function writeCurDate(id,lang)
{
    var obj = document.getElementById(id);
    var dt = new Date();
    var year = dt.getFullYear();
    var monthNum = dt.getMonth();
    var month = getMonth(monthNum,lang);
    var day = dt.getDate();
    if(obj)
        obj.innerHTML = month +' '+day+", "+year;
}

function getMonth(monthNum, lang)
{

    var mo;
    if(lang == 'en')
    {
        mo = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
    }
    else if(lang == 'es')
    {
        mo = new Array('enero','febrero','marzo','abril','mayo','junio','julio','agosto','septiembre','octubre','noviembre','diciembre');
    }
    else
    {
        mo = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
    }

    return mo[monthNum];
}


function writeTodaysNewsUrl()
{

    obj = document.getElementById('todays_news_href');

    var dt = new Date();
    var year = dt.getFullYear();
    var month = dt.getMonth()+1;
    var day = dt.getDate();

    if(day < 10)
        day = '0'+new String(day);

    if(month < 10)
        month = '0'+new String(month);

    if(obj)
        obj.href = '/news/'+year+month+day+'.htm';

}

    // google analytics

_uacct = "UA-2647064-1";
function loadGoogleAnalytics()
{
        //create script object
    var el = document.createElement('SCRIPT');
    el.src = 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js';
    el.type = 'text/javascript';

        //add it to the page
    var body = document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")[0];
    body.appendChild(el);
    setTimeout('loadUrchinTracker()',2000);
}

    //calls urchinTracker if it exists, else tries again later
function loadUrchinTracker()
{
    if ('function' == typeof window.urchinTracker)
    {
        urchinTracker();
    }
    else
    {
        setTimeout("loadUrchinTracker()",3000);
    }
}