jQuery(document).ready
(
    
    
    
    function() 
    {
	  // initially set to display:none for all pictures except the first one
	  // in case javascript is turned off.
	  
	  $('.banner-image').css("display", "block");
	  $('.banner-text').css("display", "block");
	    
	  $('#slideshow').cycle
	  (
		{ 
		    fx:		'fade', 
		    speed:    	3000, 
		    timeout:  	7000, 
		    cleartype:  	1 // enable cleartype corrections 
		}
	  );
    }	
);