function firstLoad() {

today=new Date();
thisDay=today.getDay();
theDays=["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];

theDay=theDays[thisDay];

ajaxFunction('schedule_'+theDay, 'schedule');
doAjax();

}

function ajaxFunction(theFunction, panel)
  {

  var xmlHttp;
  try
    {
    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
    xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    // Internet Explorer
    try
      {
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      }
    catch (e)
      {
      try
        {
        xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
      catch (e)
        {
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
        }
      }
    }

    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
      {
      if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
        {
		document.getElementById(panel).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
        } else {
		document.getElementById(panel).innerHTML="<img src='images/ajax-loader.gif'/>";
        }
      }

var randm = Math.floor(Math.random()*100000);
var url = theFunction+".php?x="+randm;

    xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
  }