function setMenu() {
    if(getCookie_leftb('nav_why') == 1) {
       expand('why',true);
    }
     if(getCookie_leftb('nav_career_resources') == 1) {
       expand('career_resources',true);
    }
}
function startMenu(elementId) {
    if(getCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId) == 1) {
                opendiv(elementId);
                $('img_' + elementId).src='/images/leftb/expand_close.gif';
                setCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId,1,60);
    } else {
        if(getCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId) != 2) {
                opendiv(elementId);
                $('img_' + elementId).src='/images/leftb/expand_close.gif';
                setCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId,1,60);
        } else {
                closediv(elementId);
                $('img_' + elementId).src='/images/leftb/expand_open.gif';
                setCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId,2,60);
        }

    }
}
function expand(elementId,mode) {
        if($(elementId).style.display == 'none' || mode == 'force') {
                //show
                opendiv(elementId);
                $('img_' + elementId).src='/images/leftb/expand_close.gif';
                setCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId,1,60);
        } else {
                if(mode != true) {
                           //hide
                           closediv(elementId);
                           $('img_' + elementId).src='/images/leftb/expand_open.gif';
                           setCookie_leftb('nav_' + elementId,2,60);
                }

        }
}
function opendiv(which_div) {
        $(which_div).style.display='';
}
function closediv(which_div) {
        $(which_div).style.display='none';

}
function $(item) {
         return document.getElementById(item);
}
function setCookie_leftb(c_name,value,expiredays) {
         var exdate=new Date();
        var path = '/';
         exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
         document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
         ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
         ((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}

function getCookie_leftb(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 "";
}