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    var browserVersion = navigator.appVersion;

    var updated = document.lastModified;

    if ( browserName.slice(0,1) == "N")     /* this gets year for Netscape */
       {
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        var i = 0;
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        var Month = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
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                       {
                        temp = temp + Month[j].length;
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               }
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        var copyrightdate = updated.slice(temp + 6,temp + 6 + 4);
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    if ( browserName.slice(0,1) == "M")     /* this gets year for IE */
       {
        var copyrightdate = updated.slice(6,10);
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    var thispage = document.URL.toLowerCase();
    var homeroot = "http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/pegg/";
    var homepage = "default.htm";
    var wm_name = "C. Anthony Lewis";
    var wm_email = "calewis@plymouth.ac.uk";

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    if (author)
       {
        document.write("<a href='mailto:",email,"' onMouseOver=\"window.status='",author,"'; return true\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\">",position,"</a> ");
        document.write("or the ");
       }
    document.write("<a href='mailto:",wm_email,"' onMouseOver=\"window.status='",wm_name,"'; return true\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\">Webmaster</a>.</p>\n");

    document.write("<p class=\"small\">Last Updated/Validated: ",updated,"\n");
    document.write("<br />Document URL: <a href=\"",thispage,"\">",thispage,"</a>\n");
    document.write("<br />Home URL: <a href=\"",homepage,"\">",homepage,"</a></p>\n");

/*    document.write("<p class=\"small\"><a href=\"donate4free.htm\" OnClick=\"window.open('donate4free.htm','donate4free','resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=500,height=420')\">Make a free donation to a good cause</a>.</p>\n"); */
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    document.write("<p class=\"small\">© ",copyrightdate," by ",copyrightby,". All Rights Reserved</p>\n");

//    document.close();
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