	//alert("master.js loaded...")
	
	function ltrim(s)
	{
		var l=0;
		while(l < s.length && s.charAt(l) == " ")
		{	l++; }
		return s.substring(l, s.length);
	}

	function rtrim(s)
	{
		var r=s.length -1;
		while(r > 0 && s.charAt(r) == ' ')
		{	r-=1;	}
		return s.substring(0, r+1);
	}

	function trim(s)
	{
		return rtrim(ltrim(s));
	}

	
	function nolink(){
		return;
	}
	
	function closeResult($id){
		$("#more-"+$id).html("");		
		return;
	}
	
	function removeChars($str, $chars){
		$l = $str.length-1;
		$r = "";
		for($i=0; $i<=$l; $i++){
			$c = $str.charAt($i);
			if ($chars.indexOf($c) == -1){
				$r += $c;
			}
		}
		return $r;
	}
	
	
	function explodeList(list, delimiter){
		var i = 0, result = "", c = "", results = [];

		for (i = 0; i <= list.length-1; i++ ){
			c = list.charAt(i);
			if ( c != delimiter ){
				result += c;
			} else {
				results.push(result);
				result = "";
			}
		}
		results.push(result);
		return results;
	}

	function searchFirstListSubstr(list, str){
		var i = 0, l = list.length-1, p = 0;
		for (i = 0; i <= l; i++ ){
			p = list[i].indexOf(str);
			if ( p != -1 ){ return list[i]; }
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	
	
	
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
/**
 * DHTML date validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
var dtCh= "/";
var minYear=1900;
var maxYear=2100;

function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){
	var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function daysInFebruary (year){
	// February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
}
function DaysArray(n) {
	for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 31;
		if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30;}
		if (i==2) {this[i] = 29;}
   } 
   return this;
}

function isDate(dtStr){
	var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12);
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh);
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1);
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(0,pos1);
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2);
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1);
	strYr=strYear;
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1);
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1);
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1);
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth);
	day=parseInt(strDay);
	year=parseInt(strYr);
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		//alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy");
		return false;
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		//alert("Please enter a valid month");
		return false;
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		//alert("Please enter a valid day");
		return false;
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		//alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear);
		return false;
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		//alert("Please enter a valid date");
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}


