function slideSwitch() {

	var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');
 
    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');
 
    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow IMG: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  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
 
 
    $active.addClass('last-active');
 
    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}
 
$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});



function descslideSwitch() {

	var $actived = $('#slideshow-desc p.active-desc');
    if ( $actived.length == 0 ) $actived = $('#slideshow-desc p:last');
 
    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $nextd =  $actived.next().length ? $actived.next()
        : $('#slideshow-desc p: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  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
 
 
    $actived.addClass('last-active-desc');

    $actived.hide();
    $nextd.css({opacity: 0.0})
    	.show()
        .addClass('active-desc')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() { 
            $actived.removeClass('active-desc last-active-desc');
        });
}
 
$(function() {
    setInterval( "descslideSwitch()", 5000 );
});