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, element) {
    var xhReq = createXMLHttpRequest();
    restURL = "http://mediumnyc.com/rate/"+id+"/"+rating;
    //alert(restURL);
    xhReq.open("GET", restURL, true);
    xhReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (xhReq.readyState != 4)  { return; }
      
      // update w/ status
      outerdiv = element.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
      var serverResponse = xhReq.responseText;
      outerdiv.innerHTML = serverResponse;
    };
    xhReq.send(null);
    return false;
 }