$(document).ready(function(){
		$('#side-nav').accordion({
		header: 'a.title',
		active: '.selected',
		alwaysOpen: false,
		autoHeight: false
		});
	});

function retrieve(area,filename) {
	//create reference to container
	var $list = $('div#accordion div#' + area + ' div.accordionContent div.list');
	//create loading image
	$list.append('<div id="' + area + 'LoaderImage" class="loading"><b></b></div>');
	//create reference to loader image
	var $loaderImage = $('#' + area + 'LoaderImage');
	//get center of container
	var x = ($list.width() / 2) - ($loaderImage.width() / 2);
	var y = ($list.height() / 2) - ($loaderImage.height() / 2);
	//set position of loading image
	$loaderImage.css('top', y);
	$loaderImage.css('left', x);
	//load new page
	$list.load(filename);

}