$(document).ready(function(){
$('.newsitems')
.cycle({
    fx:     'fade',
    speed:  880,
    timeout: 5500
    });
// set up the slideshow
$('.slideshow')
.cycle({
    fx:     'fade',
    speed:  880,
    timeout: 5500,
    prev:    '#prev',
    next:    '#next',
    pager:  '#navslide',
    pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
    return '<a href="#"><span class="number'+idx+'"><\/span><\/a>'; 
    }
    });
// stop the slideshow with any nav link clicked
$('#navslidewrap').not('.stopped').find('a').click(function(){
$('.slideshow').cycle('pause');
$('#navslidewrap').addClass('stopped');
return false;
});
});