function checktime(was)
{
test = 0;
if (test | (location.protocol == 'http:'))
   {
   now = new Date();
   delay = now.getTime()/1000 - was;
   tenMinutes = 600;
   if (test) {alert(delay)};
   if (test | (delay > tenMinutes))
	{
	alert(  'Sorry, there appears to be an error in the scripting on \n' + 
		'this page. It might not display correctly.              \n\n' + 

		'Please click on Refresh and re-fetch this page. If this \n' + 
		'message appears again, please contact the webmaster so  \n' + 
		'that we can correct the problem.')

	}
   }
}