function ajaxRequest(){
 var activexmodes=["Msxml2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"] //activeX versions to check for in IE
 if (window.ActiveXObject){ //Test for support for ActiveXObject in IE first (as XMLHttpRequest in IE7 is broken)
  for (var i=0; i<activexmodes.length; i++){
   try{
    return new ActiveXObject(activexmodes[i])
   }
   catch(e){
    //suppress error
   }
  }
 }
 else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
  return new XMLHttpRequest()
 else
  return false
}
function populatePanel() {
	var myrequest=new ajaxRequest();
	myrequest.open("GET", "panel.cfm", true);
 	myrequest.send(null);
	myrequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
	  if (myrequest.readyState == 4) {
	  	document.getElementById('feed').innerHTML=myrequest.responseText
	  }
	}
}