function ahah(url, target, waitingMsg, delay) {
	var req;
	document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = 'waiting...';
	if(waitingMsg.length > 0)
	document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = waitingMsg;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		req = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	if (req != undefined) {
		req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(req, url, target, delay);};
		req.open("GET", url, true);
		req.send("");
	}
}  

function ahahDone(req, url, target, delay) {
	if (req.readyState == 4) { // only if req is "loaded"
		if (req.status == 200) { // only if "OK"
			document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = req.responseText;
		} else {
			document.getElementById(target).innerHTML="ahah error:\n"+req.statusText;
		}
		if (delay != undefined) {
			setTimeout("ahah(url,target,delay)", delay); // resubmit after delay
			//server should ALSO delay before responding
		}
	}
	if(typeof sIFR == "function"){
		sIFR.replaceElement("h3", named({sFlashSrc : "img/tikisland.swf", sSelector: ".celeb_h3", sWmode: "transparent", sColor : "#67422E", sCase : "upper"}));
	};
}