var updateStrength = function(pw) {
				var strength = getStrength(pw);
				var width = (100/32)*strength;
				new Effect.Morph('psStrength', {style:'width:'+width+'px', duration:'0.4'}); 
			}
			
			var getStrength = function(passwd) {
				intScore = 0;
				if (passwd.match(/[a-z]/)) // [verified] at least one lower case letter
						{
						intScore = (intScore+1)
						} if (passwd.match(/[A-Z]/)) // [verified] at least one upper case letter
						{
						intScore = (intScore+5)
						} // NUMBERS
						if (passwd.match(/\d+/)) // [verified] at least one number
						{
						intScore = (intScore+5)
						} if (passwd.match(/(\d.*\d.*\d)/)) // [verified] at least three numbers
						{
						intScore = (intScore+5)
						} // SPECIAL CHAR
						if (passwd.match(/[!,@#$%^&*?_~]/)) // [verified] at least one special character
						{
						intScore = (intScore+5)
						} if (passwd.match(/([!,@#$%^&*?_~].*[!,@#$%^&*?_~])/)) // [verified] at least two special characters
						{
						intScore = (intScore+5)
						} // COMBOS
						if (passwd.match(/[a-z]/) && passwd.match(/[A-Z]/)) // [verified] both upper and lower case
						{
						intScore = (intScore+2)
						} if (passwd.match(/\d/) && passwd.match(/\D/)) // [verified] both letters and numbers
						{
						intScore = (intScore+2)
						} // [Verified] Upper Letters, Lower Letters, numbers and special characters
						if (passwd.match(/[a-z]/) && passwd.match(/[A-Z]/) && passwd.match(/\d/) && passwd.match(/[!,@#$%^&*?_~]/))
						{
						intScore = (intScore+2)
						}
						return intScore;
			}