var xmlhttp

function showThumbs(str)
{
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  }

($(".shoutThumbNumber")).text("");
($(".shoutCommentBox")).text("");
($(".shoutThumbText")).text("");
($(".shoutThumbsImg")).hide("slow");
//document.getElementById("shoutThumbs").innerHTML="<div class='recentbg'><div class='recentimagecontainer'><table width='516' height='150' border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'><tr><td><span class='text1' style='color: white'>~patience is a virtue~</span></td></tr></table></div></div>";

//alert(str);
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=shoutStateChanged;
xmlhttp.open("GET",str,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function shoutStateChanged()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
	//alert(xmlhttp.responseText);
	document.getElementById("shoutThumbs").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
  }
}