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'));
	Cufon.replace('#slideshow-caption h3',{ textShadow: '#000 2px 2px' });
		
	//Display the caption
	$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.8, 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').animate({bottom:-70}, 300, function () {
			//Display the content
			$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
			Cufon.replace('#slideshow-caption h3',{ textShadow: '#000 2px 2px' });
			$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);	
	});
	*/
	
	$('#slideshow-caption').fadeOut(500, function () {
	$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
	Cufon.replace('#slideshow-caption h3',{ textShadow: '#000 2px 2px' });
	$('#slideshow-caption').fadeIn(500); 
	}); 


	//Hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 2000).removeClass('show');
	
}