$(function() {
   
// set opacity to nill on page load
		$("ul#menu span").css("opacity","0");
		// on mouse over
		$("ul#menu span").hover(function () {
			// animate opacity to full
			$(this).stop().animate({
				opacity: 1
			}, "100");
		},
		// on mouse out
		function () {
			// animate opacity to nill
			$(this).stop().animate({
				opacity: 0
			}, "500");
		});
	
});


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 () {
	slideSwitch()
    setInterval("slideSwitch()", 4000);
});