function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
        var center = new GLatLng(39.148627, -123.208311);
        var marker = new GMarker(center);
        map.setCenter(center, 13);
        map.setMapType(G_HYBRID_MAP);
        map.addOverlay(marker);
        map.setUIToDefault(); 
      }
    }

    function echeck(str) {

                var at="@"
                var dot="."
                var lat=str.indexOf(at)
                var lstr=str.length
                var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
                if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
                   
                   return false
                }

                if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
                   
                   return false
                }

                if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
                    
                    return false
                }

                 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
                    
                    return false
                 }

                 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
                    
                    return false
                 }

                 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
                    
                    return false
                 }
                
                 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
                    
                    return false
                 }

                 return true                                    
        }

function ValidateForm(){
				
        var emailAddress=document.contact_form.the_email
        var err = 1;
        var errorMessage = ""
        
        if (echeck(emailAddress.value)==false || ((emailAddress.value==null)||(emailAddress.value=="")) ){
        	errorMessage = " -- Your email address seems invalid.\n\n";
					err = err+1
        }

        //if((document.contact_form.the_name.value==null)||(document.contact_form.the_name.value=="")) {
        //	errorMessage += "Please include your name.\n";
        //	err = err+1
        //}

        if((document.contact_form.the_comments.value==null)||(document.contact_form.the_comments.value=="")) {
        	errorMessage += " -- Please include a note to us!\n";
        	err = err+1
        }

        if(err>1) {
        	alert("There is a problem with your form:\n" + errorMessage);
        	return false
        } else {
        	return true
        }
 }