function displayBannerAfter(selector, text, delay){
	if(!delay) delay=0;
	setTimeout(function(){
		displayBanner(selector,text);
	}, delay);
}
function displayBanner(selector,text){

	// load this banner text (we will recurse later)
	thisText=text.shift();

	// styling
	padding='60px 0px 60px 0px';
	textAlign='center';
	fontSize='15px';
	foreColour='#eee';
	maskColour='#000';
	maskOpacity=0.4;

	// animation timing
	slideDuration=800;
	fadeInDuration=200;
	holdDuration=2000;
	fadeOutDuration=200;

	// loop through all images, generating their captions
	jQuery(selector).each(function(){

		bannerText = jQuery(document.createElement('div'))
			.html(thisText)
			.height('auto').width(jQuery(this).width())
			.css({fontSize:fontSize,padding:padding,textAlign:textAlign})
			.css({opacity:1, backgroundColor:'transparent', position:'absolute',color:foreColour})
			.prependTo(jQuery(this).parent())
			.css('top',jQuery(this).position().top)
			.hide();

		bannerCanvas = jQuery(document.createElement('div'))
			.html(thisText)
			.height('auto').width(jQuery(this).width())
			.css({fontSize:fontSize,padding:padding,textAlign:textAlign})
			.css({backgroundColor:maskColour, opacity:maskOpacity, position:'absolute',color:maskColour})
			.prependTo(jQuery(this).parent())
			.css('top',jQuery(this).position().top)
			.hide();

		jQuery(bannerCanvas).slideDown(slideDuration,function(){
			jQuery(bannerText).fadeIn(fadeInDuration).delay(holdDuration).fadeOut(fadeOutDuration,function(){
				jQuery(bannerCanvas).hide('slow');
				if(text.length){
					displayBanner(selector,text);
				}
			});
		});
	});
}