function slideShow(speed, obj) {

 //alert(obj.childNodes[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});
     for(var i = 0; i < obj.childNodes.length; i++){
	
	if(obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI' && firstLIpassed == undefined){ 
		$(obj.childNodes.item(i)).css({opacity: 1.0});
	} else if (obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI'){
		$(obj.childNodes.item(i)).css({opacity: 0.0});
	}
	
	if(obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI' && firstLIpassed == undefined){
		var firstLIpassed = true;
	}
	
     }
     
    //$(obj.childNodes[1]).css({width:100px});
    
    //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, bottom:0});
     
    //Call the gallery function to run the slideshow    
    var timer = setInterval(function(){gallery(obj);},Math.ceil(10000*Math.random())+3000);
   //  alert('taimes: '+timer);
    //pause the slideshow on mouse over
    //$('ul.slideshow').hover(
    $(obj).hover(
        function () {
            clearInterval(timer);   
        },  
        function () {
            timer = setInterval(gallery(obj),Math.ceil(10000*Math.random())+3000);         
        }
    );
     
}
 
function gallery(obj) {
	//alert('started');
	 
	for(var i = 0; i < obj.childNodes.length; i++){
		if(obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI' && firstLIpassed == undefined){
			var current = $(obj.childNodes.item(i));
			var first = $(obj.childNodes.item(i));
			
			//alert('first? : '+current);
		} else if(obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI' && obj.childNodes.item(i).className == 'show'){
			var current = $(obj.childNodes.item(i));
			//alert(current);
		}
		
		if(obj.childNodes.item(i).tagName == 'LI' && firstLIpassed == undefined){
			var firstLIpassed = true;
		}
	}
	
 
    //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'));
   

var next = ((current.next().length) ? current.next() : 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');
 
}