRequest( url ) 
		{
		var pageRequest = false // variable to hold ajax object
	    if (!pageRequest && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined')
	       pageRequest = new XMLHttpRequest()
	    if (pageRequest){ //if pageRequest is not false
	       pageRequest.open('GET', url, false); //get page synchronously
	       pageRequest.send(null);
	       return( embedpage(pageRequest) );
	       }
	    }
	    function embedpage(request) {
	    //if viewing page offline or the document was successfully retrieved online (status code=2000)
	    if (window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1 || request.status==200)
	       return(request.responseText);
	    }
	    function getPicture(picid) {
	        var picturevalue = "";
	        picturevalue = HttpRequest("pictureselect.php?pic_id=" + picid);
	        document.getElementById("desc").innerHTML = picturevalue;
	    }