function popNews() {
//  window.open('/pop.alert.html', 'popupnews', 'scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=yes,width=350,height=400');
}

var fCookie = document.cookie;
function getCookie(name) {
  name += "="; // append '=' to name string
  var i = 0; // index of first name=value pair
  while (i < fCookie.length) {
    var offset = i + name.length; // end of section to compare with name string
    if (fCookie.substring(i, offset) == name) { // if string matches
      var endstr = fCookie.indexOf(";", offset); // locate end of name=value pair
    if (endstr == -1) endstr = fCookie.length;
      return unescape(fCookie.substring(offset, endstr)); // return cookie value section
  }
  i = fCookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1; // move i to next name=value pair
  if (i == 0) break; // no more values in cookie string
  }
  return null; // cookie not found
}

var doPop = 0;
var today = new Date();
var expiry = new Date(today.getTime() + 45 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
var lastmod = getCookie("seenpopnews") || '';
if ('1122624118' != lastmod) {
  doPop = 1;
}

// Expire the cookie in 45 days
document.cookie = "seenpopnews=" + 1122624118 + "; expires=" + expiry.toGMTString();

if (doPop) {
  //null;
  popNews(); //commented out until client can provide feedback
}