//Initialize
$(document).ready(function(){	
   
	$(".nieuw").hide();	 
    	$(".nieuwbericht").toggle(function(){
     		$(".nieuw").animate({ height: 'show', opacity: 'show' }, 'slow');
  			},function(){
    		$(".nieuw").animate({ height: 'hide', opacity: 'hide' }, 'slow');
   	});
	
	setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 6000 ); 
	
	
});

function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');
 
    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');
 
    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow 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}, 2000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}