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 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 "";
	}
	
	function setLocale(locale)
	{
		setCookie('thq-locale', locale, 365);
	}

	function getLocale()
	{
		var json_val = '';
		var cookie_val = getCookie('thq-locale');

		if(cookie_val != '')
		{
			return cookie_val;
		}

		$.ajax({
		  url: 'http://services.thqonline.net/locale.php',
		  async: false,
		  dataType: 'json',
		  success: function (json) {
			setLocale(json);
			json_val = json;
		  }
		});
		return json_val;
	}