function getSidebar ()
{

  var t = getFile ('sidebar.html');

  if (!t)
  {

    return '<td width="250" valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="header"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="sideBarImg"><img alt="Why are you seeing this?" src="imgs/download.png" /></td><td nowrap="nowrap" width="100%" class="sideBarHeader">Wheres the Menu?&#160;</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="i5LR"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="content2"><tr><td class="i3" colspan="2"><span class="sideBarText2">You are seeing this instead of the menu because your browser is <b>OUT OF DATE</b>!  It\'s time you upgraded to a better one (if you want to see the menu...).</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#dddddd"><img alt="*" height="1" width="100%" src="imgs/spacer1x1.gif" /></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 3px;" align="center" colspan="2"><a href="http://www.mozilla.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Get Firefox" src="imgs/getfirefox.gif" /></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td>';

  }  

  return t;

}

function getFile (path)
{

  var request = false;
 
  try 
  {

     request = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
  } catch (trymicrosoft) {

     try 
     {
    
        request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");

     } catch (othermicrosoft) {

        try 
        {

           request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

        } catch (failed) {

           request = false;

        }
  
     }

   }

  if (!request)
  {

    return false;

  }

  request.open ("GET",
                path,
                false);

  request.send (null);

  return request.responseText;

}