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

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = jQuery('#home_teaser div.dynamic_teaser:last');

    // get the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next() : jQuery('#home_teaser div.dynamic_teaser: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')
           .removeClass('active');

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

jQuery(function() {
    setInterval( "slideshow()", 5000 );
});