function utf8_decode(str_data){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    var tmp_arr = [], i = ac = c1 = c2 = c3 = 0;
 
    str_data += '';
 
    while ( i < str_data.length ) {
        c1 = str_data.charCodeAt(i);
        if (c1 < 128) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(c1);
            i++;
        } else if ((c1 > 191) && (c1 < 224)) {
            c2 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+1);
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(((c1 & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
            i += 2;
        } else {
            c2 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+1);
            c3 = str_data.charCodeAt(i+2);
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(((c1 & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
            i += 3;
        }
    }
 
    return tmp_arr.join('');
}

function replaceArrayVars(aKeys, valueString)
{
	var aParams		= valueString.split(',');
	for ( key in aParams )		
	{
		if ( aParams[key].length > 0 )
		{
			var param	= aParams[key].split('=');
			if ( typeof aKeys[param[0]] != 'undefined' )
				aKeys[param[0]] = param[1];
		}
	}
	
	return aKeys;
}

function base64_decode( data ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
 
    // mozilla has this native
    // - but breaks in 2.0.0.12!
	/*
	if (typeof window['btoa'] == 'function') {
		return btoa(data);
	}*/
 
    var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
    var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = ac = 0, dec = "", tmp_arr = [];
 
    data += '';
 
    do {  // unpack four hexets into three octets using index points in b64
        h1 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h2 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h3 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
        h4 = b64.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
 
        bits = h1<<18 | h2<<12 | h3<<6 | h4;
 
        o1 = bits>>16 & 0xff;
        o2 = bits>>8 & 0xff;
        o3 = bits & 0xff;
 
        if (h3 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1);
        } else if (h4 == 64) {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2);
        } else {
            tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2, o3);
        }
    } while (i < data.length);
 
    dec = tmp_arr.join('');
    dec = utf8_decode(dec);
 
    return dec;
}

/**
 * Cookie plugin
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
 */
jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
        options = options || {};
        if (value === null) {
            value = '';
            options = $.extend({}, options); // clone object since it's unexpected behavior if the expired property were changed
            options.expires = -1;
        }
        var expires = '';
        if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
            var date;
            if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
                date = new Date();
                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
            } else {
                date = options.expires;
            }
            expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
        }

        var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';
        var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';
        var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
        document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
    } else { // only name given, get cookie
        var cookieValue = null;
        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
                // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return cookieValue;
    }
};