function initializeOrbitSlider( markupId )
{
$('#' + markupId ).orbit({
animation: "fade", 
 animationSpeed: 600, 
 timer: true, 
 resetTimerOnClick: true, 
 advanceSpeed: 8000, 
 pauseOnHover: true, 
 startClockOnMouseOut: true, 
 startClockOnMouseOutAfter: 5000, 
 directionalNav: true, 
 captions: true, 
 captionAnimation: 'slideOpen', 
 captionAnimationSpeed: 800, 
 bullets: true, 
 bulletThumbs: true, 
 bulletThumbLocation: '', 
 afterSlideChange: function(){}, 
 fluid: true 
 });
}