//home page slider
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('#slider_area').cycle({ 
			fx:     'fade', 
			easing: 'backout', 
			timeout: 4000, 
			delay: 2000,
			pager:  '#numbers', 
			cleartype:  1,
			pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx) { 
				return '<li><a href="#" title="">&nbsp;</a></li>'; 
			} 
		});
	});