function createCookie(name, value, days)
 {
   if (days) {
     var date = new Date();
     date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
     var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
     }
   else var expires = "";
   document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
 }

 function readCookie(name)
 {
   var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
   var nameEQ = name + "=";
   for(var i=0; i < ca.length; i++) {
     var c = ca[i];
     while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length); //delete spaces
     if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
     }
   return null;
 }

 function eraseCookie(name)
 {
   createCookie(name, "", -1);
 }

 function trackStat()  {
 	if (readCookie("validated") != "ok") {
 	  createCookie("validated", "ok");
 		TrackImage = new Image();
 		TrackImage.src = "/track_view?id=" + readCookie("returning");
 	}
 }

$(document).ready(function($) {trackStat();});