var expdate = new Date();
expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + 3*365*24*60*60*1000);

setCookie('brand', 'mdl');


function setCookie(name,value) {
   //strCookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +"; expires=" + expdate.toGMTString();
   strCookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; path=/; domain=rochester.edu";
	
   document.cookie = strCookie; 
}

function getCookie(name) {
	var cookie = " " + document.cookie;
	var search = " " + name + "=";
	var setStr = null;
	var offset = 0;
	var end = 0;
	if (cookie.length > 0) {
		offset = cookie.indexOf(search);
		if (offset != -1) {
			offset += search.length;
			end = cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
			if (end == -1) {
				end = cookie.length;
			}
			setStr = unescape(cookie.substring(offset, end));
		}
	}
	return(setStr);
}