function slideShow(speed) {

//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}).addClass('show');

//Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
//$('#slideshow-caption h3').html($('ul.slideshow li.show').find('img').attr('title'));
//$('#slideshow-caption p').html($('ul.slideshow li.show').find('img').attr('alt'));


//Display the caption
//$('#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
$('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'));

//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') ? $('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');
var link = next.find('a').attr('href');

//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 current image
current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');
}
} 
        
