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);          
        } 
    ); 
      
} 
  
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').slideToggle(300, function () {  
        $('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);  
        $('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);  
        $('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(500);  
    });  
  
    //Hide the current image 
    current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show'); 
  
}