function load(url, target) {
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    req = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  if (req != undefined) {
    req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(url, target);};
    req.open("GET", url, true);
    req.send("");
  }
}

function ahahDone(url, target) {
  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="<h1>This content could not be loaded, please restart your browser and try again</h1><p>\n"+ req.status + "</p>\n" +req.statusText;
    }
  } else {
  	document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = "<img style='float: right; margin-right: 5px;' src= 'images/loaders/small-round-load.gif'/>";
  }
}

function emptydiv(target) {
  	document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = "";
}
