// when the DOM is ready...
	$(document).ready(function () {

	    var $panels = $('#scroller .scrollContainer > div');
	    var $container = $('#scroller .scrollContainer');

	    // if false, we'll float all the panels left and fix the width 
	    // of the container
	    var horizontal = true;

	    // float the panels left if we're going horizontal
	    if (horizontal) {
	        $panels.css({
	            'float' : 'left',
	            'position' : 'relative' // IE fix to ensure overflow is hidden
	        });

	        // calculate a new width for the container (so it holds all panels)
	        $container.css('width', $panels[0].offsetWidth * $panels.length);
	    }

	    // collect the scroll object, at the same time apply the hidden overflow
	    // to remove the default scrollbars that will appear
	    var $scroll = $('#scroller .scroll').css('overflow', 'hidden');

	    // apply our left + right buttons
	    //$scroll
	       // .before('<img class="scrollButtons left" src="images/scroll_left.png" />')
	       // .after('<img class="scrollButtons right" src="images/scroll_right.png" />');

	    // handle nav selection
	    function selectNav() {
	        $(this)
	            .parents('div:first')
	                .find('a')
	                    .removeClass('selected')
	                .end()
	            .end()
	            .addClass('selected');
	    }

	    $('#scroller .navigation').find('a').click(selectNav);

	    // go find the navigation link that has this target and select the nav
	    function trigger(data) {
	        var el = $('#scroller .navigation').find('a[href$="' + data.id + '"]').get(0);
	        selectNav.call(el);
	    }

	    if (window.location.hash) {
	        trigger({ id : window.location.hash.substr(1) });
	    } else {
	        $('ul.navigation a:first').click();
	    }

	    // offset is used to move to *exactly* the right place, since I'm using
	    // padding on my example, I need to subtract the amount of padding to
	    // the offset.  Try removing this to get a good idea of the effect
	    var offset = parseInt((horizontal ? 
	        $container.css('paddingTop') : 
	        $container.css('paddingLeft')) 
	        || 0) * -1;


	    var scrollOptions = {
	        target: $scroll, // the element that has the overflow

	        // can be a selector which will be relative to the target
	        items: $panels,

	        navigation: '.navigation a',

	        // selectors are NOT relative to document, i.e. make sure they're unique
	        prev: '.left', 
	        next: '.right',

	        // allow the scroll effect to run both directions
	        axis: 'xy',

	        onAfter: trigger, // our final callback

	        offset: offset,

	        // duration of the sliding effect
	        duration: 500,

	        // easing - can be used with the easing plugin: 
	        // http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/
	        easing: 'swing'
	    };

	    // apply serialScroll to the scroller - we chose this plugin because it 
	    // supports// the indexed next and previous scroll along with hooking 
	    // in to our navigation.
	    $('#scroller').serialScroll(scrollOptions);

	    // now apply localScroll to hook any other arbitrary links to trigger 
	    // the effect
	    $.localScroll(scrollOptions);

	    // finally, if the URL has a hash, move the scroller in to position, 
	    // setting the duration to 1 because I don't want it to scroll in the
	    // very first page load.  We don't always need this, but it ensures
	    // the positioning is absolutely spot on when the pages loads.
	    scrollOptions.duration = 1;
	    $.localScroll.hash(scrollOptions);

	var cycleTimer = setInterval(function () {
	   $scroll.trigger('next');
	}, 25000);

	// select some trigger elements to stop the auto-cycle
	var $stopTriggers = $('#scroller .navigation').find('a') // tab headers
	   .add('.scroll')                                     // panel itself
	   .add("a[href^='#']");                               // links to a tab

	// this is the function that will stop the auto-cycle
	function stopCycle() {
	   $stopTriggers.unbind('click.cycle');   // remove the no longer needed stop triggers
	   clearInterval(cycleTimer);             // stop the auto-cycle itself
	}

	// bind stop cycle function to the click event using namespaces
	$stopTriggers.bind('click.cycle', stopCycle);


	});