function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
	    // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	    // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	    var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	    var a_temp_cookie = '';
	    var cookie_name = '';
	    var cookie_value = '';
	    var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

	    for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	    {
		    // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		    a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


		    // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		    cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

		    // if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		    if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		    {
			    b_cookie_found = true;
			    // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			    if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			    {
				    cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			    }
			    // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			    return cookie_value;
			    break;
		    }
		    a_temp_cookie = null;
		    cookie_name = '';
	    }
	    if ( !b_cookie_found )
	    {
		    return null;
	    }
    }

    function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
    {
// set time, it's in milliseconds
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct
expires time, the current script below will set
it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
    if ( expires )
    {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    }
    var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
    ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
    }