$(function() {
	$('#slideshow').cycle({
		speed:       fade_speed,
		timeout:     delay_time,
		delay:       0, 
		pager:      '#nav',
		pagerEvent: 'click',
		pauseOnPagerHover: true,
		pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
			return '#recentimages li:eq(' + idx + ')';
		} 
	});

	
	$('#news_ticker').cycle({ 
		cleartype:  10,
		cleartypeNoBg: true
	});
});

function slideshow_control(){
	$('#slideshow').hover(  
		function() {
			jQuery('#slideshow').cycle('pause')
		},   
		function() {  
		 	jQuery('#slideshow').cycle('resume')
	});
	$('#slideshow_details').hover(  
		function() {
			jQuery('#slideshow_details').cycle('pause')
		},   
		function() {  
		 	jQuery('#slideshow_details').cycle('resume')
	});
}