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function getCookieValue(cookieName)
{
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   if (cookieStartsAt == -1)   {
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   if (cookieStartsAt == -1)   {
      cookieValue = null;
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   {
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      }

      cookieValue = unescape(cookieValue.substring(cookieStartsAt, cookieEndsAt ));
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}

function setCookie(cookieName, cookieValue, cookieDomain, cookiePath, cookieExpires)
{
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   if (cookieExpires == "")   {
      var nowDate = new Date();
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      nowDate.setHours(0);
      nowDate.setMinutes(0);
      nowDate.setSeconds(0);
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      //alert(nowDate);
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   if (cookiePath != "")   {
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}

var nowDate = new Date();
var lastVisit = getCookieValue("LastVisit");

if (lastVisit == null || lastVisit != "y") {
	lastVisit = "y";
      	setCookie("LastVisit",lastVisit,"","","");
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}
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