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 );
});



var timeout         = 500;
var closetimer		= 0;
var ddmenuitem      = 0;

function jsddm_open()
{	jsddm_canceltimer();
	jsddm_close();
	ddmenuitem = $(this).find('ul').eq(0).css('visibility', 'visible');}

function jsddm_close()
{	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.css('visibility', 'hidden');}

function jsddm_timer()
{	closetimer = window.setTimeout(jsddm_close, timeout);}

function jsddm_canceltimer()
{	if(closetimer)
	{	window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;}}

$(document).ready(function()
{	$('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseover', jsddm_open);	
	$('#jsddm > li').bind('mouseout',  jsddm_timer);});

document.onclick = jsddm_close;