function displaybanner() {
	var exp = new Date();
	var varww = exp.getDay();
	var nowhour = exp.getHours();

	activatebanner = false;
	var startdate = new Date("April 19, 2010 00:00:00")
	var enddate = new Date("April 26, 2010 00:00:00")
	
	if (startdate < exp && enddate > exp) {
		activatebanner = true;
	} 
	
	if (activatebanner) { 
		var lefty = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; 
		
		if (getBannerCookie('bifreq') == '') {
			exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + lefty);		
			setBannerCookie('bifreq', 'yes', exp);
		}
		
		var bifreq = getBannerCookie('bifreq'); 
		
		if (bifreq == 'yes'){
			exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + lefty);	
			setBannerCookie('bifreq', 'no', exp);
			
			jQuery.facebox(function() { 
			  jQuery.get('/extra/splashbanner/bannerframe2.html', function(data) {
			    jQuery.facebox(data);
			    jQuery('#facebox').css('left', 10);
			    jQuery('#facebox').css('top', 40);			    
			  })
			}) 
		} else if (getBannerCookie('bifreq') == '') {
			exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + lefty);	
			setBannerCookie('bifreq', '1', exp);
		}
	}
}

function setBannerCookie(name, value, expires) {
	document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + '; path=/' + (typeof expires != 'undefined' ? '; expires=' + expires.toGMTString() : '');
}

function getBannerCookie(Name) {
  var search = Name + "="
  var returnvalue = "";
  if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
    if (offset != -1) {
      offset += search.length
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      if (end == -1)
         end = document.cookie.length;
      returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
      }
   }
  return returnvalue;
}