function slideShow(speed) {  
	//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption  
	$('ul.slideshow').append('<li id="slideshow-caption" class="caption"><div class="slideshow-caption-container"><h3></h3><p></p></div></li>');  
	//Set the opacity of all images to 0  
	$('ul.slideshow li').css({opacity: 0.0});  
	//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)  
	$('ul.slideshow li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});  
	//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it  
	$('#slideshow-caption h3').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('title'));  
	$('#slideshow-caption p').html($('ul.slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('alt'));  
	//Display the caption  
	$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, bottom:0});  
	//Call the gallery function to run the slideshow      
	var timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);  
	//pause the slideshow on mouse over  
	$('ul.slideshow').hover(  
		function () {  
			clearInterval(timer);     
		},    
		function () {  
			timer = setInterval('gallery()',speed);           
		}  
	);  
	//Get the first url value and add it to the first caption
	var firstanchor = $('ul.slideshow li:first').find('a').attr('href');
	$('#slideshow-caption a').attr('href', firstanchor);
}  
function gallery() {  
	//if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image  
	var current = ($('ul.slideshow li.show')?  $('ul.slideshow li.show') : $('#ul.slideshow li:first'));  
	//Get next image, if it reached the end of the slideshow, rotate it back to the first image  
	var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().attr('id') == 'slideshow-caption')? $('ul.slideshow li:first') :current.next()) : $('ul.slideshow li:first'));  
	//Get next image caption  
	var title = next.find('img').attr('title');   
	var desc = next.find('img').attr('alt');      
	//Set the fade in effect for the next image, show class has higher z-index  
	next.css({opacity: 0.0}).addClass('show').animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);  
	//Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption  
	$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:-55}, 300, function () {  
	//Display the content  
	$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);  
	$('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);                 
	$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);     
	});       
	//Hide the current image  
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');  
}