function loadHome() {
	document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = '<object id="foo" name="foo" type="text/html" data="home.html" style="width: 600px; height: 600px;"></object>';
}

function load(url) {
    var myAjax = new Ajax.Request(url, {method: 'get', onComplete: updateContent});
}

function updateContent(originalRequest) {
    this.parent.document.getElementById("first_col").innerHTML = originalRequest.responseText;
}