/**
 * gets a user cookie (i.e: 143_TURNKEY) and returns it's value
 * @return a string containing the user cookie value
 */
function getUID()
{	 
	var cookieName = '143_TURNKEY';
	
	var nameEQ = cookieName + "=";
	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 "";
}