var acceptsCookies = false;

if(document.cookie == '')
{
	document.cookie = 'acceptsCookies=yes';
	if(document.cookie.indexOf('acceptsCookies=yes') != -1)
    {
        acceptsCookies=true;
    }
}
else
{
    acceptsCookies=true;
}


function readCookie (cookieName)
{
    if(document.cookie== '')
    {
        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        var firstChar, lastChar;
        var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
        firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(cookieName);
        var NN2Hack = firstChar + cookieName.length;
        if((firstChar != -1) && (theBigCookie.charAt(NN2Hack) == '=')) 
        {
            firstChar += cookieName.length + 1;
            lastChar   = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
            if(lastChar == -1)
            {
                lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
            }

            //decode any spaces (created as + symbols on server side)
            var cookieString = theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar);
            cookieString = cookieString.replace(/\+/g, '%20');
            cookieString = unescape(cookieString);
            //?? for some reason, the first try at unescaping doesn't always work
            cookieString = unescape(cookieString);

            return cookieString;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}