var randomNum = Math.random()+"";
var randomNumLong = randomNum * 1000000000000000000;
function placeChannelNav(channel)
{
  akamai = "http://media.washingtonpost.com" ;
  channelNavPath = "/wp-srv/javascript/channelnav/images/" ;
  if (channel != "p2p") {
  channelNav = '<A target="_top" href="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/javascript/channelnav/nav_imagemap.map"><IMG src="'+akamai+channelNavPath+channel+'.gif" border="0" width="760" height="42" ismap="true"></a><br clear="all">' ;
  }
  else {
  channelNav = '<A target="_top" href="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/javascript/channelnav/nav_imagemap.map"><IMG src="'+akamai+channelNavPath+channel+'.gif" border="0" width="775" height="42" ismap="true"></a><br clear="all">';
  }

  document.write(channelNav) ;
  
  //--------------- EZULA FIX --------------------//
  // if the channel isn't cars - added because of a cars specific issue
	// if the channel isn't jobs - added because of a jobs specific issue
  if ( (channel.indexOf("cars") == -1) && (channel.indexOf("jobs") == -1) )
  {
    //alert(channel);
    document.write("<style type=\"text/css\">span {font-size:1px}</style>");
  }
  
}

// THE FOLLOWING CODE PLACES A UNIVERSAL PERSISTENT COOKIE RESIDENT ON USERS' MACHINES
// THE FOLLOWING CODE PLACES A UNIVERSAL PERSISTENT COOKIE RESIDENT ON USERS' MACHINES
var upc_url = new String(document.location.href) ;

// if (upc_url.indexOf(".washingtonpost.com") > -1)
if (upc_url.indexOf(".washingtonpost.com") > -1)
{
  c = document.cookie; 
  var pos = c.indexOf("WPNIUCID"); 
  if (pos == -1) 
  {
    d = new Date(); 
    i = "WPNI"+ d.getTime() +"."+ Math.round(Math.random()*10000); 
    d.setTime(d.getTime() + 31104000000); 
    document.cookie = "WPNIUCID="+ i + 
                      "; expires="+ d.toGMTString() + 
                      "; path=/"+ 
                      "; domain=.washingtonpost.com";
  }
}