function displayLegendFeedback(node_id, message, img) {
	var alert_str = 'displayLegendFeedback' + "\n";
	alert_str += 'node_id: ' + node_id + "\n";
	alert_str += 'message: ' + message + "\n";
	
	//alert(alert_str);
	
	//$('#' + node_id + ' legend').text('dd');
	//var existing_text = $('#' + node_id + ' legend').text();
	
	var load_img = '';
	if (img) {
		load_img = $('#ajaxFormLoadingImage').html();
	}
	//alert(content);
	
	$('#' + node_id + ' legend').append('<span> - ' + message + load_img + '</span>');
}



function clearLegendFeedback(div_id) {
	$('#' + div_id + ' legend span').remove();
}

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// from the man
// http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html

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=/";
}

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

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

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