function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    {
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    }
  }
return "";
}

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toUTCString());
}

function checkCookie_counter()
{
counter=getCookie('counter');
if (counter!=null && counter!="")
  {
  counter = parseInt(counter) + 1;
  setCookie('counter',counter,365);
  }
else
  {
	setCookie('counter',1,365);
  }
return 1; //this keeps the testimonials always showing. 'return counter' is what enables the dynamic cookie checking
}