function getCookie(name) {
					var dc = document.cookie;
					var prefix = name + "=";
					var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
				if (begin == -1) {
					 begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
					if (begin != 0) return null;
				} else
					begin += 2;
				var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
				if (end == -1)
					end = dc.length;
				return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
				}
	
				// LIST ALL SHOW/HIDE ELEMENT IDS HERE
				menus_array = new Array ('dd1', 'dd2', 'dd3', 'dd4', 'dd5', 'dd6', 'dd7', 'dd8', 'dd9', 'dd10');
				menus_status_array = new Array ();// remembers state of switches
				img_close = '../images/expandbutton-close.gif';
				img_open = '../images/expandbutton-open.gif';

function showHideSwitch (theid) {
			if (document.getElementById) {
				var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);
				var imgid = theid+'Button';
				var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
			if (menus_status_array[theid] != 'show') {
				button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
				switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
				menus_status_array[theid] = 'show';
				document.cookie = theid+'=show';
			}else{
				button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
				switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
				menus_status_array[theid] = 'hide';
				document.cookie = theid+'=hide';
					}
				}
			}
			function resetMenu () { // read cookies and set menus to last visited state
			if (document.getElementById) {
				for (var i=0; i<menus_array.length; i++) {
				var idname = menus_array[i];
				var switch_id = document.getElementById(idname);
				var imgid = idname+'Button';
				var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
				if (getCookie(idname) == 'show') {
					button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
					switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
					menus_status_array [idname] = 'show';
				}else{
					button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
					switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
					menus_status_array [idname] = 'hide';
				}
				}
			}
			}