function getSelectedButton(buttonGroup){  for (var i=0; i<buttonGroup.length; i++){if (buttonGroup[i].checked){          return i         }     }     return 0}

function valEform() {

var submit_yes=1;
var alert_msg="You must enter\n\n";
if (document.enews.flname.value == ""||document.enews.flname.value == "first name...") { alert_msg=alert_msg+"a valid First & Last Name\n"; submit_yes=2;}
if (document.enews.email.value == "") {alert_msg=alert_msg+"a valid Email Address\n"; submit_yes=2;}

var emailID=document.enews.email.value;


if (echeck(emailID)==false){
	alert_msg=alert_msg+"a valid Email Address\n"; submit_yes=2;
}

if(submit_yes==2){
	alert(alert_msg);
	return false;
}

}

//validate email
function echeck(str) {

var at="@"
var dot="."
var lat=str.indexOf(at)
var lstr=str.length
var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
   alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
   return false
}

if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
   alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
   return false
}

if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
    alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
    return false
}

 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
    alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
    return false
 }

 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
    alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
    return false
 }

 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
    alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
    return false
 }

 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
    alert("Invalid E-mail Address")
    return false
 }

  return true	
}