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}).addClass('show'); 
       
     //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);           
         }  
     );  
       
 }  
   
 function gallery() {  
   
//        var current =  $('ul.slideshow li:first');   
     //if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image  
     var current = ($('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:-70}, 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');  
   
 }