function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
		  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
		}
		function isURL(S) {
				var urlRegex = /^http:\/\/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-&#]+\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9_\-&#]+(\/[a-zA-Z0-9_\-&#\.]+)*(\?([^=]+=[^&]+)+&?)*$/;
				return urlRegex.test(S);
		}
		function isEmail(S){
				var emailRegex = /^\w+([\-\.]\w+)*\.{0,1}\@\w+([\-\.]\w+)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,5}$/;
				return emailRegex.test(S);
		}
		function isEmpty(s) {
			return((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
		}
		function isDigit(c) {
			return((c >= '0') && (c <= '9'))
		}
		function isInt(s) {
			var i, c, len = parseInt(s.length);
			if(isEmpty(s))return false;
			for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
				c = s.charAt(i);
				if(!isDigit(c))return false;
			}
			return true;
		}
		function validDate(y, m, d){
			/*
			if (parseInt(y) <  70) y = parseInt(y) + 2000;
			if (parseInt(y) < 100) y = parseInt(y) + 1900;
			*/
			if (y.length != 4) return false;
			
			 // m = 0..11
			 with (new Date(y, m, d))
				 return ((getDate()==d) && (getMonth()==m))
		}
		function isValidDate(strDate){
			var arr_date = strDate.split('/');
			return (validDate(arr_date[2],arr_date[0]-1,arr_date[1]));
		}
		function isLargerDate(strDate1,strDate2){
			var arr_date1 = strDate1.split('/');
			var arr_date2 = strDate2.split('/');

			if (parseInt(arr_date1[2]) <  70) arr_date1[2] = parseInt(arr_date1[2]) + 2000;
			if (parseInt(arr_date1[2]) < 100) arr_date1[2] = parseInt(arr_date1[2]) + 1900;
			if (parseInt(arr_date2[2]) <  70) arr_date2[2] = parseInt(arr_date2[2]) + 2000;
			if (parseInt(arr_date2[2]) < 100) arr_date2[2] = parseInt(arr_date2[2]) + 1900;

			var date1 = new Date(arr_date1[2],arr_date1[0]-1,arr_date1[1]);
			var date2 = new Date(arr_date2[2],arr_date2[0]-1,arr_date2[1]);
			return(date1>date2);
		}