//var alertPage = "newsalert.htm";  //comment out to cancel;
var alertYY=2006, alertMM=2, alertDD=20;

var sessionExists, lastVisit, visitInterval;
var lastDt, expireDt, nowDt;

sessionExists = ReadCookie("mcscsession");
if (sessionExists != "TRUE") 	//first time
{
	WriteCookie("mcscsession","TRUE");
	lastVisit = ReadCookie("mcsclastvisit");
	nowDt    = new Date();   
	expireDt = new Date();
	expireDt.setFullYear(expireDt.getFullYear()+1);
	WriteCookie("mcsclastvisit", nowDt, "", 
		"", expireDt );

	if (alertPage != "" )
	{	winHandle = window.open(alertPage, 'alertPageWindow',
			'resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=600,height=350');
		if (winHandle.opener == null)
			winHandle.opener = self;
		winHandle.focus();
	}
}