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}, 2000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}

$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});


$(document).ready(function() {
	$("#time").countdown({date:"june 24, 2012 09:00"});
	
	$(".sponsors").css("opacity", 0);
	$(".sponsors").animate({opacity:1}, 1000).scrollable({vertical:true}).autoscroll();

	$('#slides').slides({
			play: 4000,
			preload: true,
			generateNextPrev: true
		});
	
});