// JavaScript Document


	   function trim(inputString) {
	   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
	   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
	   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
	   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
	   var retValue = inputString;
	   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
	   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
		  retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
		  ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
	   }
	   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
	   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
		  retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
		  ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
	   }
	   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
		  retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
	   }
	   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
	} // Ends the "trim" function

	
	function checkform(newsletter){
		if(trim(document.newsletter.name.value)==""){
			alert("You must enter your name.");
			document.newsletter.name.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if(trim(document.newsletter.email.value)==""){
			alert("You must enter your email address.");
			document.newsletter.email.focus();
			return false;
		}
	}
