function createXMLHttpRequest() {
   try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) {}
   try { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) {}
   try { return new XMLHttpRequest(); } catch(e) {}
   alert("XMLHttpRequest not supported");
   return null;
 }
 function tcm_rate(id, rating, frm_element) {
    var xhReq = createXMLHttpRequest();
    restURL = "http://www.gornystudios.com/rate/"+id+"/"+rating;
    //alert(restURL);
    xhReq.open("GET", restURL, true);
    xhReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (xhReq.readyState != 4)  { return; }
      //rating_input = $('tcm_rating_input');
      outerdiv = frm_element.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
      var serverResponse = xhReq.responseText;
      outerdiv.innerHTML = serverResponse;
    };
    xhReq.send(null);
    return false;
 }

 function $() {
  var elements = new Array();

  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    var tcm_element = arguments[i];
    if (typeof tcm_element == 'string')
      tcm_element = document.getElementById(tcm_element);

    if (arguments.length == 1)
      return tcm_element;

    elements.push(tcm_element);
  }

  return elements;
}