$(function() {
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        fx:     'fade',
        speed:  2000,
        timeout: 5000,
        pager:  '#slidehandles',
        pause: 1
    });

    $('#blogticker .view-id-homepageblog .view-content').cycle({
        fx:     'fade',
        speed:   1000,
        timeout: 5000,
        fx:     'scrollVert', 
        prev:   '#prev', 
        next:   '#next', 
        pause: 1
    });

});