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;
}


$(document).ready (function(){

   Cufon.replace('#access div#background-navigation-cap .menu > li > a', {
        hover: true
   });
   Cufon.replace('#tabs_bottom h4');
   Cufon.replace('#current', {
        textShadow: '1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .5)'
   });

    $('#sitemap div div ul li a br').remove();
    $('#side_nav div ul li a br').remove();
    $('#background-navigation-cap div ul li ul li a br').remove();

    $(document).ready(function(){
		$('.slider').advancedSlider({width:1680, height:550, slideshowControls:true, effectType:'simpleSlide', simpleSlideDirection:'leftToRight', navigationArrows:false, slideshowControls:false,    navigationButtonsDistance:-130});
});
    //var statusCook = readCookie('status');
    //if (statusCook) { $("#join").hide(); }


});