function PopulateCities(el)
  {

	Net.get({url: "qry_city.php", vars: "State=" + el.value, onsuccess: function(R)
	{
	  var respXML = R.responseXML;								/** get xml from the xhr **/
	  var options = respXML.getElementsByTagName("city");		/** get the city nodes from the xml **/
	  var citySelect = document.getElementById("City");			/** select element **/
	  var optHTML;												/** actual HTML output for the options **/

	  /** Remove all old elements BUT the default one (index 0) **/
	  var selectOpts = citySelect.getElementsByTagName("option");
	  for (var i=1; i<selectOpts.length; i++)
	  {
	  	citySelect.removeChild(selectOpts[i]);			/** remove option **/
	  }

	  /** Loop through all the cities **/
	  for (var i=0; i<options.length; i++)
	  {
		var optVal = options[i].firstChild.data;			/** get value of element **/
		var opt = document.createElement("option");			/** create option **/
		opt.value = optVal;									/** set value of option **/
		opt.innerHTML = optVal;								/** set text of otpion **/
		citySelect.appendChild(opt);						/** add option to select **/
	  }
	}});

  }

  function PopulatePositions(el)
  {

	Net.get({url: "qry_pos.php", vars: "City=" + el.value, onsuccess: function(R)
	{
	  var respXML = R.responseXML;								/** get xml from the xhr **/
	  var options = respXML.getElementsByTagName("pos");		/** get the position nodes from the xml **/
	  var posSelect = document.getElementById("Positions");			/** select element **/
	  var optHTML;												/** actual HTML output for the options **/

	  /** Remove all old elements BUT the default one (index 0) **/
	  var selectOpts = citySelect.getElementsByTagName("option");
	  for (var i=1; i<selectOpts.length; i++)
	  {
	  	posSelect.removeChild(selectOpts[i]);			/** remove option **/
	  }

	  /** Loop through all the cities **/
	  for (var i=0; i<options.length; i++)
	  {
		var optVal = options[i].firstChild.data;			/** get value of element **/
		var opt = document.createElement("option");			/** create option **/
		opt.value = optVal;									/** set value of option **/
		opt.innerHTML = optVal;								/** set text of otpion **/
		posSelect.appendChild(opt);						/** add option to select **/
	  }
	}});

  }