function loadMenuItems(cat) {
  var url="/garcia/menus.php?cat="+cat;
	var http_request = false;

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
    http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
      http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
      // See note below about this line
    }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
    try {
      http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {}
    }
  }

  if (!http_request) {
    displayNoAjax();
		//alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
    return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { displayMenus(http_request); };
  http_request.open('GET', url, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

function displayMenus(http_request) { 
  try {
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
      if (http_request.status == 200) {
        document.getElementById("menulinks").innerHTML=http_request.responseText;
      } else {
        //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
      }
    } else {
		  
		}
	}
  catch( e ) {
    //alert('Caught Exception: ' + e.description);
  }
}

function displayNoAjax() {
  document.getElementById("topNews").innerHTML = ""

}