function getCookie(name) {
    var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
    var len = start+name.length+1;
    if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))) return null;
    if (start == -1) return null;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
    if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

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

function deleteCookie(name,path,domain) {
    if (getCookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
       ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
       ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
       ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
}

var today = new Date();
var zero_date = new Date(0,0,0);
today.setTime(today.getTime() - zero_date.getTime());

var todays_date = new Date(today.getYear(),today.getMonth(),today.getDate(),0,0,0);
var expires_date = new Date(todays_date.getTime() + (8 * 7 * 86400000));

function storeMasterCookie() {
    if (!getCookie('mawMasterCookie'))
        setCookie('mawMasterCookie','mawMasterCookie');
}

function storeIntelligentCookie(name,value) {
    if (getCookie('mawMasterCookie')) {
        var IntelligentCookie = getCookie(name);
        if ((!IntelligentCookie) || (IntelligentCookie != value)) {
            setCookie(name,value,expires_date);
            var IntelligentCookie = getCookie(name);
            if ((!IntelligentCookie) || (IntelligentCookie != value))
                deleteCookie('MasterCookie');
        }
    }
}

var icookie_loaded = true;