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function setCommonCookie(name, value) {
    setCommonCookie(name, value, window.mySiteVariables.homeSite);
}

function setCommonCookie(name, value, path) {
    now = new Date();
    fixDate(now);
    // 31536000000 = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 100 = 1 year in seconds.
    now.setTime(now.getTime() + 31536000000);
    setCookie(name, value, now, path, window.mySiteVariables.homeDomain,
	      false);
}

// name - name of the cookie
// value - value of the cookie
// [expires] - expiration date of the cookie (defaults to end of current
// session)
// [path] - path for which the cookie is valid (defaults to path of calling
// document)
// [domain] - domain for which the cookie is valid (defaults to domain of
// calling document)
// [secure] - Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires
// a secure transmission
// * an argument defaults when it is assigned null as a placeholder
// * a null placeholder is not required for trailing omitted arguments
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
//    alert("path=" + path + " and domain=" + domain);
    var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
	((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
	  ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
	    ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
    document.cookie = curCookie;
}

// name - name of the desired cookie
// * return string containing value of specified cookie or null if cookie
// does not exist
function getCookie(name) {
    var dc = document.cookie;
    var prefix = name + "=";
    var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
    if (begin == -1) {
	begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
	if (begin != 0) return null;
    } else
      begin += 2;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
    if (end == -1)
      end = dc.length;
    return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

// name - name of the cookie
// [path] - path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
// [domain] - domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to create
// cookie)
// * path and domain default if assigned null or omitted if no explicit
// argument proceeds
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
    if (getCookie(name)) {
	document.cookie = name + "=" +
	  ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
	    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
	      "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}

// date - any instance of the Date object
// * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs"
function fixDate(date) {
    var base = new Date(0);
    var skew = base.getTime();
    if (skew > 0)
      date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}

COOKIES_JS_HAS_BEEN_BEEN_INCLUDED = 0;

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