function getCookieVal (offset) {
	  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
	  if (endstr == -1)
	    endstr = document.cookie.length;
	  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
	}

	function FixCookieDate (date) {
	  var base = new Date(0);
	  var skew = base.getTime(); // dawn of (Unix) time - should be 0
	  if (skew > 0)  // Except on the Mac - ahead of its time
	    date.setTime (date.getTime() - skew);
	}

	function GetCookie (name) {
	  var arg = name + "=";
	  var alen = arg.length;
	  var clen = document.cookie.length;
	  var i = 0;
	  while (i < clen) {
	    var j = i + alen;
	    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
	      return getCookieVal (j);
	    i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
	    if (i == 0) break; 
	  }
	  return '0';
	}

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

	function DeleteCookie (name,path,domain) {
	  if (GetCookie(name)) {
	    document.cookie = name + "=" +
	      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
	      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
	      "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
	  }
	}

	function NoSurvey() {
		var expdate = new Date ();
		expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + (60 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
		SetCookie ("ANNOUNCEMENT","TRUE", expdate);
	}