function slideSwitch() {
    var active = jQuery('#slideshow div.active');
	
	active.fadeOut(1000);

    if ( active.length == 0 ) active = jQuery('#slideshow div:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var next =  active.next().length ? active.next()
        : jQuery('#slideshow div: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  = jQuery( sibs[ rndNum ] );


    active.addClass('last-active');

    /*next.addClass('active').show("slide", { direction: "top" }, 1000, function() {
            active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });*/
	
	
		
	next.addClass('active')
        .fadeIn(1000, function() {
            active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });

        
    
        
}

$(function() {
	 var active = jQuery('#slideshow div.active');
     var sibs  = active.siblings();
     var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );
     var change  = jQuery( sibs[ rndNum ] );
	 active.removeClass('active');
     change.fadeIn(1000).addClass('active');
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 14000 );
});