function changeLanguage() {
    var lang = $('#lang').val();

    if (location.href.search('\\?') > 0)
        location.href += "&lang=" + lang;
    else
        location.href = "?lang=" + lang;
}



(function($){
 $.fn.extend({
   customStyle : function(options) {
       if(!$.browser.msie || ($.browser.msie&&$.browser.version>6)){
         return this.each(function() {
             var currentSelected = $(this).find(':selected');
             $(this).after('<span class="customStyleSelectBox"><span class="customStyleSelectBoxInner">'+currentSelected.text()+'</span></span>').css({position:'absolute', opacity:0,fontSize:$(this).next().css('font-size')});
             var selectBoxSpan = $(this).next();
             var selectBoxWidth = parseInt($(this).width()); // - parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-left')) -parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-right'));			
             var selectBoxSpanInner = selectBoxSpan.find(':first-child');
             selectBoxSpan.css({display:'inline-block'});
             selectBoxSpanInner.css({width:selectBoxWidth, display:'inline-block'});
             var selectBoxHeight = parseInt(selectBoxSpan.height()) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-top')) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-bottom'));
             $(this).height(selectBoxHeight).change(function(){
                 // selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).val()).parent().addClass('changed');   This was not ideal
                 selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).find(':selected').text()).parent().addClass('changed');
                 // Thanks to Juarez Filho & PaddyMurphy
               });
             
           });
       }
     }
   });
})(jQuery);