function getCookie(name)
{
    var offset = document.cookie.indexOf(name + '=');
    if (offset < 0)
    {
        return null;
    }
    
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(';', offset);
    if (end < 0)
    {
        end = document.cookie.length;
    }

    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset + name.length + 1, end));
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}