function getLeaderboard() {
	var myDiv = $('leaderboard');
        var myDate = new Date();
	
	var url = "/superspeller/includes/php/leaderboard.php?rtm="+myDate.getTime();
	//alert("fanSpeller >> "+url);
	
	var myRequest = getXMLObj();
	myRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
        //alert(myRequest.readyState+ " :: ["+myRequest.responseText+"]");
        if (myRequest.readyState==4) {
			var myResult = eval(myRequest.responseXML);

			var kidResult = myResult.getElementsByTagName('kid');
			var kidNames = [];
			var kidScores = [];
			for (i=0;i<kidResult.length;i++) {
				kidNames.push(kidResult[i].getElementsByTagName('name')[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
				kidScores.push(kidResult[i].getElementsByTagName('score')[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
			}
				
			var adultResult = myResult.getElementsByTagName('adult');
			var adultNames = [];
			var adultScores = [];
			for (i=0;i<adultResult.length;i++) {
				adultNames.push(adultResult[i].getElementsByTagName('name')[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
				adultScores.push(adultResult[i].getElementsByTagName('score')[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
			}

			var myStr = '<div id="leaderboard_adult">';
			myStr+='  <div class="badge"><img src="/superspeller/images/badge_adult.png" border="0" title="ADULT"></div>';
			myStr+='  <div class="scores_wrapper">';
			myStr+='	<div class="names">';
			myStr+='	  <div class="header"><img src="/superspeller/images/leaderboard_name.gif" border="0" title="NAME"></div>';
			myStr+=adultNames.join('<br>');
			myStr+='	</div>';
			myStr+='	<div class="scores">';
			myStr+='	  <div class="header"><img src="/superspeller/images/leaderboard_score.gif" border="0" title="SCORE"></div>';
			myStr+=adultScores.join('<br>');
			myStr+='	</div>';
			myStr+='  </div>';
			myStr+='</div>';
			myStr+='<div id="leaderboard_kid">';
			myStr+='  <div class="badge"><img src="/superspeller/images/badge_kid.png" border="0" title="KID"></div>';
			myStr+='  <div class="scores_wrapper">';
			myStr+='	<div class="names">';
			myStr+='	  <div class="header"><img src="/superspeller/images/leaderboard_name.gif" border="0" title="NAME"></div>';
			myStr+=kidNames.join('<br>');
			myStr+='	</div>';
			myStr+='	<div class="scores">';
			myStr+='	  <div class="header"><img src="/superspeller/images/leaderboard_score.gif" border="0" title="SCORE"></div>';
			myStr+=kidScores.join('<br>');
			myStr+='	</div>';
			myStr+='  </div>';
			myStr+='  </div>';
			myStr+='</div>';
			myStr+='<div id="leaderboard_disclaimer"><span class="css_yellow">* Please Note:</span> only the top 5 "anonymouse" players in each age group get factored in to the leaderboards.</div>';

			myDiv.innerHTML=myStr;
		}
	}
	myRequest.open("GET",url,true);
	myRequest.send(null);
}