$j.fn.cycle.updateActivePagerLink = function(pager, currSlideIndex) { 
    $j(pager).find('img').removeClass('slide_sel') 
        .filter('img:eq('+currSlideIndex+')').addClass('slide_sel'); 
}; 
    $j('#slideshow').cycle({ 
        fx:     'fade', 
        speed:  'fast', 
        timeout: 3000, 
        pager:  '#nav', 
        pagerEvent: 'mouseover',
        pause: 1,
        pauseOnPagerHover: 1,        
        pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) { 
            // return selector string for existing anchor 
            return '#nav li:eq(' + idx + ') a'; 
        } 
    }); 
    
    /*$j('#editorpicks').cycle({
        fx:     'fade',
        speed:  'fast',
        timeout: 4000
    });*/

    $j('#editorpicks').cycle({
        fx:     'scrollLeft',
        speed:  'fast',
        timeout: 3000,
        pagerEvent: 'mouseover',
        pause: 1,
        pauseOnPagerHover: 1,        
        pager:  '#editornav'
    });