var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequestFav(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            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 = alertContentsFav;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }
function bookmarksite() {
	var title = 'ToxicJunction.com';
	var url = 'http://www.toxicjunction.com/';
	if (document.all) {
		window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
	}
	else if (window.sidebar) {
		window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, '');
	}
}
   function alertContentsFav() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
           //document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;
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            document.getElementById(splitresult[0]).innerHTML = "<font style=font-size:40px;color:#FFFFFF;><b>" + splitresult[1] + "</b></font>";
           fadetext();
           document.getElementById("myspan2").innerHTML = "voted!"; 
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   hex=255
	function fadetext(){ 
	if(hex>0) { //If color is not black yet
	hex-=11; // increase color darkness
	document.getElementById("myspan").style.color="rgb("+hex+","+hex+","+hex+")";
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	}
	//hex=255 //reset hex value
	}
   function getFav(obj,obj2) {
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      makePOSTRequestFav('postgen.asp', poststr);
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