/* Script to rotate the weekly events on the Terra Brasilis website.
By: Gustavo Sudre (gsudre@pobox.com)
Description: Gets the date and writes on the webpåge the appropriate event. */

dateVar = new Date();
day = dateVar.getDate();
month = dateVar.getMonth();
if (month==0) // january
{
    if (day<=17)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Stanislaw Ponte Preta</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.releituras.com/spontepreta_bio.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/spontepreta.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sergio Porto, better known as Stanislaw Ponte Preta, was born on January 1st, 1923. He created some of the most memorable characters in Brazilian humor and still is one of the country's most famous humorists.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=22)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Elis Regina</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Beach/7020/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/elis.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Elis Regina is considered Brazil's greatest singer of all time. The 'Little Pepper' led a controversial lifestyle for her time but had great success singing all styles of Brazilian music, from samba to bossa nova to jazz. Elis died in Sao Paulo on January 19th, 1982.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: S&atilde;o Paulo</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.fundacaooscaramericano.org.br/eng/History/Sao_Paulo/body_sao_paulo.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/saopaulo.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The city of Sao Paulo, today the 3rd largest city in the world, was founded on January 25th, 1554\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==1) // february
{
    if (day<=9)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: C&acirc;ndido Portinari</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.portinari.org.br/ppsite/ppacervo/vg/set_english.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/portinari.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Candido Portinari was one of Brazil's leading Modernist painters and died on February 6th, 1962. The image on the left is from a Brazilian bill issued in 1987.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=15)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Semana de Arte Moderna</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.asemanade22.hpg.ig.com.br/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/semanaartemod.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"With lectures, exhibits, concerts and performances, 1922's Week of Modern Art caused the most radical aesthetic rupture in the entire history of Brazilian culture and art.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=22)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: First color TV transmission in Brazil</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.redemeridional.com.br/protv/redetupi/tupi4.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tvacores.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"February 19th, 1972: the first official color TV transmission in Brazil takes place, covering a full day of festivities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It included (of course), a soccer match.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Carnaval</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.carnaval.com/main.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/carnaval.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Considered 'the largest party in the planet,' Brazil stops during CARNAVAL: 4 days of nonstop singing, dancing, drinking and general over-the-top fun. The most famous celebrations happen in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Olinda.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==2) // march
{
    if (day<=4)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Rio de Janeiro</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.ipanema.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/riodejaneiro.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rio de Janeiro was founded on March 1st, 1565 and today is the second largest city in Brazil.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=10)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Villa Lobos</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.branarecords.com/music/villa_lobos_pc5_1mvt_extract.m3u\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/villalobos.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Villa Lobos' musical goals of infusing European classical traditions with the folk music of his native culture Villa Lobos Live includes a rare 'live' recording of the 5th Piano Concerto conducted by the composer and recorded live in Vienna in 1955. The CD also includes Villa-Lobos' Brasileiras Bachianas No3 for piano and orchestra and 4 restored unaccompanied pieces for piano.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=19)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Castro Alves</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.secrel.com.br/jpoesia/ingcal01.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/castroalves.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Born on March 14th, 1847, Castro Alves was one of the great names in Brazilian Romanticism. His poems and are read and admired to this day, particularly those in which he denounces the evils of slavery.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Florian&oacute;polis, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, and Salvador</font></td></tr><tr><td><img src=\"graphics/calendar/fourcities.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" alt=\"Four of the largest Brazilian cities and state capitals celebrate their anniversaries this week. Florianopolis (Santa Catarina) Founded on March 23rd, 1726. Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) Founded on March 26th, 1772. Curitiba (Parana) Founded on March 29th, 1693. Salvador (Bahia) Founded on March 29th, 1549\"></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==3) // april
{
    if (day<=8)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Dia da Mentira</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario/paginas/cur_1abr.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/mentira.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"April 1st is 'Dia da Mentira' (Lie Day) and is the Brazilian version of April Fools? Day.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=15)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Fortaleza, CE</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0819209.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/fortaleza.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Fortaleza is the capital of the state of Ceara and is Brazil?s fifth largest city. It was founded on April 12th, 1726.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=17)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Brazilian Indian's Day</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.redemeridional.com.br/protv/redetupi/tupi4.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/indio.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"April 19th celebrates the Brazilian Indian and their contribution to the national culture. Brazil?s indigenous population was reduced from about 10 million in the 1500s to about 200,000 today. Their legacy, however, remains in the culture of Brazil, from food to language.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=21)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Tiradentes</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Tiradent.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tiradentes.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"April 21st is a national holiday celebrating Tiradentes, the leader of a strong movement calling for independence from Portugal. He was executed by Portuguese officers on April 21st, 1792. Brazil became an independent republic thirty years later.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Discoverer of Brazil</font></td></tr><tr><td><img src=\"graphics/calendar/descobrimento.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" usemap=\"#map1\" alt=\"On April 22nd, Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral landed on the eastern coast of what is now Brazil. He named the land Terra da Vera Cruz (land of the true cross). The name Brasil comes from the pau brasil tree that explorers took back to Europe.\"></td><map name=\"map1\"><area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"504,63,570,149\" href=\"http://www.institutopaubrasil.org.br/paubrasil.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"2,1,503,150\" href=\"http://www.terra.com.br/almanaque/descobrimento/descobrimento_1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"503,3,574,61\" href=\"http://www.terra.com.br/almanaque/descobrimento/descobrimento_1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"></map></tr>");
}
else if (month==4) // may
{
    if (day<=9)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Ayrton Senna</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.sennafiles.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/senna.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ayrton Senna da Silva is one the great sports heroes of Brazil. He was three times world champion of Formula One racing, and was on the way to his fourth title when he died during a race in Italy on May 1st, 1994\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=19)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Freedom for slaves</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.vilaisabel.com.br/leiaurea.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/abolicao.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"On May 13th, 1888, Princess Isabel signed a law abolishing slavery in Brazil, freeing close to four million African slaves.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Gabriela, Cravo e Canela</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.babelguides.com/view/work/15329\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/gabriela.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jorge Amado's novel Gabriela, Cravo e Canela is published on May 22nd, 1958. Te book was a huge best-seller and marks the beginning of a new phase in the author's work, less political and more sensual.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==5) // june
{
    if (day<=8)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Treaty of Tordesilhas</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa112999a.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tordesilhas.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"On June 7th, 1494, the king of Portugal and the king and queen of Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which gave the rights of all lands discovered west of the line to Spain, while all land to its east would belong to Portugal.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=17)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Dia dos Namorados</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.terra.com.br/almanaque/datas/namorados.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/namorados.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"'Dia dos Namorados' is Brazil's version of Valentine's Day, and is celebrated on June 12th\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=22)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Machado de Assis</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/ecandido/machado.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/machado.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Writer Machado de Assis, born on June 21st, 1839, is recognized as the most important Brazilian writer of all time, giving a new meaning to the literature of the country. His works include Quincas Borba (1891) and Dom Casmurro (1900).\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=26)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Festas Juninas</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.mundocaipira.com.br/folclore/3.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/festasjuninas.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"June is the month of the Festas Juninas, theme parties in honor of St. Anthony (on June 13th), St. John (June 24th) and St. Peter (June 29th). Some of the characteristic customs of these parties range from specific foods and drinks to the quadrilha dance, the forro music, the large bonfire at the center of the festivities, and the hillbilly costumes people wear.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Brazil wins its 5th World Cup</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/penta.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"On June 30, 2003, the Brazilian soccer team won its 5th World Cup (more than any other country) with a 2x0 score over Germany.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==6) // july
{
    if (day<=5)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Cazuza</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.allbrazilianmusic.com/en/artists/Artists.asp?Status=ARTISTA&Nu_Artista=121\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/cazuza.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cazuza was one of Brazil's first rock idols. His songs ranged from poetic romanticism to sharp social commentary. AIDS led him to an early death on July 7th, 1990.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=12)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Vinicius de Moraes</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000005SN4001006/0/103-5014430-7776628\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/vinicius.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Poet and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes was one of the original bossa nova composers and wrote dozens of songs which have since become MPB standards. He was Tom Jobim's songwriting partner for many years. Vinicius died on July 9th, 1980.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=17)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: 1950's World Cup loss</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.icarobrasil.com.br/anteriores/edanterior/191/ingles/191barbosa.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/copa1950.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"On July 16th, the final match of the 1950 World Cup was played in Rio de Janeiro's brand new Maracana Stadium, in front of a crowd of 199,850 people (a record that still stands today). The Brazilian team, however, lost the game to Uruguay (2x1) and the crowd left the stadium in silence.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=25)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Santos Dumont</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://members.lycos.co.uk/Vigilant/ASD/wright-controversy.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/santosdumont.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Santos Dumont built and flew some of the first airplanes in the world between 1906 and 1910. To this day, Brazilians still consider him the inventor of the airplane. He was born in Brazil on July 20th, 1883.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Lampi&atilde;o</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.brazilbrazil.com/lampiao.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/lampiao.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The bandit Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, known as Lampiao, was shot dead by the police on July 29th, 1938. He was the most famous of all cangaceiros and was a character in a large number of cordel romances, poems, and novels.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==7) // august
{
    if (day<=8)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Caetano Veloso</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/caetano.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Singer, songwriter, and musician Caetano Veloso was born in the state of Bahia on August 7th, 1942. He was one of the musical pioneers who created the Tropicalia style in the late 60's, combining traditional Brazillian rhythms with contemporary popular songwriting. He is still a major figure in Brazilian popular music and received a Grammy for his album 'Livro' in 2000.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=13)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Jorge Amado</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1477183.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/jorgeamado.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Jorge Amado, author of some of the most famous Brazilian literary works, such as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Tieta, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, was born on a cacao farm on August 10th, 1912. He is possibly the most popular Brazilian author of the 20th century, and his work has been extensively published abroad, translated into many languages.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=20)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Carlos Drummond de Andrade</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.mardepoesias.com.br/especial_drummondpoesias.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/drummond.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Carlos Drummond de Andrade died in Rio de Janeiro on August 17th, 1987. He was one of the greatest poets of the Portuguese language, and is particularly famous through his romantic poetry.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Paulo Coelho</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/biography.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/paulocoelho.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Author of the worldwide best-sellers Diary of a Magician and The Alchemist, writer Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro on August 24th, 1947.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==8) // september
{
    if (day<=4)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Tarsila do Amaral</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.tarsiladoamaral.com.br\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tarsila.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tarsila do Amaral was born on September 1st, 1886, and was one of Brazil's most important artists. The modernist painter was one of the founders of the Anthropophagic Movement in the early 20s and helped create an artistic aesthetic that was truly Brazilian.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=14)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Independence or Death</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://oregon.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasilhist2.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/independencia.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brazil claimed its independence from Portugal on September 7th, 1822. The symbol of this event is Peter I's cry of &quot;Independence or Death&quot; at the edge of the Ipiranga river.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=23)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: TV Tupi</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.30anosdehistoria.hpg.ig.com.br/tv.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tvtupi.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brazil was the fourth country in the world to be introduced to television when TV Tupi, the first Brazilian TV channel, startedbroadcasting on September 18th, 1950.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Saint Cosme and Saint Damian</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/biography.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/cosmedamiao.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Brazilian equivalent to Halloween may be September 27th, when Brazilians celebrate Saint Cosme and Saint Damian by giving out candy to children.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==9) // october
{
    if (day<=8)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Pel&eacute;</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.360soccer.com/pele/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/pele.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pel&eacute; is probably the most famous Brazilian celebrity around the world. On October 1st, 1977, 77,691 fans saw Pel&eacute; play the last game of his career. He retired with 1,281 goals in 1,393 games.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=20)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Children's Day</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.acidigital.com/aparecida/aparecida.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/nsaparecida.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"On October 12th, Brazilians celebrate the holiday of Nossa Senhora de Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil. On this same date, families also celebrate Children's Day by giving presents to the kids.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=25)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Ziraldo</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/ingles/comunica/quadrin/autilu/ziraldo/apresent.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/ziraldo.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartoonist and writer Ziraldo created some of the most famous illustrated characters in Brazilian culture, from the very Brazilian Saci to the child hero Menino Maluquinho ('Little Crazy Boy'). He is also well known for his role in the satirical journalism that opposed Brazil's military dictatorship in the 60's.  Ziraldo was born on October 24th, 1932.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Garrincha</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.rediff.com/sports/football/2002/may/garr.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/garrincha.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Garrincha is considered one of the best soccer players of all time. He was born on October 28th, 1983.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==10) // november
{
    if (day<=11)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Cec&iacute;lia Meireles</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.releituras.com/cmeireles_menu.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/ceciliam.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cec&iacute;lia Meirelles was born in Rio de Janeiro on November 7th, 1901. She is one of Brazil's most awarded writers, and her stories and poetry have been published around the world.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=16)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: End of Monarchy</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-745060-brazil_from_empire_to_republic-i\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/republica.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Brazil ceased being a monarchy and became a republic on November 15th, 1889. The royal family left the country two days later. As a way of celebrating the transition into a new government, yearly local and national elections are usually held on this day.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=26)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Black Consciousness Day</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://odia.ig.com.br/sites/cnegra/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/cnegra.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"November 20th has recently been appointed a holiday in Brazil, celebrating Black Consciousness Day. The date was chosen as a memorial to the death, in 1695, of Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of a fugitive slave colony that stood for close to a hundred years and at one point protected twenty thousand runaway slaves.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Cartola</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://kuarup.networx.com.br/mov/kcd143.mov\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/cartola.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cartola ('Top Hat') is considered the greatest samba composer of all time. Some of his most famous compositions are 'As Rosas N&atilde;o Falam' and 'Alvorada' (click here to listen). He also picked the name for one of Rio's most famous samba schools, Mangueira, as well as its colors, green and pink. Cartola died in Rio de Janeiro on November 30th, 1980.\"></a></td></tr>");
}
else if (month==11) // december
{
    if (day<=4)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Dom Pedro II</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=427\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/dpedroii.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dom Pedro II was Brazil's second and last emperor. Born in Rio de Janeiro on December 2nd, 1825, he was baptized as Pedro de Alcantara Joao Carlos Salvador Bebiano Xavier de Paula Leocadio Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga. Although he was considered a liberal, fighting for industrialization and the end of slavery, Pedro II was deposed as emperor in favor of a Republican government in 1889. He died in exile on December 5th, 1891.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=12)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Tom Jobim</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://nortemag.com/tom/realaudio/tomjobim/aguasdemarco.ram\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/tomjobim.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Antonio Carlos Jobim was one of the most important figures in the bossa nova movement that made that style of music not only a trademark of Brazilian music but was also very influential in North American jazz. His musical compositions, such as Waters of March (click here to listen) are famous around the world. Tom Jobim passed away on December 8, 1994.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=18)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Olavo Bilac</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://portrasdasletras.folhadaregiao.com.br/parnasianismo.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/olavobilac.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The poet, writer, and journalist Olavo Bilac was born on December 16th, 1865. Known as 'the Prince of Brazilian Poetry,' he was best known for his Parnassian poetry, a style which he codified in the sonnet 'Profession of Faith'.\"></a></td></tr>");
    else if (day<=26)
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: Chico Mendes</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.mma.gov.br/port/sca/capa/pcm.html\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/chicomendes.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" alt=\"Chico Mendes, an environmental activist and union leader in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, was murdered on December 22nd, 1988. Mendes drew international attention for his attempt to safeguard rain forests and prompted the Brazilian government to create a 2.4 million-acre reserve.\" border=\"0\"></a></td></tr>");
    else 
        document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=\"#003300\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"d\">This Week in Brazil's Culture: New Year's Eve</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~kosei/photogallery/Brazil2000/brazil00rioreveillon.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"graphics/calendar/newyears.jpg\" width=\"574\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" alt=\"New Year's Eve at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro\"></a></td></tr>");
}
