function showContractDis(){
	$("#whatsThis").show();
	setTimeout("hideContractDis()", 20000); // show for 20 seconds then hide
}

function hideContractDis(){
	$("#whatsThis").hide();
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	CHECKS TO SEE IF A STRING IS FORMATTED AS A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
function checkemail(str){
	var testresults = false;
	var filter=/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i;
		if (filter.test(str)){
			testresults=true;
		}
	return (testresults);
}