function stripe( table, evenColor, oddColor ) {
	/*
	var even = false;
	
	var tbody = document.getElementById( table  ).getElementsByTagName( "tbody" );
	for ( var i = 0; i < tbody.length; i++ ) {
		var trs = tbody[i].getElementsByTagName( "tr" );
		for ( var j = 0; j < trs.length; j++ ) {
			trs[j].style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;
			even = !even;
		}
	}
	*/
}
function new_window(url, name, attrib){
	if (typeof(attrib) == "undefined"){
		attrib = "toolbar=1,location=1,directories=1,status=1,menubar=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1";
	}
	window.open(url, name, attrib);

}
function trim(stringToTrim) {
	return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
}
function emailCheck(str){
	var at="@"
	var dot="."
	var lat=str.indexOf(at)
	var lstr=str.length
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
	// check if string contains @sign
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
	   return false
	}
	// check if @sign not at beginning of string
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
	   return false
	}
	// check if period not at beginning of string
	if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		return false
	}

	if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		return false
	}
	
	if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		return false
	}

	 return true					
}// end function emailCheck