String.prototype.stripSlashes = function (){ return this.replace(/\\(\"|\')/g, 1); }
String.prototype.stripTags		= function (){ return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, ''); }
String.prototype.escape    		= function (){ return escape(this); }
String.prototype.unescape  		= function (){ return unescape(this); }
String.prototype.ucFirst 			= function (){ return this.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + this.substr(1, this.length); }