function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {

	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
		
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			return cookie_value;
			 
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		
		return null;
	}
   
}

function showcomments(){
    var u = Get_Cookie('weather_user')
    grayOut(true);
    makeRequest('emailcomments.asp?user=' + u,'spncomments');
    document.getElementById('spncomments').style.display='';
}

function bigad() {
    
    sessiont_cookie= Get_Cookie('currentsession');
    grayOut(true);
    document.getElementById("bigmacad").style.display = '';

   
    if (sessiont_cookie != 'done'){
        Set_Cookie('currentsession','done');
       grayOut(true);
       document.getElementById("bigmacad").style.display='';
        
        
    }
}


function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
    // set time, it's in milliseconds
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

    /*
    if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
    expires time, the current script below will set 
    it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
    delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
    */
    if ( expires )
    {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    }
    var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
    ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
   
}

 
function centeronload(){
        //cause ajax does not see this so i have to load it at the onclick
        var screenW = 640, screenH = 480;
        if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion)>3) {
         //screenW = screen.width;
         screenH = screen.height;
         screenW = document.body.offsetWidth;
        }
        else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape" 
            && parseInt(navigator.appVersion)==3
            && navigator.javaEnabled()
           ) 
        {
         var jToolkit = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
         var jScreenSize = jToolkit.getScreenSize();
         screenW = jScreenSize.width;
         screenH = jScreenSize.height;
        }
        
    document.getElementById("marinestrip").style.left=(screenW /2) - 350;
    
    document.getElementById("DetailsDetails").style.left=(screenW /2) - 350;
    
}


function grayOut(vis, options) {

  // Pass true to gray out screen, false to ungray
  // options are optional.  This is a JSON object with the following (optional) properties
  // opacity:0-100         // Lower number = less grayout higher = more of a blackout 
  // zindex: #             // HTML elements with a higher zindex appear on top of the gray out
  // bgcolor: (#xxxxxx)    // Standard RGB Hex color code
  // grayOut(true, {'zindex':'50', 'bgcolor':'#0000FF', 'opacity':'70'});
  // Because options is JSON opacity/zindex/bgcolor are all optional and can appear
  // in any order.  Pass only the properties you need to set.
  var options = options || {}; 
  var zindex = options.zindex || 500;
  var opacity = options.opacity || 70;
  var opaque = (opacity / 100);
  var bgcolor = options.bgcolor || '#000000';
  var dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');
  if (!dark) {
    // The dark layer doesn't exist, it's never been created.  So we'll
    // create it here and apply some basic styles.
    // If you are getting errors in IE see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
    var tbody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
    var tnode = document.createElement('div');           // Create the layer.
        tnode.style.position='absolute';                 // Position absolutely
        tnode.style.top='0px';                           // In the top
        tnode.style.left='0px';                          // Left corner of the page
        tnode.style.overflow='hidden';                   // Try to avoid making scroll bars            
        tnode.style.display='none';                      // Start out Hidden
        tnode.id='darkenScreenObject';                   // Name it so we can find it later
    tbody.appendChild(tnode);                            // Add it to the web page
    dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');  // Get the object.
  }
  if (vis) {
   // document.getElementById("spnweatherlist").style.visibility='hidden';
    // Calculate the page width and height 
    if( document.body && ( document.body.scrollWidth || document.body.scrollHeight ) ) {
        var pageWidth = document.body.scrollWidth+'px';
        var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight+'px';
    } else if( document.body.offsetWidth ) {
      var pageWidth = document.body.offsetWidth+'px';
      var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight+'px';
    } else {
       var pageWidth='100%';
       var pageHeight='100%';
    }   
    var pageWidth='100%';
       var pageHeight='170%';
    //set the shader to cover the entire page and make it visible.
    dark.style.opacity=opaque;                      
    dark.style.MozOpacity=opaque;                   
    dark.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opacity+')'; 
    dark.style.zIndex=zindex;        
    dark.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;  
    dark.style.width= pageWidth;
    dark.style.height= pageHeight;
    dark.style.display='block';	
 //   document.getElementById("spnweatherlist").style.display='none';	 
  } else {
    
     dark.style.display='none';
  //   document.getElementById("spnweatherlist").style.display='';
  }
}