jQuery(function(){
  var nav_shown = false;
  var count = 0;
  var myslider = $('.panels').cycle({
    timeout: 5500,
    next: '#nextPanel',
    prev: '#prevPanel',
    after: showArrows
  });
  
  function showArrows(){
    count++;
    if (count === 4){
      // pause the slides for a minute and show the prev/next buttons
      myslider.cycle('pause');
      $('#nextPanel').show();
      $('#prevPanel').show();
      myslider.cycle('resume');
    }
    if (count === 24){ 
      $('#prevPanel, #nextPanel').hide('slow')
      myslider.cycle('stop') 
    };
  }
});