// Carousel

$(function() {
	$("#carousel > div:gt(0)").hide();
	
	setInterval(function() {
	  $('#carousel > div:first')
	    .fadeOut(1000)
	    .next()
	    .fadeIn(1000)
	    .end()
	    .appendTo('#carousel');
	},  12000);
	
});
	


//overlay 

$(function() {
	$("a[rel]").overlay({mask: '#000'});
});


//blanks a form input field. useful for having form labels as their default values.

function blank(a) { 
	if(a.value == a.defaultValue) a.value = "" 
}

//returns form to default value if unclicked and left blank
		
function unblank(a) { 
	if(a.value == "") a.value = a.defaultValue; 
}