function insertContent(sourceDiv, targetDiv) {	
/* 
ARGUEMENT EXPLANATION:

sourceDiv: the id of the containing DIV on the source page that has the info you want to pull

targetDiv: an optional arguement specifying the name of the DIV that will contain the pulled content
	       If this arguement is left out, it will be assumed that the source and destination DIVs have 
		   the same id although it is recommended that you give them different names.  This is because 
		   the source page itself might have a menu that is pulled from itself and then the two DIV 
		   id's will conflict and thats no good! 
		   
*/
	//lines 17 - 46 are widely used by many HTTPRequest scripts, so if there is a bug in the code it likely exists outside of this area
	var xmlhttp=false;
	/*@cc_on @*/
	/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
	// JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions.
	// and security blocked creation of the objects (IE6 SP2 I believe)
	 try {
	  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
	  try {
	   xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	  } catch (E) {
	   xmlhttp = false;
	  }
	 }
	@end @*/
	//do not concern yourself with these lines of code
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
		try {
			xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch (e) {
			xmlhttp=false;
		}
	}
	if (!xmlhttp && window.createRequest) {
		try {
			xmlhttp = window.createRequest();
		} catch (e) {
			xmlhttp=false;
		}
	}
	
	//first lets get the location object later we use the pathname method to save a regex match into a variable
	var loc = window.location;
	//regex to extract the page category (auto, about, news, etc) the underscores are saved in array indexes that will just be ignored
	locSearch = 'SSS(_)([^_]*)(_)';
	var myRE = new RegExp( locSearch );
	var source = loc.pathname.match( myRE ); //make it easier to reference if necessary
	source = source[2];	 //NOTE: source returns a good value for IE, Moz, and Safari even
	
	
	//depending on what is extracted from loc.pathname, assign page one of the sub-parent pages
	if (source == "servRes")
		var page = "SSS_servRes_home.htm";
	else if (source == "news")
		var page = "SSS_news_home.htm";
	else if (source == "savInv")
		var page = "SSS_savInv_home.htm";
	else if (source == "about")
		var page = "SSS_about_home.htm";
	else if (source == "auto")
		var page = "SSS_auto_home.htm";
	else if (source == "loans")
		var page = "SSS_loans_home.htm";
	else if (source == "checking")
		var page = "SSS_checking_home.htm";
	else if (source == "mem")
		var page = "SSS_mem_home.htm";
	else if (source == "homeLoans")
		var page = "SSS_homeLoans_home.htm";
		
	xmlhttp.open("GET", page , true ); //open the source page
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {		
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) { //readyState 4 occurs after the page has been loaded			
			var searchString = xmlhttp.responseText; //get the contents of the entire called page into a string 
			//define the regex search pattern into a string so it can be inserted into regExp() 
			//the crazy regex sort of "simulates" single line mode in javascript (don't think javascript supports single line mode?)
			var lookFor = '<div id="' + sourceDiv + '">[\0-\377]*?</div>';	//safari doesn't like this line					
			var regExp = new RegExp( lookFor );
			
			//now everything from the source page that is not part of the specified DIV has been removed
			//but we still need to strip the opening and closing DIV tags to get the pure content we desire
			var result = searchString.match( regExp );
			
			//alert( searchString.match( regExp ) );
			//the above line (when uncommented) displays null in safari but returns the proper value in IE and Moz
			//the problem almost certainly exists in the lookFor definition line
			
			
			result = result[0];	 //match() returns an array so assign the first match to result					
			result = result.substr(0,(result.length-6)); //cut off the closing DIV tag which is 6 characters long
			//specify the exact string for the opening DIV tag so it can be removed from the string
			var headChop = '<div id="' + sourceDiv + '">';						
			result = result.replace(headChop, ""); //remove opening div tag						
			
			if (targetDiv)
				var destDiv = document.getElementById( targetDiv );	
			else
				var destDiv = document.getElementById( sourceDiv );
			if (!destDiv) 
				alert('there was an error loading the menu. please contact the site administrator');
			else
				destDiv.innerHTML = result;											
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null);
}