$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.slideshow').cycle({
//        timeoutFn: calculateTimeout,
		timeout: 5000,
		speed: 1500,
//		fx: 'scrollDown'
		fx: 'fade'
	});
});

function calculateTimeout(currElement, nextElement, opts, isForward) { 
    var index = opts.currSlide; 
    return index == 0 ? 1500 : 5000; 
}