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, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds

        setInterval('rotate()', 6000);

    }

    function rotate() {
        //Get the first image
        var current = ($('div.rotator ul li.show') ? $('div.rotator ul li.show') : $('div.rotator ul li:first'));

        if (current.length == 0) current = $('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'));

        //Un-comment the 3 lines below to get the images in random order

        //var sibs = current.siblings();
        //var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );
        //var next = $( sibs[ rndNum ] );


        //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();
        $('div.rotator').fadeIn(1000);
        $('div.rotator ul li').fadeIn(1000); // tweek for IE
    });