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: 0.9, 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}, 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');

}

jQuery(function() {

            jQuery('.testimonial').hide();

            var countedItems = jQuery('.testimonial').length;

            var itemId = 1;

            var testimonialNumber = 1;

            jQuery('.testimonial').each(function(){

                jQuery(this).attr('id', itemId);

                itemId++;

            });

            function randomTestimonial() {

                visibleTestimonial = jQuery('.testimonial:visible').attr('id');

                while(visibleTestimonial == testimonialNumber){

                    testimonialNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*countedItems+1);

                }

                jQuery('.testimonial').fadeOut();

                jQuery('#' + testimonialNumber).fadeIn();

                var me = arguments.callee;

                var timer = setTimeout(function() { me(); }, 6000);

                }

        

            randomTestimonial();

        });