$(document).ready(function(){	
	$("#slider").easySlider({
		auto: true,
		pause: 3000,
		orientation: 'fade',
		continuous: true 
	});
	
	$('.news-scroller').vTicker({
	   speed: 500,
	   pause: 5000,
	   showItems: 3,
	   animation: 'fade',
	   mousePause: true,
	   height: 28,
	   direction: 'up'
	});	
	
	$("ul li:odd").addClass("odd");
	
	$('#appts').change( function() {
    	window.open( $(this).val() );
	});
	
});

// today
today = new Date
weekDayName = new Array ("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
monthName = new Array ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
function printDate(){
	document.write("<b>Today is " + weekDayName[today.getDay()]+ ", " + monthName[today.getMonth()] + " " + today.getDate()+ "</b>")
}