var sliderSpeed = 10000;

function hideSlider() {
    var c = jQuery('#sliderContainer');
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[0]).animate({'opacity':0}, 500, shrinkSlider);
}

function shrinkSlider() {
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[0]).animate({'width':0}, 500, moveSlider);     
}

function moveSlider() {
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[0]).css('display', 'none');
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[0]).appendTo(jQuery('#sliderContainer')) 
    
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[2]).css('display', 'block');
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[2]).css('opacity', 0);
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[2]).animate({'opacity':1}, 500); 
    
    jQuery(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div')[(jQuery('#sliderContainer > div').length-1)]).css('width', 198);     
    
    setTimeout(hideSlider, sliderSpeed);
}