<!--
		
		/*
		WM_setCookie(), WM_readCookie(), WM_killCookie()
		A set of functions that eases the pain of using cookies.
		
		Source: Webmonkey Code Library
		(http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/javascript/code_library/)
		
		Author: Nadav Savio
		Author Email: nadav@wired.com
		*/
		
		
		// This next little bit of code tests whether the user accepts cookies.
		var WM_acceptsCookies = false;
		if(document.cookie == '') {
			document.cookie = 'WM_acceptsCookies=yes'; // Try to set a cookie.
			if(document.cookie.indexOf('WM_acceptsCookies=yes') != -1) {
			WM_acceptsCookies = true; 
			}// If it succeeds, set variable
		} else { // there was already a cookie
		  WM_acceptsCookies = true;
		}
		
		
		function WM_setCookie (name, value, hours, path, domain, secure) {
			if (WM_acceptsCookies) { // Don't waste your time if the browser doesn't accept cookies.
			var not_NN2 = (navigator && navigator.appName 
					   && (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') 
					   && navigator.appVersion 
					   && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 2))?false:true;
		
			if(hours && not_NN2) { // NN2 cannot handle Dates, so skip this part
				if ( (typeof(hours) == 'string') && Date.parse(hours) ) { // already a Date string
				var numHours = hours;
				} else if (typeof(hours) == 'number') { // calculate Date from number of hours
				var numHours = (new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours*3600000)).toGMTString();
				}
			}
			document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + ((numHours)?(';expires=' + numHours):'') + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'') + ((secure && (secure == true))?'; secure':''); // Set the cookie, adding any parameters that were specified.
			}
		} // WM_setCookie
		
		
		function WM_readCookie(name) {
			if(document.cookie == '') { // there's no cookie, so go no further
			return false; 
			} else { // there is a cookie
			var firstChar, lastChar;
			var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
			firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name);	// find the start of 'name'
			var NN2Hack = firstChar + name.length;
			if((firstChar != -1) && (theBigCookie.charAt(NN2Hack) == '=')) { // if you found the cookie
				firstChar += name.length + 1; // skip 'name' and '='
				lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar); // Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
				if(lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
				return unescape(theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar));
			} else { // If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
				return false;
			}
			}	
		} // WM_readCookie
		
		function WM_killCookie(name, path, domain) {
		  var theValue = WM_readCookie(name); // We need the value to kill the cookie
		  if(theValue) {
			  document.cookie = name + '=' + theValue + '; expires=Fri, 13-Apr-1970 00:00:00 GMT' + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:''); // set an already-expired cookie
		  }
		} // WM_killCookie
		
		
		// -->