$(function(){  
  $('#carousel').append('<ul id="carousel-nav">').cycle({
	fx: 'scrollLeft',
	timeout:5000,	
	pager: '#carousel-nav',
	slideExpr: 'div.carousel-item',
	pagerAnchorBuilder : navBuilder,
	cleartypeNoBg:true,
	pagerClick:pagerClickHwnd
  });  
});

function navBuilder(idx, slide) {
  return '<li><a href="#"></a></li>';
}

function pagerClickHwnd(idx, element){    
	$('#background-placeholder').cycle(idx);
}