function parseXML( xml ) {
        if( window.ActiveXObject && window.GetObject ) {
            var dom = new ActiveXObject( 'Microsoft.XMLDOM' );
            dom.loadXML( xml );
            return dom;
        }
        if( window.DOMParser )
            return new DOMParser().parseFromString( xml, 'text/xml' );
        throw new Error( 'No XML parser available' );
    } 
    
    jQuery.parseXML = function( xml ) {
        return jQuery( parseXML(xml) );
    };