function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow div.active');

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

    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next() : $('#slideshow div:first');

    $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()", 3000 );
});

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#top-section #date_from').css('height','14px');
  $('#slideshow div div.captionBar').css('opacity','0.7');
});