// begin script

function cookie_getVal(offset) {
   var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf(";",offset);
   //alert("cookie ===="+document.cookie);
   if (endstr == -1) 
      endstr = document.cookie.length;
   //alert("offset=" + offset + "\nVal="+unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset,endstr)));
   return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset,endstr));
}

function cookie_get(name) {
   //alert("name="+name);
   var alen = name.length
   var indexS = 0;
   var sVoid = "";
   var prevChar, nextChar;
   var dC = document.cookie;
   indexS = dC.indexOf(name,indexS)
   while (indexS != -1) {
      nextChar = dC.charAt(indexS + alen);
      if (indexS != 0) {
         prevChar = dC.charAt(indexS - 1);
         if ( nextChar == "=" && ( prevChar == " " || prevChar == ";")) {
            return cookie_getVal(indexS + alen + 1);
         }
         if ((nextChar == " " || nextChar == ";" || nextChar == "")
            && (prevChar == " " || prevChar == ";")) {
            return sVoid;
         }
      } else {
         if (nextChar == "=") {
            return cookie_getVal(indexS + alen + 1);
         }
         if (nextChar == " " || nextChar == ";" || nextChar == "") {
            return sVoid;
         }      
      }
      indexS = dC.indexOf(name,indexS + 1)
   }
   return null;
}

function cookie_set(name, value) {
   var argv = cookie_set.arguments;
   var argc = cookie_set.arguments.length;
   var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
   var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
   var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : document.domain;
   var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : null;
   //Only set cookie to newsmemory.com domain if it's a _ee cookie otherwise leave it in the current domain it's in so TAUID etc don't get set to newsmemory.com domain
   if ((name.indexOf('_eePref') >= 0 || name.indexOf('eeUserName') >= 0 || name.indexOf('_eePass') >= 0)  && domain && domain.indexOf('newsmemory.com') >= 0) {domain = 'newsmemory.com';}
   document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
      ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
      ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
      ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function cookie_delete(name) {
   var exp = new Date();
   exp.setTime(exp.getTime() - 2*(24*60*60*1000)); 
   var cval = cookie_get(name);
   if (cval != null) {
      // document.write("deleting " + name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString() + "<br>");
      document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
   }
}