$(function() {
   
		// set opacity to nill on page load
		$("ul#menu span").css("opacity","0");
		// on mouse over
		$("ul#menu span").hover(function () {
			// animate opacity to full
			$(this).stop().animate({
				opacity: 1
			}, "100");
		},
		// on mouse out
		function () {
			// animate opacity to nill
			$(this).stop().animate({
				opacity: 0
			}, "500");
		});
		
});



  function GetMonth(intMonth){
    var MonthArray = new Array("January", "February", "March",
                               "April", "May", "June",
                               "July", "August", "September",
                               "October", "November", "December") 
    return MonthArray[intMonth] 	  	 
    }
  function getDateStr(){
    var today = new Date()
    var year = today.getYear()
    if(year<1000) year+=1900
    var todayStr = GetMonth(today.getMonth()) + " " + today.getDate()
    todayStr += ", " + year
    return todayStr
    }