First need to download and enable views slideshow and enable it and views slideshow cycle
need jquery cycle library and libraries module
See https://drupal.org/node/903244
Then need panels Which needs ctools >1.3
and page manager
See https://drupal.org/node/1857644
Setup front page panel as builder flex with a top row =, left, rcenter and right column and a bottome row. Top is welcome page, left is climate and links center is slide show and right is news or lastest biblio
In editing the welcome page discovered that for inline images needed to install IMCE and IMCE WYGIWYS bridge modules. Also need to configure IMCE for user1 to see the subdirectories.
I also installed insert module which looks like it will take a image content and enable placing it anywhere in the body of node. I have not tried it out