// JavaScript Document
    function makeRequest(url) {
        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { 
		//alertContents(http_request); 
		outputTop10(http_request);
		};
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

//Called every time our XmlHttpRequest objects state changes.
		function outputTop10(http_request) {
			
			//Check to see if the XmlHttpRequests state is finished.
			if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			//Set the contents of our span element to the result of the asyncronous call.
				 if (http_request.status == 200) {
					document.getElementById('top10_result').innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
				} else {
					document.getElementById('top10_result').innerHTML = "Sorry, the top 10 mickeys is currently unavailable";
					}
            }
		}