function takeOver(){
	setCookiesTimeout("takeOver", "done");
}

function setCookiesTimeout(name, value) {
      var valueEscaped = escape(value);
      var expiresDate = new Date();
      expiresDate.setTime(expiresDate.getTime() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // once a day
      var expires = expiresDate.toGMTString();
      var newCookie = name + "=" + valueEscaped + "; path=/; expires=" + expires;
      document.cookie = newCookie + ";";
}

function getCookies(name) {
      var prefix = name + "=";
      var cookieStartIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(prefix);
      if (cookieStartIndex == -1) return null;
      var cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookieStartIndex + prefix.length);
      if (cookieEndIndex == -1) cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.length;
      return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieStartIndex + prefix.length, cookieEndIndex));
}