function hideNewsletter(id) {
    
        var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
        object.opacity = 0; 
        object.MozOpacity = 0; 
        object.KhtmlOpacity = 0; 
        object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + 0 + ")"; 
        
        document.getElementById(id).style.visibility ='hidden'            
    
    }
    function showNewsletter(id) 
    {
        var millisec = 500;
    
        if (document.getElementById(id).style.MozOpacity == null)
        {
            document.getElementById(id).style.opacity = 0;
        }
    
        if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) 
            { 
                document.getElementById(id).style.visibility ='visible'
                opacityNewsletter(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
            } else 
            { 
                opacityNewsletter(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
                document.getElementById(id).style.visibility ='hidden'
            }    
    }
    
    function opacityNewsletter(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec)
    { 
    //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("changeOpacNewsletter(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
                timer++; 
            } 
            
        } 
        else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
            
            for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
                { 
                setTimeout("changeOpacNewsletter(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
                timer++; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
        
    function changeOpacNewsletter(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 + ")"; 
    } 
    
function showSelect(id) 
    {
        var millisec = 500;
    
        if (document.getElementById(id).style.MozOpacity == null)
        {
            document.getElementById(id).style.opacity = 0;
        }
    
        if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) 
            { 
                document.getElementById(id).style.visibility ='visible'
                document.getElementById('selectLang').style.visibility ='visible'
                opacityNewsletter(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
                //opacity('selectLang', 0, 60, millisec);                 
            } else 
            { 
                //opacity('selectLang', 60, 0, millisec);
                opacityNewsletter(id, 100, 0, millisec);  
                //document.getElementById(id).style.visibility ='hidden'
            }    
    }