function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow DIV.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow DIV.slide:last');

    // use this to pull the divs in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next() : $('#slideshow DIV.slide:first');

    // uncomment below to pull the divs randomly
    // var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
    // var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
    // var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );

    $active.addClass('last-active');
//alert($next.html());
	$active.fadeOut("slow", function() {
									 	$next.fadeIn("slow");
										$next.addClass('active');
										$active.removeClass('active');
									 });
    /*
	$next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
	*/
}

$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 10500 );
});