$(function() {
    $('#slide-image').cycle({
        fx:     'fade',
        speed:  'slow',
        timeout: 6000,
        pager:  '#slide-desc',
        pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
            return '#slide-desc li:eq(' + (idx) + ') a';
        }
    });
	$('.newsflash-text').cycle({
            timeout: 5000,  
            fx:      'fade', 
            pause:   0,	  
            pauseOnPagerHover: 0 
    });      
});