$.fn.cycle.defaults = {
                fx: 'fade', // name of transition effect (or comma separated names, ex: fade,scrollUp,shuffle) 
                timeout: 7000, // milliseconds between slide transitions (0 to disable auto advance) 
                timeoutFn: null, // callback for determining per-slide timeout value:  function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag) 
                continuous: 0, // true to start next transition immediately after current one completes 
                speed: 1500, // speed of the transition (any valid fx speed value) 
                speedIn: null,
                speedOut: null, // speed of the 'out' transition 
                next: '#next', // selector for element to use as click trigger for next slide 
                prev: '#prev', // selector for element to use as click trigger for previous slide 
                prevNextClick: null, // callback fn for prev/next clicks:  function(isNext, zeroBasedSlideIndex, slideElement) 
                pager: null, // selector for element to use as pager container 
                pagerClick: null, // callback fn for pager clicks:  function(zeroBasedSlideIndex, slideElement) 
                pagerEvent: 'click', // name of event which drives the pager navigation 
                pagerAnchorBuilder: null, // callback fn for building anchor links:  function(index, DOMelement) 
                before: null, // transition callback (scope set to element to be shown):     function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag) 
                after: null, // transition callback (scope set to element that was shown):  function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag) 
                end: null, // callback invoked when the slideshow terminates (use with autostop or nowrap options): function(options) 
                easing: null, // easing method for both in and out transitions 
                easeIn: null, // easing for "in" transition 
                easeOut: null, // easing for "out" transition 
                shuffle: null, // coords for shuffle animation, ex: { top:15, left: 200 } 
                animIn: null, // properties that define how the slide animates in 
                animOut: null, // properties that define how the slide animates out 
                cssBefore: null, // properties that define the initial state of the slide before transitioning in 
                cssAfter: null, // properties that defined the state of the slide after transitioning out 
                fxFn: null, // function used to control the transition: function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, afterCalback, forwardFlag) 
                height: 'auto', // container height 
                startingSlide: 0, // zero-based index of the first slide to be displayed 
                sync: 1, // true if in/out transitions should occur simultaneously 
                random: true, // true for random, false for sequence (not applicable to shuffle fx) 
                fit: 0, // force slides to fit container 
                containerResize: 1, // resize container to fit largest slide 
                pause: 0, // true to enable "pause on hover" 
                pauseOnPagerHover: 0, // true to pause when hovering over pager link 
                autostop: 0, // true to end slideshow after X transitions (where X == slide count) 
                autostopCount: 0, // number of transitions (optionally used with autostop to define X) 
                delay: 0, // additional delay (in ms) for first transition (hint: can be negative) 
                slideExpr: null, // expression for selecting slides (if something other than all children is required) 
                cleartype: !$.support.opacity, // true if clearType corrections should be applied (for IE) 
                cleartypeNoBg: false, // set to true to disable extra cleartype fixing (leave false to force background color setting on slides) 
                nowrap: 0, // true to prevent slideshow from wrapping 
                fastOnEvent: 0, // force fast transitions when triggered manually (via pager or prev/next); value == time in ms 
                randomizeEffects: 1, // valid when multiple effects are used; true to make the effect sequence random 
                rev: 0, // causes animations to transition in reverse 
                manualTrump: true, // causes manual transition to stop an active transition instead of being ignored 
                requeueOnImageNotLoaded: true, // requeue the slideshow if any image slides are not yet loaded 
                requeueTimeout: 250, // ms delay for requeue 
                width: '600px'
            };
            $('#slider').cycle('fade');
            $('.slideContent').css('background-color', 'transparent');