function getQueryVariable(variable) {
	  var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
	  var vars = query.split("&");
	  for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
		var pair = vars[i].split("=");
		if (pair[0] == variable) {
		  return pair[1];
		}
	  }
	  alert('Query Variable ' + variable + ' not found');
	} 
	
	function m(str) { 
		if(!str) str = "test";
		$j("#ausgabe").prepend(str + " <br /><hr /><br />");
		if (window.console) window.console.log(str);
	}
	
	function dump(arr,level) {
		var dumped_text = "";
		if(!level) level = 0;
		
		//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
		var level_padding = "";
		for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += "    ";
		
		if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects 
			for(var item in arr) {
				var value = arr[item];
				
				if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array,
					dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n";
					dumped_text += dump(value,level+1);
				} else {
					dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
				}
			}
		} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
			dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
		}
		return dumped_text;
	}