function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_nbGroup(event, grpName) { //v6.0
  var i,img,nbArr,args=MM_nbGroup.arguments;
  if (event == "init" && args.length > 2) {
    if ((img = MM_findObj(args[2])) != null && !img.MM_init) {
      img.MM_init = true; img.MM_up = args[3]; img.MM_dn = img.src;
      if ((nbArr = document[grpName]) == null) nbArr = document[grpName] = new Array();
      nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
      for (i=4; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
        if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
        img.src = img.MM_dn = args[i+1];
        nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
    } }
  } else if (event == "over") {
    document.MM_nbOver = nbArr = new Array();
    for (i=1; i < args.length-1; i+=3) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
      if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
      img.src = (img.MM_dn && args[i+2]) ? args[i+2] : ((args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up);
      nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
    }
  } else if (event == "out" ) {
    for (i=0; i < document.MM_nbOver.length; i++) {
      img = document.MM_nbOver[i]; img.src = (img.MM_dn) ? img.MM_dn : img.MM_up; }
  } else if (event == "down") {
    nbArr = document[grpName];
    if (nbArr)
      for (i=0; i < nbArr.length; i++) { img=nbArr[i]; img.src = img.MM_up; img.MM_dn = 0; }
    document[grpName] = nbArr = new Array();
    for (i=2; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
      if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
      img.src = img.MM_dn = (args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up;
      nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
  } }
}
function getrss() {
	
	var rsslink = "http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/science";
	//var rsslink = "http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Mechanical+Engineering";
	//var rsslink = "http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=Metallurgy+Mechanical+Engineering";

	var http= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		http.Open("GET",rsslink,false);
		http.send();
		 
	if (http.status == 200) {
		var newxml = document.createElement("XML"); 
		newxml.async = false; 
		newxml.load(rsslink); 

		var strHTML = "<ul>"; 

		var newsitems = newxml.selectNodes( "//item" ); 
		// Walk the list of <items> nodes to generate the appropriate HTML 
		for( var i = 0; i < 5; i++ ) { 
			strHTML += "<li>";
			strHTML += "<a href='"+newsitems.item( i ).selectSingleNode( "link" ).text +"' ";
			strHTML += " title='"+ newsitems.item( i ).selectSingleNode( "title" ).text + "' target='_blank'>"; 
			strHTML += newsitems.item( i ).selectSingleNode( "title" ).text + "</a></li>"; 
		} 

		strHTML += "</ul>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>"; 
		return strHTML; 
	} else {
		var strHTML = "<strong> News currently unavailable. </strong>";
		return strHTML;
	}
	http.status == 0;		
}