function slideShow() {                                                                                                                                                                               
    //Set the opacity of all images to 0
    $('#slideshow a').css({opacity: 0.0});

    //Get the first image and display it (set it to full opacity)
    $('#slideshow a:first').css({opacity: 1.0});

    //Set the caption background to semi-transparent
    //$('#slideshow .caption').css({opacity: 0.8});

    //Resize the width of the caption according to the image width
    //$('#slideshow .caption').css({width: $('#slideshow a').find('img').css('width')});

    //Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
//    alert($('#slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('rel'));
    $('#slideshow_overlay').css('background-image','url('+$('#slideshow a:first').find('img').attr('rel') +')');

    //Call the slideshow function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
    setInterval('slide()',6000);

}


function slide() {

    //if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
    var current = ($('#slideshow a.show')?  $('#slideshow a.show:second') : $('#slideshow a: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().hasClass('caption'))? $('#slideshow a:first') :current.next()) : $('#slideshow a:first'));

    //Get next image caption
    var caption = next.find('img').attr('rel');                                                                                                                                                        

    //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');

    //Set the opacity to 0 and height to 1px
    //$('#slideshow .caption').animate({opacity: 0.0}, { queue:false, duration:0 }).animate({height: '1px'}, { queue:true, duration:300 });

    //Animate the caption, opacity to 0.7 and heigth to 100px, a slide up effect
    //$('#slideshow .caption').animate({opacity: 0.8},100 ).animate({height: '50px'},400 );

    //Display the content
    $('#slideshow_overlay').css('background-image', 'url(' + caption +')');

}