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: 	Enlarge an image when it is hovered over */

$(document).ready(function(){

	//get the width
	var oWidth = $('img.resize').width();
	//get the height
	var oHeight = $('img.resize').height();
	//we want to preserve the proportions of the image, so we get the multipler (you could always multipy the multiplier to get a large image
	var mpx = (oWidth / oHeight);
	
	//run a function when the image is hovered over
	$('img.resize')
		//mouseOver effect
		.hover(function(){
			//take the currently targeted img
			$(this)
				//stops the event from happening in case of an abrupt mouseOut
				.stop()
				//custom animation effect to change the width and height of the img
				.animate({
					//take the original width/height X multipler and tag on the 'px'
					width: (185) +'px',
					height: (70) +'px'
				//space the animation out over 1 sec (deals in milliseconds)
				},500);
		},
		//this is just like a mouseOut effect to take the img back to the original size
		function(){
			$(this)
				//stops the event from happening in case of an abrupt mouseOut
				.stop()
				.animate({
					width: oWidth +'px',
					height: oHeight +'px'
				},500);
		});
});