function slideShow(speed) {

	//append a LI item to the UL list for displaying caption
	jQuery('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
	jQuery('ul.slideshow li').css({
		opacity : 0.0
	});

	//Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
	jQuery('ul.slideshow li:first').css({
		opacity : 1.0
	}).addClass('show');

	//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
	jQuery('#slideshow-caption h3').html(jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show').find('img').attr('title'));
	var link = jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show a.follow');
	//alert(link);	
	jQuery('#slideshow-caption p').html(link);
	//alert(jQuery('#slideshow-caption p').html(jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show').find('img').attr('alt')).html('<img scr="#" />'));
	//jQuery('#slideshow-caption p').html(jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show').find('a.follow').attr('alt')).html('<img scr="#" />');

	//Display the caption
	jQuery('#slideshow-caption').css({
		opacity : 1.0,
		bottom : 0
	});

	//Call the gallery function to run the slideshow
	var timer = setInterval('gallery()', speed);

	//pause the slideshow on mouse over
	jQuery('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 = (jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show') ? jQuery('ul.slideshow li.show') : jQuery('#ul.slideshow li:first'));
	
	//trying to avoid speed issue
	if(current.queue('fx').length == 0) {

		//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') ? jQuery('ul.slideshow li:first') : current.next()) : jQuery('ul.slideshow li:first'));
		//Get next image caption
		var link = jQuery("a:eq(1)", next) //ul.slideshow li.show a.follow
		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
		//jQuery('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(300, function() {
			jQuery('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
			//jQuery('#slideshow-caption p').data(link);
			jQuery('#slideshow-caption p').html(link);
			//jQuery('#slideshow-caption').slideToggle(500);
		//});
		//Hide the current image
		current.animate({
			opacity : 0.0
		}, 1000).removeClass('show');
	}
}