function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
//debugger;
	//speed for each frame
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;

	//determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
	if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
		
		for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
			
		}
		//debugger;
		var object = document.getElementById(id).style;
		
		
		
	} 
	else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
		var object = document.getElementById(id).style;
		object.display = "block";
		
		for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			{
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
		
	}
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
	checkOpacity(id);	
}

function checkOpacity(id)
{
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0  && document.getElementById(id).style.display == "block")
	{
	document.getElementById(id).style.display = "none";
	}
	 
	
}

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
}

function currentOpac(id, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//standard opacity is 100
	var currentOpac = 100;
	
	//if the element has an opacity set, get it
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity < 100) {
		currentOpac = document.getElementById(id).style.opacity * 100;
	}

	//call for the function that changes the opacity
	opacity(id, currentOpac, opacEnd, millisec)
}

function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=")
  if (c_start!=-1)
    { 
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1 
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start)
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end))
    } 
  }
return ""
} 


function checkCookie()
{

newslettersubscribe=getCookie('SubscribeToNewsletterLVK')
debugger;
if (newslettersubscribe!=null && newslettersubscribe!="")
  {
	var object = document.getElementById('submitNewsletter').Display = "None";
  
  }
else 
  {
	opacity('submitNewsletter',1, 100, 500);
	opacity('submitNewsletterBg',1, 50, 400)
  }
}