// The dollar 
function $( element )
{
	return document.getElementById(element);
}

// In some versions of IE no DOM Node Types are implemented. This is a fix.
if (!window.Node) var Node =
    {
      ELEMENT_NODE                :  1,
      ATTRIBUTE_NODE              :  2,
      TEXT_NODE                   :  3,
      CDATA_SECTION_NODE          :  4,
      ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE       :  5,
      ENTITY_NODE                 :  6,
      PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE :  7,
      COMMENT_NODE                :  8,
      DOCUMENT_NODE               :  9,
      DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE          : 10,
      DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE      : 11,
      NOTATION_NODE               : 12
    }