function daysTill() {
  //----------  EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW  ------------------
  // EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW
  var day=	17 // Day
  var month=	9 // Month
  var year=	2010 //Year
  var event=	"the Convention"
  var end = 	"days until"
  //----------  END OF EDIT  -------------------------------

  var daystocount=new Date(year, month -1, day)
  today=new Date()
  if (today.getMonth()==month && today.getDate()>day)
  daystocount.setFullYear(daystocount.getFullYear())
  var oneday=1000*60*60*24
  var write = (Math.ceil((daystocount.getTime()-today.getTime())/(oneday)))
  document.write('Only <strong>'+write +'</strong> '+end+' '+event) }

function daysTillConclave() {
  //----------  EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW  ------------------
  // EDIT THE VARIABLES BELOW
  var day=	15 // Day
  var month=	10 // Month
  var year=	2010 //Year
  var event=	"the Conclave"
  var end = 	"days until"
  //----------  END OF EDIT  -------------------------------

  var daystocount=new Date(year, month -1, day)
  today=new Date()
  if (today.getMonth()==month && today.getDate()>day)
  daystocount.setFullYear(daystocount.getFullYear())
  var oneday=1000*60*60*24
  var write = (Math.ceil((daystocount.getTime()-today.getTime())/(oneday)))
  document.write('Only <strong>'+write +'</strong> '+end+' '+event) }