function async_request(url, element) {
    xajax.config.requestURI = "http://www.hyperbolicmagnetism.com/" + url;
    ret_val = xajax_asynchronous_process(element);
    return ret_val;
}

function refresh_javascript(element) {
    $("#" + element).find("script").each(function() {
		if ($(this).attr("src")) {
			$.getScript($(this).attr("src"), function(data) {alert(data);});
		}

        eval($(this).html());
    });
}

function sync_request(url, element, fun) {
    if (null == fun) {
        xajax.config.defaultMode = 'synchronous';
        ret_val = async_request(url, element);
        xajax.config.defaultMode = 'asynchronous';
        return ret_val;
    } else {
        $("body").addClass("cursor-wait");
        $("#main").append("<div class='wait-blanket'></div>");
        window.setTimeout(
            function() {
                ret_val = sync_request(url, element);
                fun(ret_val);
                $("body").removeClass("cursor-wait");
                $(".wait-blanket").remove();
            },
            100
        );
        return false;
    }

}