/*** 
    Simple jQuery Slideshow Script
    Released by Jon Raasch (jonraasch.com) under FreeBSD license: free to use or modify, not responsible for anything, etc.  Please link out to me if you like it :)
***/
var $j = jQuery.noConflict();
function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $j('#slideshow div.active');
 
    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $j('#slideshow div:last');
 
    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    // var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        //: $j('#slideshow div:first');
 
    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order
    
    var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
    var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
    var $next  = $j( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
 
 
    $active.addClass('last-active');
 
    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active').animate({opacity: 0}, 1000);
        });
}

$j(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});