   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters,divid) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
     
      http_request.onreadystatechange = function alertContents(){		  
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(divid+"--"+http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
			if(divid!="nodivid"){
				document.getElementById(divid).innerHTML = result;            
			}
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }else{
		if(divid!="nodivid"){
			document.getElementById(divid).innerHTML = "Submitting..."; 
		 }
	  }
   }
	
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
	  
   };
 
	   

 
/** below is the functions use to submit Email id subscription */
	function submitEmailSubscription(obj)	{
		var poststr = "email=" + encodeURI( obj ) ;
		if(validate_email(obj)==true){
			makePOSTRequest('submit_email_id_subscription.php', poststr, 'emailsubscribe');
		}
	};
/** above is the functions use to submit Email id subscription */




function validate_email(email) {
   var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/;
   var address = email;
   if(reg.test(address) == false) {
      alert('Invalid Email Address');
      return false;
   }else{
	   return true;
   }
}

//*** below is the code to BookMark the URL
function addToBookmark(title, url) {

        if (window.sidebar) { // Mozilla Firefox Bookmark
                window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url,"");
                return false;
        } 
        else if( window.external ) { // IE Favorite
                window.external.AddFavorite( url, title); 
                return false;
        }
        else if(window.opera && window.print) { // Opera Hotlist
                var elem = document.createElement('a');
                elem.setAttribute('href',url);
                elem.setAttribute('title',title);
                elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar');
                elem.click();
                return false;
        }
 }




function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}