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

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 null; 
}

function SetCookie (name, value) {
         var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
         var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
         var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
         var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
         var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
         var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
         document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) + ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) + ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function init() {
 	var newsArr = new Array();
 	newsArr[0] = new Array("Avalign to Apply RFID Technology to Wide Array of Medical Products","5.6.7.shtml");
 	newsArr[1] = new Array("Avalign to Apply RFID Technology to Wide Array of Medical Products","5.6.7.shtml");
	var newsArr2 = new Array();
 	newsArr2[0] = new Array("Avalign Technologies, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Nemcomed, Inc.","5.6.6.shtml");
 	newsArr2[1] = new Array("Avalign Technologies, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Nemcomed, Inc.","5.6.6.shtml");
 	newsArr2[2] = new Array("Avalign Technologies, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Nemcomed, Inc.","5.6.6.shtml");  	var lastNews = GetCookie('news');
 	if (lastNews == null) {
 		var now=new Date();
 		lastNews = now.getSeconds()%3;
  	}
 	lastNews++;
 	if ( lastNews > 1)
 		lastNews = 0;
  	var lastNews2 = GetCookie('news2');
 	if (lastNews2 == null) {
 		var now2=new Date();
 		lastNews2 = now2.getSeconds()%3;
  	}
 	lastNews2++;
 	if ( lastNews2 > 2)
 		lastNews2 = 0;
	var newsStr = '<p>NEMCOMED NEWS<br><a href="' + newsArr[lastNews][1] + '">' + newsArr[lastNews][0] + '<br>read more <strong>&gt;</strong></a></p>';
 	var newsStr2 = '<p><a href="' + newsArr2[lastNews2][1] + '">' + newsArr2[lastNews2][0] + '<br>read more <strong>&gt;</strong></a></p>';
 	document.getElementById("newsDiv").innerHTML = newsStr+newsStr2;
  	pathname = location.pathname;
 	myDomain = pathname.substring(0,pathname.lastIndexOf('/')) +'/';
 	// set expiry date to 1 year from now.
 	var largeExpDate = new Date ();
 	largeExpDate.setTime(largeExpDate.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 3600 * 1000));
 	SetCookie('news',lastNews,largeExpDate,myDomain);
 	SetCookie('news2',lastNews2,largeExpDate,myDomain); 
}