breaking ctools

When the slideshow is created and loaded as a block, it affects the ctools (chaos tools) and panels module.
On line 162 of the ctools module mc.js, a catchable type error jQuery.modalContent is not a constructor error is thrown.

I tried changing the name of the of the class jQuery.modalContent, but that didn't work. Any ideas of what could be happening here?

here are some snips from that file:
jQuery.smodalContent = function(content, css, animation, speed) { ... }

jQuery.fn.modalContent = function(css, animation, speed)
{
...
new jQuery.modalContent($(this), css, animation, speed);

}

any ideas are appreciated here ;)