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=/";
}

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 resetMediaControls()
{
	var sharedobjdiv = $('div#sharedobjects', $('body'));
	if(sharedobjdiv.length == 0) $('body').prepend('<div id=\"sharedobjects\"></div>');
	swfobject.embedSWF("Common/ManageSharedObjects.swf", "sharedobjects", "0", "0", "7");
}

function sendNotification(theData, resultHandler)
{

	$.ajax({
			type: 'POST',
  			url: CONTEXT_ROOT + '/Notify',
  			data: theData,
  			dataType: 'json',
  			success: resultHandler,
  			async: false,
  			cache: false
	});
}