var xmlhttp
 
function showSpecials(str)

{

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

var url5 =""+window.location;
var urlparts = url5.split('/');
var host = urlparts[0] + '//' + urlparts[2];

var url=host + "/_private/getspecialoffers.asp";
 
url=url+"?q="+str;
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);

}

function stateChanged()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  { 
  document.getElementById("special").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
  }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
return null;
}