function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#ctl00_slideshow1 IMG.active');

    if ($active.length == 0) $active = $('#ctl00_slideshow1 IMG:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#ctl00_slideshow1 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}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
    }
    
    function slideSwitch2() {
        var $active = $('#ctl00_slideshow2 div.active');

        if ($active.length == 0) $active = $('#ctl00_slideshow2 div:last');

        // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
        var $next = $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#ctl00_slideshow2 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  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


        $active.addClass('last-active');

        $next.css({ opacity: 0.0 })
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({ opacity: 1.0 }, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
    }

$(function() {
setInterval("slideSwitch()", 5000);
setInterval("slideSwitch2()", 5700);
});