function hideSpinner() {
				$('#image_loading').style.display = 'none';
			}
			
			function sendAjax(url, callback) {
				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 = stateChange;
				http_request.open('GET', url, true);
				http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
				http_request.send();
			}
			function stateChange() {
			  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
				if (http_request.status == 200) {
				
				  if(http_request.responseText != 'undefined' && http_request.responseText != '') document.getElementById('fileprogress').innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
				}
			  }
			} 
			function startUpload() {
				checkUpload();
				$('#fileprogress').fadeIn('slow');
				document.getElementById('fileprogress').innerHTML = 'Upload started. Please wait...';
			}
			function checkUpload() {
				sendAjax("http://www.newerahd.com/nep_upload_progress.php", true);
				setTimeout("checkUpload()", 3000);
			}