function show_gig(url) {
    $('<div id="gig-listing-dialog" title="Gig Listing"></div>').load(url).dialog({
        close: function (event, ui) { $(this).empty(); },
        position: "top",
        modal: true,
        width: "600px"
    });
    return false;
}

docCookies = {
    getItem: function (sKey) {
                 if (!sKey || !this.hasItem(sKey)) { return null; }
                 return unescape(document.cookie.replace(new RegExp("(?:^|.*;\\s*)" + escape(sKey).replace(/[\-\.\+\*]/g, "\\$&") + "\\s*\\=\\s*((?:[^;](?!;))*[^;]?).*"), "$1"));
             },
    /**
     * docCookies.setItem(sKey, sValue, vEnd, sPath, sDomain, bSecure)
     *
     * @argument sKey (String): the name of the cookie;
     * @argument sValue (String): the value of the cookie;
     * @optional argument vEnd (Number, String, Date Object or null): the max-age in seconds (e.g., 31536e3 for a year) or the
     *  expires date in GMTString format or in Date Object format; if not specified it will expire at the end of session; 
     * @optional argument sPath (String or null): e.g., "/", "/mydir"; if not specified, defaults to the current path of the current document location;
     * @optional argument sDomain (String or null): e.g., "example.com", ".example.com" (includes all subdomains) or "subdomain.example.com"; if not
     * specified, defaults to the host portion of the current document location;
     * @optional argument bSecure (Boolean or null): cookie will be transmitted only over secure protocol as https;
     * @return undefined;
     **/
    setItem: function (sKey, sValue, vEnd, sPath, sDomain, bSecure) {
                 if (!sKey || /^(?:expires|max\-age|path|domain|secure)$/.test(sKey)) { return; }
                 var sExpires = "";
                 if (vEnd) {
                     switch (typeof vEnd) {
                         case "number": sExpires = "; max-age=" + vEnd; break;
                         case "string": sExpires = "; expires=" + vEnd; break;
                         case "object": if (vEnd.hasOwnProperty("toGMTString")) { sExpires = "; expires=" + vEnd.toGMTString(); } break;
                     }
                 }
                 document.cookie = escape(sKey) + "=" + escape(sValue) + sExpires + (sDomain ? "; domain=" + sDomain : "") + (sPath ? "; path=" + sPath : "") + (bSecure ? "; secure" : "");
             },
    removeItem: function (sKey) {
                    if (!sKey || !this.hasItem(sKey)) { return; }
                    var oExpDate = new Date();
                    oExpDate.setDate(oExpDate.getDate() - 1);
                    document.cookie = escape(sKey) + "=; expires=" + oExpDate.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
                },
    hasItem: function (sKey) { return (new RegExp("(?:^|;\\s*)" + escape(sKey).replace(/[\-\.\+\*]/g, "\\$&") + "\\s*\\=")).test(document.cookie); }
};