function bannerFade(){
currBanner = 0;	
allBanners  =  $$('.banners'); 
numBanners  = allBanners.length;  
for (i=0 ; i < numBanners  ; i++) if (allBanners[i].style.display=='' || allBanners[i].style.display=='block' )  currBanner = i+1;
if (numBanners>1 && currBanner >= 1 ) changeTimer = window.setTimeout("imageFader()",5000); 
}

function imageFader(){
window.clearTimeout(changeTimer); 
nextBanner = currBanner+1;
if(nextBanner > numBanners ) nextBanner=1;
new Effect.Fade('banner' + currBanner,   { duration:2.8} )
new Effect.Appear('banner' + nextBanner,   { duration:2.8 } )
currBanner = nextBanner;
changeTimer = window.setTimeout("imageFader()",5000);
} 


function externalLinks(){
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
var anchor = anchors[i];
if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") anchor.target = "_blank";
}
}




Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
externalLinks();

bannerFade() ;


})// eo ready*/