function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
		{
		// set time, it's in milliseconds
		var today = new Date();
		today.setTime( today.getTime() );
		
		/*
		if the expires variable is set, make the correct
		expires time, the current script below will set
		it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
		delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
		*/
		if ( expires )
		{
			expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
		}
		var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
		
		document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
		( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
	}
	
	function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
		// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
		// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
		var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
		var a_temp_cookie = '';
		var cookie_name = '';
		var cookie_value = '';
		var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
		for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
		{
			// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
			a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
	
	
			// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
			cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
			// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
			if ( cookie_name == check_name )
			{
				b_cookie_found = true;
				// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
				if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
				{
					cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
				}
				// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
				return cookie_value;
				break;
			}
			a_temp_cookie = null;
			cookie_name = '';
		}
		if ( !b_cookie_found )
		{
			return null;
		}
	}
	
	function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
		if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
	}

	$(document).ready(function() {
		
		if (Get_Cookie( 'lang' ))
		{
			$('body').translate(Get_Cookie( 'lang' ));
		}
		
		$('#en').click(function() {	   
			$('body').translate('en');
			Delete_Cookie('lang', '/', '');
			Set_Cookie( 'lang', 'en', '', '/', '', '' );
		});
		

		$('#es').click(function() {	   
			$('body').translate('es');
			Delete_Cookie('lang', '/', '');
			Set_Cookie( 'lang', 'es', '', '/', '', '' );
		});


		$('#it').click(function() {	   
			$('body').translate('it');
			Delete_Cookie('lang', '/', '');
			Set_Cookie( 'lang', 'it', '', '/', '', '' );
		});
		
		
		$('#br').click(function() {	   
			$('body').translate('pt');
			Delete_Cookie('lang', '/', '');
			Set_Cookie( 'lang', 'pt', '', '/', '', '' );
		});
		
		$(".jquery-selectbox").change(function() {
			var str = "";
			$("select option:selected").each(function() {
				str += $(this).val();
			});
			$('body').translate(str);
			Delete_Cookie('lang', '/', '');
			Set_Cookie( 'lang', str, '', '/', '', '' );
		});
	});