jQuery.cookie = function (key, value, options) 
	{
 	if(arguments.length > 1 && String(value) !== "[object Object]") 
		{
		options = jQuery.extend({}, options);
    if(value === null || value === undefined) 
			{
      options.expires = -1;
      }
		if(typeof options.expires === 'number') 
			{
      var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
      t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
      }
    value = String(value);
    return(
			document.cookie = 
				[
        encodeURIComponent(key), '=',
        options.raw ? value : encodeURIComponent(value),
        options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', 
        options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
        options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
        options.secure ? '; secure' : ''
        ].join('')
			);
		}
	options = value || {};
	var result, decode = options.raw ? function (s) { return s; } : decodeURIComponent;
	return(result = new RegExp('(?:^|; )' + encodeURIComponent(key) + '=([^;]*)').exec(document.cookie)) ? decode(result[1]) : null;
	};