    function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
      var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
        var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
        if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
    }

    function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
      var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
    }

    function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
      var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
        d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
      if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
      for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
      if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
    }

    function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
      var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
       if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
    }

    function MM_showHideLayers() { //v6.0
	  var i,p,v,obj,args=MM_showHideLayers.arguments;
      for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) if ((obj=MM_findObj(args[i]))!=null) { v=args[i+2];
		if (obj.style) { obj=obj.style; v=(v=='show')?'visible':(v=='hide')?'hidden':v; }
        obj.visibility=v; }
    }
      
    function get_random(ceiling)
    {
        var ranNum= Math.floor(Math.random() * ceiling);
        return ranNum;
    }

    function ValidatorEmail(email) {
		    var filter = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]{2,4})+$/;
		    return filter.test(email);
    }
    
    function trim(inputString) {
       // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
       // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
       // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
      
       if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
       var retValue = inputString;
       var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
       while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
          retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
          ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
       }
       ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
       while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
          retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
          ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
       }
       while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
          retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
       }
       return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
    } // Ends the "trim" function
