function rate(full_url, item_type, item_id ){
//   alert("rate(full_url:'"+full_url+"', item_type:'"+item_type+"', item_id:'"+item_id+"')'");
   var div2replace = 'rate-'+item_type+"-"+item_id;
//alert("rate() 1");
   var callback_function_name = handle_rate;
//alert("rate() 2");
   var callback_function_parameters = {"item_type":item_type, "item_id":item_id, "div2replace":div2replace};
   var progress_div_array =  new Array(div2replace);
//alert("rate() 3");
   var show_progress = 'local';
//alert("rate() 4");
   sendByGet(full_url, callback_function_name, callback_function_parameters, show_progress, progress_div_array);
//alert("rate() 5");
   return false;

}

function handle_rate(responseText, responseXML, params){
//    alert("handle_rate");
//alert(responseText);

           var div2replace =     params["div2replace"];
           var item_id =     params["item_id"];
           var item_type =     params["item_type"];
           var item_message  =   "rate_message-"+item_type+"-"+item_id;
 // alert("handle_rate() div2replace: '" + div2replace+"', item_message:'"+item_message+"'");
            var content = getCoolXML(responseText, 'content');
//            alert("handle_rate() content: '" + content+"'");
            var message = getCoolXML(responseText, 'message');
//            alert("handle_rate() message: '" + message+"'");
            var code = getCoolXML(responseText, 'code');
//           alert("handle_rate() code: '" + code+"'");
            if(code>-1){
              setText(div2replace, content);
              //appendDivText(item_message,message);
            }else{
           //alert("handle_rate() code: '" + code+"'");
             }
            setText(item_message, message);
            
}