var http_request = false;
var turl;
function makeRequest(url, params, method) {
    http_request = false;
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari
        http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType("text/html");
        }
    } 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('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
	http_request.open(method, url + params, true);
	http_request.send(null);
        return (void 0);
}
function alertContents() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
        result = http_request.responseText; 
        document.getElementById("scores").innerHTML = result;  		      
        } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
        }
    }
}


function urlencode(str){return encodeURI(str);}