var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
	   if (document.forms[0].check1.checked) {var check1 = "1st";} else {var check1 = "";}
	   if (document.forms[0].check2.checked) {var check2 = "2nd";} else {var check2 = "";}
	   if (document.forms[0].check3.checked) {var check3 = "3rd";} else {var check3 = "";}
	   if (document.forms[0].check4.checked) {var check4 = "4th";} else {var check4 = "";}
	   if (document.forms[0].check5.checked) {var check5 = "5th";} else {var check5 = "";}
	   
      var poststr = "name=" + encodeURIComponent( document.getElementById("name").value ) +
	  				"&email=" + encodeURIComponent( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
					"&message=" + encodeURIComponent( document.getElementById("message").value ) +
					"&humantest=" + encodeURIComponent( document.getElementById("humantest").value ) +
					"&check1=" + check1 +
					"&check2=" + check2 +
					"&check3=" + check3 +
					"&check4=" + check4 +
					"&check5=" + check5 ;
      makePOSTRequest('contact.php', poststr);
   }