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, 3000 = change to next image after 3 seconds
    setInterval('rotate()', 3000);
}

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

    //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() {
    theRotator();
});