var okay = false;
	var search_timer_ojb;
	var showChecking = true;
	var cur_pg = "";

	// do it every minute
	//alert("here");
	
	ads_ajax();
	
	setInterval("ads_ajax()",20000);
	
	function ads_ajax() {
	
		//alert("awake");
	
		okay = false;
		
		url = "ajax/ads/ad_processor.php";
		pars = "";
		ajaxin = true;
		//alert(pars);
		var myAjax = new Ajax.Request( url, {method: 'get', parameters: pars, onLoading: ads_showLoad, onComplete: ads_showResponse} );
	}

	function ads_showLoad () {
		if (ajaxin) {
			if (showChecking) {
				document.getElementById('ads_processing').style.display = 'block';
			}
		}
	}

	function ads_showResponse (originalRequest) {
		ajaxin = false;
		var newData = originalRequest.responseText;

		document.getElementById('vertical_ad').innerHTML = newData;

		/*
		var myRegExp = /ads_file/;

		var matchPos1 = newData.search(myRegExp);

		if (matchPos1 != -1) {
		
				// take out the ads_file:
				newData = newData.replace(/ads_file:/,"");
		
				alert(newData);
				
				AC_ads_RunContent(
				'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0',
				'width', '110',
				'height', '400',
				'src', 'ads/flash/' + newData,
				'quality', 'high',
				'pluginspage', 'http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
				'align', 'middle',
				'play', 'true',
				'loop', 'true',
				'scale', 'showall',
				'wmode', 'window',
				'devicefont', 'false',
				'id', '$ads_file',
				'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
				'name', '$ads_file',
				'menu', 'true',
				'allowFullScreen', 'false',
				'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
				'movie', 'ads/flash/' + newData,
				'salign', ''
				); //end AC code
		} else {
		}
		*/
	}