function theRotator() {
	// set the opacity of all images to 0
	$('div#rotator ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});
	
	// get the first image and display it (gets set to full opacity)
	$('div#rotator ul li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
		
	// call the rotator function to run the slideshow
	setInterval('rotate()',5000); // 4 seconds
	
}
function rotate() {	
	// get the first image
	var current = ($('div#rotator ul li.show')?  $('div#rotator ul li.show') : $('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')) ? $('div#rotator ul li:first') :current.next()) : $('div#rotator ul li:first'));	
	
	// 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}, 1000);

	// hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)
	.removeClass('show');
};

$(document).ready(function() {		
	// load the slideshow
	theRotator();
});