function initImage(imageId) {
	image = document.getElementById(imageId);
	if(image.style.visibility == 'hidden'){
		setOpacity(image, 0);
		image.style.visibility = 'visible';
		fadeIn(imageId,0);
	}
}
function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
  opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
  // IE/Win
  obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
  // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
  obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
  // Older Mozilla and Firefox
  obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
  // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
  obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}
function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
  if (document.getElementById) {
    obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    if (opacity <= 100) {
      setOpacity(obj, opacity);
      opacity += 10;
      window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
    }
  }
}

function displayID(theID){
	document.getElementById(theID).style.display = "block";
}
function hideID(theID){
	document.getElementById(theID).style.display = "none";
}
function clearit1(){
	if(document.signUpForm.newsEmail.value == "courriel" || document.signUpForm.newsEmail.value == "email address"){
		document.signUpForm.newsEmail.value = "";
	}
}
function clearit2(){
	if(document.signUpForm.newsName.value == "nom" || document.signUpForm.newsName.value == "your name"){
		document.signUpForm.newsName.value = "";
	}
}