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()',8000);
  
}

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');
  
};