$(function() {
    var slide_show_container = $("#slideshow_container");
    slide_show_container.cycle({
        fx:    'fade',
        delay:  0,
        timeout: 10000,
        speedIn: 2000,
        speedOut: 1000,
        sync: 1,
        pager:  "#slide_show_navigator",
        cleartypeNoBg: true, //IE forced-background issue resolved by this
        pagerAnchorBuilder: function(index, element) {
            return '<a href="#" class="png"></a>'
        }
    });
});