function _Altrec_createCookie(name, value, days, path, domain, secure) {
// convert number of days to the actual date 
  if (days) {
           var date = new Date();
           date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
           var expires = date;
   }
   else
        var expires = "";

// get rid of the subdomain name so the domain becomes e.g., .altec.com 
   var myDomain = document.domain.split('.');
   var domain = ".";
   if (myDomain.length == 3)
   {
        domain += myDomain[1];
        domain += ".com";
   }
   else
        domain = "";

// finally, now write the cookie information 

   var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");

   document.cookie = curCookie;

} // end of function

//alert("document.cookie is: " + document.cookie + " The domain: " + document.domain);
//alert("<script src=\"http://www.altrecoutlet.com/servlets/sistersite?otherdata=" + document.cookie+ "\" defer>");
var newTemp = document.cookie;
var newCookie = newTemp.replace(/\"/g,"");
document.write("<script src=\"http://www.altrecoutlet.com/servlets/sistersite?otherdata=" + newCookie+ "\" defer></script>");