function link_flash(href){
    var lf = document.getElementById('link_flash');
    var atag = lf.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    if(!atag){
        var link = document.createElement('a');
        atag = lf.appendChild(link);
    }
    atag.setAttribute('href', href);
}
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 "images/headers/academics2.jpg";
}
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.toGMTString());
}
function flash_setCookie(value){
    setCookie("brite_img", value, 365);
}