function getCookie(c_name)
	{
	var i,x,y,ARRcookies=document.cookie.split(";");
	for (i=0;i<ARRcookies.length;i++)
	  {
	  x=ARRcookies[i].substr(0,ARRcookies[i].indexOf("="));
	  y=ARRcookies[i].substr(ARRcookies[i].indexOf("=")+1);
	  x=x.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
	  if (x==c_name)
		{
		return unescape(y);
		}
	  }
	
	return ""; 
	}
	
	
	
	
	//This saves a cookie variable. set exdays to 365 so that it tries to keep if for a year at least 
	
	function setCookie(c_name,value,exdays)
	{
	var exdate=new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
	var c_value=escape(value) + ((exdays==null) ? "" : "; expires="+exdate.toUTCString());
	document.cookie=c_name + "=" + c_value;
	}
	
	function checkCookie()
	{
		//alert('in check cookie');
	var continent=getCookie("continent");
	if (continent!=null && continent!="")
	  {
		  //alert('continent found '+continent);	
		//continent has been found        		
		//redirect to the page for that continent 
		if (continent=='Africa'){
			//alert('Hello African');
			window.location = "za.html";
		}
		else if (continent=='North America'){
			//alert('Hello North American');
			window.location = "us.html";
		}
		else if (continent=='South America'){
			//alert('Hello South American');
			window.location = "us.html";
		}
		else if (continent=='Europe'){
			//alert('Hello European');
			window.location = "us.html";
		}
		else if (continent=='Asia'){
			//alert('Hello Asian');
			window.location = "us.html";
		}
		else if (continent=='Australia'){
			//alert('Hello Australian');
			window.location = "us.html";
		}
		

	  }
	else 
	  {  
	  		  //alert('continent not found - stay here');	
				//forward to the MAP page. 
	
	  }
	}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}