<!--//hidden
function getUpPopUpTimer() {

	// get the cookie for the getUpPopUpTimer
	theTimer = getCookie("getUpPopUpTimer");

	// if it doesn't exist, set it to th current time
	if (theTimer == "none") {
		//get the current timer
		currentDate = new Date();
		currentTime = currentDate.getTime();

		theTimer = currentTime;

		setCookie("getUpPopUpTimer",theTimer);
	}
	
	return (theTimer);
}
function turnOffGetUpPopUp() {
	// expires = new Date();
	// expires.setYear(2003);

	var today = new Date();
	var expires = new Date(today.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
	var c = setCookie("getUpPopUpTimer",today.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),expires);
	// self.close combined with a window that contains flash causes a mac to crash at times.
	// so as a workaround, we load a page that immediately does a self.close
	document.location = "/global/close.html";
}
// -->