function saveStar(event) 
{
	var pod_id;
	
	// get unique id of pod
	pod_id = document.getElementById("podVideoID").value;

  	new Ajax.Request('ratepod.asp?p=' + pod_id + '&r=' + event.memo.rated, {
    onComplete: function(xhr) {
	  return true;
    }
  });
}

// observe current pod's starbox element
document.observe('dom:loaded', function() { // once the DOM is loaded
	if (document.getElementById("podVideoRatingStars"))
	{
 		$('podVideoRatingStars').observe('starbox:rated', saveStar);
	}
});