function squel (name, value) { 
 var argv = squel.arguments; 
 var argc = squel.arguments.length; 
 var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null; 
 var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null; 
 var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null; 
 var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false; 
 document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + 
  ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + 
  ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) + 
  ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) + 
  ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
 }

function GetCookie (name) { 
 var arg = name + "="; 
 var alen = arg.length; 
 var clen = document.cookie.length; 
 var i = 0; 
 while (i < clen) {
  var j = i + alen; 
  if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) return getCookieVal (j); 
  i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1; 
  if (i == 0) break; 
  } 
 return null;
}

function getCookieVal(offset) {
 var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
 if (endstr == -1) endstr = document.cookie.length;
 return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
 }