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

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

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

$(function(){
	if (window.locale.length==2) {
		createCookie("locale", window.locale, 7);
	}
});


/*
 * jQuery css clip animation support -- Jim Palmer
 * version 0.1.2
 * idea spawned from jquery.color.js by John Resig
 * Released under the MIT license.
 */
(function(jQuery){
	jQuery.fx.step.clip = function(fx){
		if ( fx.state == 0 ) {
			var cRE = /rect\(([0-9]{1,})(px|em)[,]? ([0-9]{1,})(px|em)[,]? ([0-9]{1,})(px|em)[,]? ([0-9]{1,})(px|em)\)/;
			fx.start = cRE.exec( fx.elem.style.clip.replace(/,/g, '') );
			fx.end = cRE.exec( fx.end.replace(/,/g, '') );
		}
		var sarr = new Array(), earr = new Array(), spos = fx.start.length, epos = fx.end.length,
			emOffset = fx.start[ss+1] == 'em' ? ( parseInt($(fx.elem).css('fontSize')) * 1.333 * parseInt(fx.start[ss]) ) : 1;
		for ( var ss = 1; ss < spos; ss+=2 ) { sarr.push( parseInt( emOffset * fx.start[ss] ) ); }
		for ( var es = 1; es < epos; es+=2 ) { earr.push( parseInt( emOffset * fx.end[es] ) ); }
		fx.elem.style.clip = 'rect(' +
			parseInt( ( fx.pos * ( earr[0] - sarr[0] ) ) + sarr[0] ) + 'px ' +
			parseInt( ( fx.pos * ( earr[1] - sarr[1] ) ) + sarr[1] ) + 'px ' +
			parseInt( ( fx.pos * ( earr[2] - sarr[2] ) ) + sarr[2] ) + 'px ' +
			parseInt( ( fx.pos * ( earr[3] - sarr[3] ) ) + sarr[3] ) + 'px)';
	}
})(jQuery);