function makeRequest(url)
{
	var http_request = false;

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{ // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType)
		{
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
		}
	}
	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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}
document.writeln("<a href=\"http:\/\/www.1and1.com\/?k_id=13717593\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:makeRequest('http://www.designswan.com/ad/adcnt.php?slot=1')\"><img alt=\"1and1 Banner\" src=\"http:\/\/banner.1and1.com\/xml\/banner?size=4%26%number=1\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>");