function trim(str) {
  var newstr;
  newstr = str.replace(/^\s*/, "").replace(/\s*$/, ""); 
  newstr = newstr.replace(/\s{2,}/, " "); 
  return newstr;
}

function validate_email(address) {
   var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/;
   if(reg.test(address) == false) return false;
   return true;
}

function checkLead() {

	if (document.getElementById('fname').value  == '') { 
		alert('Please enter your First Name');
		document.getElementById('fname').focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (document.getElementById('lname').value  == '') { 
		alert('Please enter your Last Name'); 
		document.getElementById('lname').focus();
		return false; 
	}
	if (document.getElementById('email').value == '')  { 
		alert('Please enter your Email Address'); 
		document.getElementById('email').focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (!validate_email($('email').value)) { 
		alert('Please provide a VALID Email Address'); 
		document.getElementById('email').focus();
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}


function capitalizeMe(obj) {
        val = obj.value;
        newVal = '';
        val = val.split(' ');
        for (var c=0; c < val.length; c++) {
			newVal += val[c].substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + val[c].substring(1,val[c].length) + ' ';
        }
        obj.value = newVal;
}