function slider()
{
 	obj_slider_span = document.getElementById('slider_span');
 	
	var http = ajaxinit();

 	var str;
 	str = 'doslider=true';
 	
	if(http)
	{
		http.open('POST','/p/home/ajax/1/',true); 
		http.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded;'); 
		http.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;
		http.send(str);
	}

	function processReqChange()
	{
		if (http.readyState == 4)
		{
			if (http.status == 200)
			{
				document.getElementById('slider_span').innerHTML = http.responseText;
			} else {
				alert("There was a problem retrieving the XML data:\n" + http.statusText);
			}
		}
   	}
}