function normalize_labels(element) {   
             $(".errors_above").css('display','none'); //situated by submit button
            if(element){
               $('#'+$(element).attr('id')+' label').not('.static_label').each(function(){
                  if ($(this).attr('lab')) {
                     var lab = $(this).attr('lab');
                  } else {
                     var lab = $(this).attr('for');
                  }
                  if ($('label.static_label[for="'+$(this).attr('for')+'"]').length != 0 ) {
                     lab = '';
                  }
                  //$($("input[id='"+lab+"']")).css('background-color','#fff');
                  lab = lab.slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + lab.slice(1);
                  lab = lab.replace(/_/g, " ");
                  $(this).removeClass('error_label');
                  $(this).text(lab);
               });
            } else {
               $('label').not('.static_label').each(function(){   
                  if ($(this).attr('lab')) {
                     var lab = $(this).attr('lab');
                  } else {
                     var lab = $(this).attr('for');
                  }
                  if ($('label.static_label[for="'+$(this).attr('for')+'"]').length != 0 ) {
                     lab = '';
                  }
                  //$($("input[id='"+lab+"']")).css('background-color','#fff');
                  lab = lab.slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + lab.slice(1);
                  lab = lab.replace(/_/g, " ");
                  $(this).removeClass('error_label');
                  $(this).text(lab);
               });
            }
         }
         
         function parse_results(result,form, msgdiv, leave_open) {
            $("#overlay").css('display','none');
            $('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').remove();
            var success = '';
            if ( result[0] == '[') {
               eval( "result = " + result );
            }
            var msgArray = result[0].messages;
            $.each(msgArray, function(i,o) {
               for (var p in o) {
                  var val = o[p]; //p is the key or id in this case, and val is the message
             
                  if (p == 'success') {
                     success += '<p class="success">' + val + '</p>';
                  } else if (p.substring(0,3) == 'su_') {
                     $($("label[for='"+p.substring(3)+"']")).not('.static_label').each(function(){
                        $(this).addClass('success_label');
                        if ($(this).attr('lab')) {
                           label = $(this).attr('lab').slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + $(this).attr('lab').slice(1);
                           label = label.replace(/_/g, " ");
                        } else {
                           label = $(this).attr('for').slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + $(this).attr('for').slice(1);
                           label = label.replace(/_/g, " ");
                        }
                        $(this).html(label + ' ' + val);
                     }); //for loop
                     $(".errors_above").css('display','block'); //situated by submit button
                     if ( p == 'captcha' ) { 
                        $('#'+msgdiv).css('display','block');
                        if ($('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').length <= 0) {
                           $('#'+msgdiv).append('<p class="error">'+val+'</p>');
                        } else {
                           $('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').html(val);
                        }
                     }
                  } else {
		     p = p.replace('&#228;','ä');
		     p = p.replace('&#196;','Ä');
		     p = p.replace('&#246;','ö');
		     p = p.replace('&#214;','Ö');
		     p = p.replace('&#252;','ü');
		     p = p.replace('&#220;','Ü');
		     p = p.replace('&#223;','ß');
                     $($("label[for='"+p+"']")).not('.static_label').each(function(){
                        $(this).addClass('error_label');
                        if ($(this).attr('lab')) {
                           label = $(this).attr('lab').slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + $(this).attr('lab').slice(1);
                           label = label.replace(/_/g, " ");
                        } else {
                           label = $(this).attr('for').slice(0,1).toUpperCase() + $(this).attr('for').slice(1);
                           label = label.replace(/_/g, " ");
                        }
                        $(this).html(label + ' ' + val);
                     }); //for loop
                     $(".errors_above").css('display','block'); //situated by submit button
                     if ( p == 'captcha' ) { 
                        $('#'+msgdiv).css('display','block');
                        if ($('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').length <= 0) {
                           $('#'+msgdiv).append('<p class="error">'+val+'</p>');
                        } else {
                           $('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').html(val);
                        }
                     }
                  }
               }
            });//each
            if (success) {
               if (!leave_open) {
                  $('#'+form).resetForm();
                  $('#'+form).hide("fast");
               }
               $('#'+msgdiv).css('display','block');
               $('#'+msgdiv+' p').css('display','block');
               $('#'+msgdiv+' p.error').css('display','none');
               $('#'+msgdiv).append(success);
               $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 'fast');
               if (redirect_set) {
                  redirect();
               }
            }
         }

	 $(function() {
	 //Bind up key for counters
	 $('textarea.counter').keyup(function(event) {
		var text = $(this).val();
		var len = text.length;
		
		if ($(this).hasClass('count_down')) {
			$(this).siblings('input.counter').val($(this).attr('size')-len);
		} else {
			$(this).siblings('input.counter').val(len);
		}
		if (len > $(this).attr('size')) {
			$(this).siblings('input.counter').css('background','pink');
			alert("Please keep your answers within "+$(this).attr('size')+" characters. And please, no pasting of any word processing files. Thank you.");
			return false;
		} else {
			$(this).siblings('input.counter').css('background','#fff');
			return;
		}
	 });
	 });
         
         //handle counters
         function counter(num,size,id,down) {
            var text = document.getElementById(id).value;
            var len = text.length;
            if (down) {
               document.getElementById("counter"+num).value = size-len;
            } else {
               document.getElementById("counter"+num).value = len;
            }
            if (len > size) {
               document.getElementById("counter"+num).style.background = 'pink';
               alert("Please keep your answers within "+size+" characters. And please, no pasting of any word processing files. Thank you.");
               return false;
            } else {
               document.getElementById("counter"+num).style.background = '#fff';
            return;
            }
         }
         
         //format currency with rounding
         function format_currency(amt) {
            namount  = Math.abs(amt);
            namount  = parseInt((namount + .005) * 100);
            namount  = namount / 100;
            var samount = new String(namount );
            if(samount.indexOf('.') < 0) { samount  += '.00'; }
            if(samount.indexOf('.') == (samount .length - 2)) { samount  += '0'; }
            return samount;
         }