function set_bio(name,filename) {
 	try{
		//document.getElementById("hname1").innerHTML=name;
	} 
	catch (e) 
	{
		alert('erorr'); 
	}
    var url = "bio/getbio.php?bioname="+filename;
    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) {
        alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
    http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request); };
    http_request.open('GET', url, true);
    http_request.send(null);
}

function alertContents(http_request) {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
         	document.getElementById("hline2").innerHTML=http_request.responseText;
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
        } else {
         	document.getElementById("hline2").innerHTML='Speaker bio not available.';
            alert('Speaker bio not available.');
        }
    }
}