        /*  */
        function get_cookie(name) {
            var nameOfCookie = name + "=";
            var x = 0;
            while (x <= document.cookie.length) {
                var y = (x+nameOfCookie.length);
                if (document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie) {
                    if ((endOfCookie=document.cookie.indexOf( ";", y)) == -1)
                        endOfCookie = document.cookie.length;
                    return unescape(document.cookie.substring (y, endOfCookie));
                }
                x = document.cookie.indexOf (" ", x) + 1;
                if ( x == 0 )
                    break;
            };

            return "";
        }

        /*  */
        function set_cookie(name, value) {
            document.cookie = name + "=" + escape( value ) + "; path=/;";
        }
