var slideshowSpeed = 1000;
var initialdelay = 10000;
var delay = 4500;
var timeout = null;

$(function(){
    $("#banner img").css("display","none").eq(0).css("display","block");
    timeout = window.setTimeout(nextSlide, initialdelay);
    $(".IE6 #gnav li,").hover(function(){$(this).addClass('hover');}, function(){$(this).removeClass('hover');});
    $("#gnav li").css('cursor','pointer').click(function(e){e.stopPropagation(); if(this.firstChild.href)window.location=this.firstChild.href;});
    $("a[rel=external]").each(function(){this.target="_blank"});
    $(".IE6 #gnav li,.IE7 #gnav li").parents().css("z-index",10);
});


function nextSlide(){

    var next = $("#banner img.showing").next();
    if(next.length==0)
        next = $("#banner img:first-child");

    $("#banner img.showing").fadeOut(slideshowSpeed).removeClass("showing");
    $(next                 ).fadeIn( slideshowSpeed,function(){ timeout = window.setTimeout(nextSlide, delay)}).addClass("showing");
    
}