$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.slideshow').cycle({
        cleartype: true,
        timeout: 7000,
        pause: true,
        before: function() {
            $('.slideshow span').css('display', 'none');
        },
        after: function() {
            $('span', this).css({ opacity: '0.8' }).slideDown("slow");
        }
    });

});