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function newCookieParse(key, keyvalStr){
var keyStr = key + "=";
var kvLen = keyvalStr.length;
var keyStrIndex = 0;
var val = "";
while (keyStrIndex < kvLen){
var myIndex = keyStrIndex + keyStr.length;
if (keyvalStr.substring(keyStrIndex,myIndex) == keyStr){
var myVarEnd = keyvalStr.indexOf ("&", myIndex);
if (myVarEnd == -1) myVarEnd = kvLen;
val = keyvalStr.substring(myIndex,myVarEnd);
return val;
}
keyStrIndex = keyvalStr.indexOf("&", keyStrIndex) + 1;
if(keyStrIndex == 0) keyStrIndex = kvLen;
}
return "";
}
var acceptsCookies = false;
if(document.cookie == '') {
document.cookie = 'acceptsCookies=yes';
if(document.cookie.indexOf('acceptsCookies=yes') != -1) {
acceptsCookies = true;
}
} else {
acceptsCookies = true;
}
function setCookie (name, value, hours, path, domain, secure) {
var not_NN2 = (navigator && navigator.appName && (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') && navigator.appVersion && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 2))?false:true;
if(hours && not_NN2) {  if ( (typeof(hours) == 'string') && Date.parse(hours) ) {  var numHours = hours;
} else if (typeof(hours) == 'number') {  var numHours = (new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours*3600000)).toGMTString();
}
}
document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + ((numHours)?(';expires=' + numHours):'') + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'') + ((secure && (secure == true))?'; secure':'');  }
function readCookie(name) {
name += "=";
if(document.cookie == '') {
return false;
} else {
var firstChar, lastChar;
var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name);
var nameStartIdx =			theBigCookie.indexOf(name);
var preFirstCharInName = 	theBigCookie.substring(nameStartIdx-1,nameStartIdx);
if (preFirstCharInName != "" && preFirstCharInName != " ") {
name = ' '+name;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name);
}
if (firstChar != -1) {
if (firstChar != -1) firstChar += name.length;
lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
if(lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
return unescape(theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar));
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
function killCookie(name, path, domain) {
var theValue = readCookie(name);  if(theValue) {
document.cookie = name + '=' + theValue + '; expires=Fri, 13-Apr-1970 00:00:00 GMT' + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'');  }
}  function updateCookieShared (name,chip,value) {
var CookieShared = readCookie(name);
var updateChipShared =  chip + "=" + value + "&";
if (readCookie(name) == "") {
var newCookieShared = updateChipShared;
} else {
if (newCookieParse(chip,readCookie(name)) == "") {
var newCookieShared = readCookie(name) + updateChipShared;
} else {
var thisChip = chip + "=" + newCookieParse(chip,readCookie(name)) + "&";
var newCookieShared = CookieShared.replace(thisChip, updateChipShared);
}
}
if (name == 'PC') {
var expireDate = 'Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:23:59 GMT';
} else {
var expireDate = '';
}
setCookie(name,newCookieShared,expireDate,'/','excite.com')
}
function deleteCookieShared	(name, chip) {
var CookieShared = readCookie(name);
var CookieSharedChip = newCookieParse(chip,readCookie(name));
if (CookieShared != "" || CookieShared != "false") {
if (CookieSharedChip != "" && CookieSharedChip != "undefined" && CookieSharedChip != null) {
var thisChip = chip + "=" + CookieSharedChip + "&";
newCookieShared = CookieShared.replace(thisChip, "");
if (newCookieShared == "") {
var newCookieShared = "foo&";
}
setCookie(name,newCookieShared,'Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:23:59 GMT','/','excite.com')
}
}
}
var CookieSC = readCookie('SC');
function readCookieSC (chip) {
return (newCookieParse(chip,CookieSC));
}
function updateCookieSC (chip,value) {
updateCookieShared('SC',chip,value)
}
function deleteCookieSC	(chip) {
deleteCookieShared('SC',chip)
}
var CookiePC = readCookie('PC');
function readCookiePC (chip) {
return (newCookieParse(chip,CookiePC));
}
function updateCookiePC (chip,value) {
updateCookieShared('PC',chip,value)
}
function deleteCookiePC	(chip) {
deleteCookieShared('PC',chip)
}