// Declare the CrossFade plugin
$.fn.crossfade = function(options) {
		// Set the default settings
	var settings = {
				fadeWait: 4000,
				fadeTime: 1500
	}
	var fadeCount = 0 ;
	
		// If options are passed in, merge them with the default settings
	jQuery.extend(settings, options) ;
	
		// the onload event handler that starts the fading
	var elts = this ;
	jQuery(elts).hide().slice(0,1).show() ;
	setInterval(function() { jQuery.crossfade.doCrossfade(elts,settings.fadeTime,fadeCount++) ; }, settings.fadeWait ) ;

		// Don't break the chain!
	return this ;
}

	// Set the helper functions and variables
$.crossfade = {
	doCrossfade: function(elts,fadeTime,fadeCurr) {
		fadeCurr = fadeCurr % jQuery(elts).length ;
		fadeNext = fadeCurr + 1;
		if (fadeNext == jQuery(elts).length) fadeNext = 0 ;
		jQuery(elts).slice(fadeCurr,fadeCurr+1).fadeOut(fadeTime) ;
		jQuery(elts).slice(fadeNext,fadeNext+1).fadeIn(fadeTime) ;				
	}
}