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, top: 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');

}