    function rateThisURL(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('ERROR CODE : RATE_THIS 01\n Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { changeRateThisDiv(http_request); };
        
        var cacheBuster = "&cb=" + new Date().getTime();
        url = url+cacheBuster;
        
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);
        
        var response = '';
         if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                //alert(http_request.responseText);
                response = http_request.responseText;
            } else {
                //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
                response = 'ERROR CODE : POLL 02\nThere was a problem with RATE THIS request.';
            }

        return response;
        }
    }

    function changeRateThisDiv(http_request) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
            
                rateThisDiv = document.getElementById("RateThisDiv");
				rateThisDiv.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
                
            } else {
                alert('ERROR CODE : POLL 03\nThere was a problem with RATE THIS request.');
            }
        }
    }
    
    
    function rateThisEventTrigger (e) {
    	if (! e)
		e = event;
		return e.target || e.srcElement;
	}
			
	function rateThisRadioClick(e) {
		var obj = rateThisEventTrigger (e);
		var url = "http://www.makelogic.com/scripts/rateThis/RateThis.php?url="+location.href+"&rating="+obj.value;
		rateThisURL(url);
	}			
    
    
    