$(document).ready(function() {
	jQuery('a[rel*=external]').click( function() {
		this.target = "_blank";
	});


    jQuery('#banner').cycle({
		fx: 'fade', // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
		cleartypeNoBg: true // enable cleartype corrections
	});
});


/* for ie6 hover nav functinoality */
sfHover = function() {
	var sfEls = document.getElementById("mainNav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
	for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
		sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
			this.className+=" sfhover";
		}
		sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
			this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
		}
	}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);