function loadXMLDoc(url, funct) {
	var xmlhttp=null;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {// code for Firefox, Opera, IE7, etc.
		xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // code for IE6, IE5
		xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	
	if (xmlhttp!=null) {
		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = funct;
		xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
		xmlhttp.send(null);
	} else {
		alert("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP.");
	}
	
	return xmlhttp;
}

//Email-verification code from: http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/email_validation.asp
function echeck(str) {
	var at="@"
	var dot="."
	var lat=str.indexOf(at)
	var lstr=str.length
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
	   return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
	   return false
	}

	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				
}