function theRotator() {
	//Set the opacity of all images to 0
	$j('div.rotator ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});
	
	//Get the first image and display it (gets set to full opacity)
	$j('div.rotator ul li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
		
	//Call the rotator function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
	
	setInterval('rotate()',7000);
	
}

function rotate() {	
	//Get the first image
	var current = ($j('div.rotator ul li.show')?  $j('div.rotator ul li.show') : $j('div.rotator ul li:first'));

    if ( current.length == 0 ) current = $j('div.rotator ul li:first');

	//Get next image, when it reaches the end, rotate it back to the first image
	var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().hasClass('show')) ? $j('div.rotator ul li:first') :current.next()) : $j('div.rotator ul li:first'));
	
	//Un-comment the 3 lines below to get the images in random order
	
	//var sibs = current.siblings();
        //var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );
        //var next = $j( sibs[ rndNum ] );
			

	//Set the fade in effect for the next image, the show class has higher z-index
	next.css({opacity: 0.0})
	.addClass('show')
	.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 5000);

	//Hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 5000)
	.removeClass('show');
	
};



$j(document).ready(function() {		
	//Load the slideshow
	setTimeout( "rotate();", 2000);
	theRotator();
	$j('div.rotator').fadeIn(1000);
    $j('div.rotator ul li').fadeIn(1000); // tweek for IE
});