$.fn.center = function () {
	this.css("position","absolute");
	this.css("top", ( $(window).height() - this.height() ) / 2+$(window).scrollTop() + "px");
	this.css("left", ( $(window).width() - this.width() ) / 2+$(window).scrollLeft() + "px");
	return this;
}

function checkemail(theEmail){
	var filter=/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i
	if (filter.test(theEmail))
		return(true);
	else{
		//alert("Please input a valid email address!")
		return(false);
	}
}
function IsNumeric(strString)
   //  check for valid numeric strings	
   {
   var strValidChars = "0123456789";
   var strChar;
   var blnResult = true;

   if (strString.length == 0) return false;

   //  test strString consists of valid characters listed above
   for (i = 0; i < strString.length && blnResult == true; i++)
	  {
	  strChar = strString.charAt(i);
	  if (strValidChars.indexOf(strChar) == -1)
		 {
		 blnResult = false;
		 }
	  }
   return blnResult;
}