function goToURL()
  {
    var myindex= document.getElementById("dropdownmenu").selectedIndex;
    if(!myindex=="")
      {
		if(document.getElementById("dropdownmenu").options[myindex].value.indexOf("http") > -1) {
	        window.location.href=document.getElementById("dropdownmenu").options[myindex].value;
		} else {
	        window.location.href="http://www.smh.com/" + document.getElementById("dropdownmenu").options[myindex].value.replace("\\", "/");
		
		}
      }
}