$.fn.cycle.updateActivePagerLink = function(pager, currSlideIndex) { 
    $(pager).find('li').removeClass('active') 
        .filter('li:eq('+currSlideIndex+')').addClass('active'); 
}; 

$('div.slides > ul').cycle({
	fx: 'fade',
	timeout: 4000,
	speed: 1000,
	sync: 0,
	fastOnEvent: 300,
	pager: 'ul.slides-nav',
	before: function() {	
		//$('div.slides li .image_splash_desc').animate({ top: '320'}, 200);
	},
	after: function() { 
		//$('div.slides li .image_splash_desc').animate({ top: '251'}, 500);	
	},
	pauseOnPagerHover: true,
	pause: true, 
	pagerEvent: 'mouseover',
	pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slide) {
		// return selector string for existing anchor
		return 'ul.slides-nav li:eq(' + idx + ')';
	}

});