function slideShow() {

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

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

    //Set the caption background to semi-transparent
    $('#gallery .caption').css({ opacity: 0.7 });

    //Resize the width of the caption according to the image width
    $('#gallery .caption').css({ width: $('#gallery a').find('img').css('width') });
    try{
    //Get the caption of the first image from REL attribute and display it
    $('#gallery .content').html($('#gallery a:first').find('img').attr('rel'))
	.animate({ opacity: 1.0 }, 400);
	}
	catch (Error) { }
    //Call the gallery function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 4 seconds
    setInterval('gallery()', 4000);

}

function gallery() {

    //if no IMGs have the show class, grab the first image
    var current = ($('#gallery a.show') ? $('#gallery a.show') : $('#gallery 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')) ? $('#gallery a:first') : current.next()) : $('#gallery 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
    $('#gallery .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
    $('#gallery .caption').animate({ opacity: 0.7 }, 100).animate({ height: '75px' }, 500);

    //Display the content
    $('#gallery .content').html(caption);

}

/** current date and time **/
function getCalendarDate()
{
   var months = new Array(13);
   months[0]  = "January";
   months[1]  = "February";
   months[2]  = "March";
   months[3]  = "April";
   months[4]  = "May";
   months[5]  = "June";
   months[6]  = "July";
   months[7]  = "August";
   months[8]  = "September";
   months[9]  = "October";
   months[10] = "November";
   months[11] = "December";

   var d = new Date();
   var weekday = new Array(7);
   weekday[0] = "Sunday";
   weekday[1] = "Monday";
   weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
   weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
   weekday[4] = "Thursday";
   weekday[5] = "Friday";
   weekday[6] = "Saturday";

  // weekday[d.getDay()];     
   
   var now         = new Date();
   var monthnumber = now.getMonth() + 1;
   var monthname   = months[monthnumber];
   var monthday    = now.getDate();
   var year        = now.getYear();
   var day         = now.getDay();
   if(year < 2000) { year = year + 1900; }
   var dateString = weekday[d.getDay()] + ' ' + monthday +
                    '.' +
                    monthnumber +
                    '.' +
                    year;
   return dateString;
} // function getCalendarDate()

//get date and time