function pauseSlideshow(){
    $('#slides').cycle('pause');
    $('#pause-button').css('background-image',"url('slideshow_playing.gif')")
}
function playSlideshow(){
    $('#slides').cycle('resume');
    $('#pause-button').css('background-image',"url('slideshow_paused.gif')")
} 
$('document').ready( function(){
	$('#slideshow').cycle({ 
	    fx:    'fade', 
	    speed:  1500, 
		timeout: 0,
		pager: '#slideshow-pager',
		cleartype: true,
		next:   '.next', 
	    prev:   '.prev' 
	});

	$('#pause-button').toggle( pauseSlideshow, playSlideshow);
});