function getXMLFromURL(url)
{
	//ripped from http://xkr.us/code/javascript/XHConn/XHConn.js
	var xmlhttp, bComplete = false;
	try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
	catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
	catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
	catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }}}
	if (!xmlhttp) return null;
	xmlhttp.open("GET",url,false)
	xmlhttp.send(null)
	return xmlhttp.responseXML
}