function getv(){
    return new Date().getTime();
}

function getselectedvalue(list){
    return list.options[list.selectedIndex].text;
}

function loadcontent(domid, url){
    $(domid).set("html", '<div class="centeralign"><img src="images/loader2.gif" /></div>');
    $(domid).load(url);
}

function postcontent(domid, url, postcontent){
    $(domid).set("html", '<div class="centeralign"><img src="images/loader2.gif" /></div>');
    var req = new Request.HTML({method:"post", url: url, data: postcontent, update: domid});
    req.send();
}