function addEvent( obj, type, fn )
{
	if (obj.addEventListener)
		obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.attachEvent)
	{
		obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function() { obj["e"+type+fn]( window.event ); }
		obj.attachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
	}
}

function removeEvent( obj, type, fn )
{
	if (obj.removeEventListener)
		obj.removeEventListener( type, fn, false );
	else if (obj.detachEvent)
	{
		obj.detachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
		obj[type+fn] = null;
		obj["e"+type+fn] = null;
	}
}


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 '';
}

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

function encode_utf8( s )
{
  return unescape( encodeURIComponent( s ) );
}

function decode_utf8( s )
{
  return decodeURIComponent( escape( s ) );
}