function getxmlhttp (){
	//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid Internet Explorer instance.
	var xmlhttp = false;
	//Check if we are using IE.
	try {
		//If the Javascript version is greater than 5.
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (e) {
		//If not, then use the older active x object.
		try {
			//If we are using Internet Explorer.
			xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (E) {
			//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
			xmlhttp = false;
		}
	}
	//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a javascript instance of the object.
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	
	return xmlhttp;
}

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function externalLinks() {
	if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
	var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
	for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
		var anchor = anchors[i];
		if ( anchor.getAttribute("href") && (anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") )
		anchor.target = "_blank";
	}
}

//Functions for generating outlinks in Google Analytics
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function addEvent(element, type, handler) {
	if (element.addEventListener) {
		element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
	} else {
		if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = addEvent.guid++;
		if (!element.events) element.events = {};
		var handlers = element.events[type];
		if (!handlers) {
			handlers = element.events[type] = {};
			if (element["on" + type]) {
				handlers[0] = element["on" + type];
			}
		}
		handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler;
		element["on" + type] = handleEvent;
	}
};
addEvent.guid = 1;

function removeEvent(element, type, handler) {
	if (element.removeEventListener) {
		element.removeEventListener(type, handler, false);
	} else {
		if (element.events && element.events[type]) {
			delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid];
		}
	}
};

function handleEvent(event) {
	var returnValue = true;
	event = event || fixEvent(((this.ownerDocument || this.document || this).parentWindow || window).event);
	var handlers = this.events[event.type];
	for (var i in handlers) {
		this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i];
		if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) {
			returnValue = false;
		}
	}
	return returnValue;
};

function fixEvent(event) {
	event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault;
	event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation;
	return event;
};
fixEvent.preventDefault = function() {
	this.returnValue = false;
};
fixEvent.stopPropagation = function() {
	this.cancelBubble = true;
};
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