function is_numeric (mixed_var) {
    // Returns true if value is a number or a numeric string  
    // 
    // version: 1103.1210
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/is_numeric    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: David
    // +   improved by: taith
    // +   bugfixed by: Tim de Koning
    // +   bugfixed by: WebDevHobo (http://webdevhobo.blogspot.com/)    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // *     example 1: is_numeric(186.31);
    // *     returns 1: true
    // *     example 2: is_numeric('Kevin van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 2: false    // *     example 3: is_numeric('+186.31e2');
    // *     returns 3: true
    // *     example 4: is_numeric('');
    // *     returns 4: false
    // *     example 4: is_numeric([]);    // *     returns 4: false
    return (typeof(mixed_var) === 'number' || typeof(mixed_var) === 'string') && mixed_var !== '' && !isNaN(mixed_var);
}

/*	ANTI SPAM MAILTO	*/
jQuery.fn.safeMailTo = function() {
	return this.each(function(){
		var mailtoHref = $(this).attr('href');
		mailtoHref = mailtoHref.replace(mailtoHref,"" + mailtoHref);
		mailtoHref = mailtoHref.replace("[at]","@");
		mailtoHref = mailtoHref.replace("[dot]",".");
		var mailtoText = $(this).html();
		mailtoText = mailtoText.replace("[at]","@");
		mailtoText = mailtoText.replace("[dot]",".");
		$(this).html(mailtoText);
		var mailtoTitle = mailtoHref.replace("mailto:","Email: ");
		$(this).attr('title',mailtoTitle);
		$(this).click(function(){
			window.location.href = mailtoHref;
			return false;
		});
	});
};


function isEmail(emailAddress){
	var pattern = new RegExp(/^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i);
	return pattern.test(emailAddress);
}