function createCookie(name, value, days)
{
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
  else var expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
  window.location.reload();
}

function readCookie(name)
{
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  for(var i=0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length); //delete spaces
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
    }
  return null;
}

function cowmail(name, dname)
{ 
	var end = "&#099;&#097;" 
	var place = "%77%65%6C%6C%61%6E%64"
	document.write ("<a href='mai&#108;to:" + name + "&#064" + place + "." + end + "'>" + dname + "</a>")
}

/**
 * DHTML textbox character counter (IE4+) script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */

function taLimit() {
	var taObj=event.srcElement;
	if (taObj.value.length==taObj.maxLength*1) return false;
}

function taCount(visCnt) { 
	var taObj=event.srcElement;
	if (taObj.value.length>taObj.maxLength*1) 		taObj.value=taObj.value.substring(0,taObj.maxLength*1);
	if (visCnt) 
		visCnt.innerText=taObj.maxLength-taObj.value.length;
}