function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
                // set time, it's in milliseconds
                var today = new Date();
                today.setTime( today.getTime() );
 
                /*
                if the expires variable is set, make the correct
                expires time, the current script below will set
                it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
                delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
                */
                if ( expires )
                {
                expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
                }
                var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
 
                document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
                ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
                ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
                ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
                ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}
 
 
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
                // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
                // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
                var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
                var a_temp_cookie = '';
                var cookie_name = '';
                var cookie_value = '';
                var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
 
                for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
                {
                                // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
                                a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
 
 
                                // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
                                cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
 
                                // if the extracted name matches passed check_name 
                                if ( cookie_name == check_name )
                                {
                                                b_cookie_found = true;
                                                // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
                                                if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
                                                {
                                                                cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
                                                }
                                                // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned  
                                                return cookie_value;
                                                break;
                                }
                                a_temp_cookie = null;
                                cookie_name = '';
                }
                if ( !b_cookie_found )
                {
                                return null;
                }
}
 
 
function createUserSelectionCookie() {
                if (!document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][0].checked && !document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][1].checked) {
                                alert("Please select a Country.");
                                return;
                }
 
                if (document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][0].checked) {
                                Set_Cookie('sessionSelectedLocale', document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][0].value, 365, '/', 'stelladot.com', '');
                                //alert("cookie set to value: " + Get_Cookie('sessionSelectedLocale'));
								history.go(-1);
                }
 
                if (document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][1].checked) {
                                Set_Cookie('sessionSelectedLocale', document.forms[0].elements["radMarket"][1].value, 365, '/', 'stelladot.com', '');
                                //alert("cookie set to value: " + Get_Cookie('sessionSelectedLocale'));
								history.go(-1);
                }
				
 
}