function slideShow(speed, caption) {

    if ( typeof caption == 'undefined')
    {
    	caption = true;
    }

    //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});
	
	if ( caption != false)
	{
		//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( ' + caption + ')',speed);
	
	//pause the slideshow on mouse over
	$('ul.slideshow').hover(
		function () {
			clearInterval(timer);	
		}, 	
		function () {
			timer = setInterval('gallery( ' + caption + ')',speed);			
		}
	);
	
}

function gallery( caption) {


	//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'));

	if ( caption != false)
    {
	   //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}, 1500);
	
    if ( caption != false)
	{
	   //Hide the caption first, and then set and display the caption
	   $('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:-70}, 700, function () {
			//Display the content
			$('#slideshow-caption h3').html(title);
			$('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);				
			$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 1000);	
	   });		
    }
	else
    {
		$('#slideshow-caption').hide();
    }
	
	//Hide the current image
	current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1500).removeClass('show');

}