function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
		var pattern = new RegExp(/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1[0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i);
		return pattern.test(emailAddress);
	}

	function strip_tags(html){
 
		//PROCESS STRING
		if(arguments.length < 3) {
			html=html.replace(/<\/?(?!\!)[^>]*>/gi, '');
		} else {
			var allowed = arguments[1];
			var specified = eval("["+arguments[2]+"]");
			if(allowed){
				var regex='</?(?!(' + specified.join('|') + '))\b[^>]*>';
				html=html.replace(new RegExp(regex, 'gi'), '');
			} else{
				var regex='</?(' + specified.join('|') + ')\b[^>]*>';
				html=html.replace(new RegExp(regex, 'gi'), '');
			}
		}
 
		//CHANGE NAME TO CLEAN JUST BECAUSE 
		var clean_string = html;
 
		//RETURN THE CLEAN STRING
		return clean_string;
	}