var sBannerXML = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><banners>'
	+'<banner href="#" src="content/images/banner-home-1.jpg" alt="Leading UK Specialist in Volunteer and Adventure Travel throughout Africa" />'
	+'<banner href="#" src="content/images/banner-home-2.jpg" alt="Tailor Made Volunteer and Adventure Travel in Africa" />'
	+'<banner href="#" src="content/images/banner-home-3.jpg" alt="Volunteer - Wildlife Conservation, Medical Teaching, Orphan Care and much more..." />'
	+'<banner href="#" src="content/images/banner-home-4.jpg" alt="Do Something Amazing" />'
	+'</banners>';

//$(document).ready(function()
$('#banner_home').ready(function()
{	if ($('#banner_home')){
		/*$('#banner_home img, #banner_home script, #banner_home noscript, #banner_home embed, #banner_home object').remove();
		
		if (window.DOMParser){
			parser=new DOMParser();
			xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(sBannerXML,"text/xml");
		}
		else { // Internet Explorer
			xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
			xmlDoc.async="false";
			xmlDoc.loadXML(sBannerXML); 
		}
		
		
		$(xmlDoc).find('banner').each(function(){
			if ($(this).attr('href'))
				$('#banner_home').append('<a href="'+$(this).attr('href')+'"><img alt="'+$(this).attr('alt')+'" src="'+$(this).attr('src')+'" /></a>');
			else
				$('#banner_home').append('<img alt="'+$(this).attr('alt')+'" src="'+$(this).attr('src')+'" />');
			});*/

		$('#banner_home').cycle({fx: 'fade',timeout: 7000,pager: '#banner_nav',
			pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) { return '<a href="#">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>'; }
		});

	}
	
	 
});