function slideShow(speed, use_caption) {
		
			if ( use_caption == 1 ) {
				//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'));
			
			if ( use_caption == 1) {	
				//Display the caption
				$('#slideshow-caption').css({opacity: 0.7, 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}, 2000);
			
			//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);
					$('#slideshow-caption p').html(desc);				
					$('#slideshow-caption').animate({bottom:0}, 500);	
			});		
		
			//Hide the current image
			current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000).removeClass('show');
		
		}