//alert ("Make sure your firstname and lastname contains no spaces");
function shout()
{ 
var txt = "Make sure your firstname and lastname contains no spaces";
alert (txt);
}
function checkme()


{
var mailinglist = document.forms["mailing_list"];
var testEmail=/^(?:\w+!.?)*\w+@(?:\w+\.)*\w+$/;
if (mailing_list.firstname.value == "")
	{
		alert ("Enter your firstname, please!");
		return false;
}

if (mailing_list.lastname.value == "")
	{
		alert ("Please enter your lastname!");
		return false;
}

if (!testEmail.test(mailing_list.email.value))
{
alert ("invalid or no email");
return false;
}

if (mailing_list.country.value == "nil")
	{alert ("Please select country");
return false;
}
if (mailing_list.institution.value == "")
	{alert ("You did not tell us your institution");
return false;
}
if (mailing_list.publication.value == "nil")
	{alert ("please select publication");
return false;
}
}