globalvar   = new Object();
	var page        = new Object();
	var mouse_x = 0;
	var mouse_y = 0;

	this.ua=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	var ie  = (ua.indexOf("msie") != -1) && (ua.indexOf("opera") == -1);
	var ie6 = (this.ua.indexOf('msie 6') !=-1);			
	var ns4		= (document.layers);
	var ns6		= (!document.all && document.getElementById); //safari
	var ie4		= (document.all && !document.getElementById && !window.opera);
	var ie5		= (document.all && !document.fireEvent && !window.opera);
	var op7		= (window.opera && document.createComment) ;
	var w3dom	= (document.getElementById || op7); //safari
	
	this.iemac = !!(this.ie && this.ua.indexOf("mac") >= 0);
 	this.mac = !!(this.ua.indexOf("mac") >= 0);
 	this.win = !!(this.ua.indexOf("win") >= 0);
 			
	
	function get_win_size(){
		
		page.width    = (ns4||ns6||op7) ? innerWidth  : document.body.clientWidth;
		page.height   = (ns4||ns6||op7) ? innerHeight : document.body.clientHeight;
	}
				
	function unblur() {
		this.blur();
	}
				
	function blurLinks() {
		if (!document.getElementById) return;
		theLinks = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
		for(i=0; i<theLinks.length; i++) {
			theLinks[i].onfocus = unblur;
		}
	}

	function bookmarkit(){
	  	window.external.addFavorite('http://www.claudiabasel.ch','VIPER BASEL');
	}
	
	// popup window
	
	function open_window(url,param,winname) {
		params = param.split('_');
		w_toolbar = params[0];
		w_location = params[1];
		w_directories = params[2];
		w_menubar = params[3];
		w_status = params[4];
		w_scrollbars = params[5];
		w_resize = params[6];
		win_width =  params[7];
		win_height =  params[8];
		win_xpos = params[9];
		win_ypos =  params[10];
		win_fs = params[11];
  		var winStats1 = ',';
		if(w_toolbar) winStats1='toolbar='+w_toolbar;
		if(w_location) winStats1+=',location='+w_location;
		if(w_directories) winStats1+=',directories='+w_directories;
		if(w_menubar) winStats1+=',menubar='+w_menubar;
		if(w_status) winStats1+=',status='+w_status;
		if(w_scrollbars) winStats1+=',scrollbars='+w_scrollbars;
		if(w_resize) winStats1+=',resizable='+w_resize;
		if(win_width) winStats1+=',width='+win_width;
		if(win_height) winStats1+=',height='+win_height;
		if(win_fs) winStats1+=',fullscreen='+win_fs;
		
		if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft")>=0) {
			if(win_xpos) winStats1+=',left="'+win_xpos+'"';
			if(win_ypos) winStats1+=',top="'+win_ypos+'"';
		}else{
			winStats1+=',screenX='+win_xpos
			winStats1+=',screenY='+win_ypos
		}
  		winStats1 = winStats1.substr(2,(winStats1.length-1));
		new_window=window.open(url,winname,winStats1);
		new_window.moveTo(win_xpos,win_ypos);  // moving window to the screencenter (ie 4.5 mac!!)
		new_window.focus();
	}
	
	var mxpos = 0;
	var mypos = 0;
	var mcount = 0;
	var speed = 0;
	var newpos_x = 0;
	var newpos_y = 0;
	var divma = '';
	

	
	//** end window open

	

	
	function set_cookie(name, value, exp, path, domain, secure) {
		
		var expdate = new Date();
		if(exp){
			//var expdate = expdate.getTime() + (exp * 60 * 60 * 1000);
		}
		//expdate = expdate.toGMTString();
		var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
		//((exp) ? "; expires=" + expdate : "") +
		((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
		((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
		((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
		document.cookie = curCookie;
		
	}
	
	function get_cookie(name){
		var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
		var a_temp_cookie = '';
		for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ){
			a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
			if(a_temp_cookie[0] == name){
				return a_temp_cookie[1];	
			}	
		}
			
		
	}