function initScrollers() {
  // arguments: id of layer that scrolls, width and height of scroller (of wn), 
  // number of items (including repeated 1st item), axis ("v" or "h")
  // set up pause/resume onmouseover/out? (true or false)  
  var scr = new dw_scroller('cnt', 98, 50, 26, "h", true);
  // adjust timing (defaults are set at 60, 5000)
  scr.setTiming(160, 5000);  // speed, pause duration
}
/*************************************************************************
  This code is from Dynamic Web Coding at www.dyn-web.com
  Copyright 2001-4 by Sharon Paine 
  See Terms of Use at www.dyn-web.com/bus/terms.html
  regarding conditions under which you may use this code.
  This notice must be retained in the code as is!
*************************************************************************/

/*
    pausing scroller - vertical or horizontal version date: June 2004
    (scroller content in html doc)
*/

// Arguments: id of content layer (inside wn), width and height of scroller (of wn, that is), 
// number of items (repeat 1st one at end!), axis ("v" or "h"),
// set up mouse events? (boolean)
function dw_scroller(id, w, h, num, axis, bMouse) {
  this.id=id; this.el = document.getElementById? document.getElementById(id): null; 
  if (!this.el) return; this.css = this.el.style; 
  this.css.left = this.x = 0; this.css.top = this.y = 0;
  this.w=w; this.h=h; this.num=num; this.axis=axis||"v"; 
  this.ctr=0; // pause onload (for large doc's, may want to set this to 1)
  this.pause=5000; this.speed=60; // defaults
  if (bMouse) dw_scrollers.setMouseEvents(this.el);
  this.lastTime = new Date().getTime(); this.check = 0;
  this.index = dw_scrollers.ar.length;  dw_scrollers.ar[this.index] = this;
  this.active = true;
}

dw_scroller.prototype.setTiming = function(speed, pause) {
  this.speed = speed; this.pause = pause;
}

dw_scroller.prototype.controlScroll = function() {
  if (this.ctr > this.num-10) {
    this.shiftTo(0, 0); this.ctr = 1;
	} else {
    switch (this.axis) {
      case "v" :
        if (this.y > -this.h * this.ctr) { 
    			var ny = this.y + -1 * this.elapsed/1000 * this.speed;
          ny = Math.max(ny, -this.h * this.ctr);
          this.shiftTo(0, ny);	
    		} else this.doPause();
      break;
      case "h" :
        if (this.x > -this.w * this.ctr) { 
    			var nx = this.x + -1 * this.elapsed/1000 * this.speed;
          nx = Math.max(nx, -this.w * this.ctr);
          this.shiftTo(nx, 0);	
    		} else this.doPause();
      break;
     }
	}
}

dw_scroller.prototype.doPause = function() {
  this.check += this.elapsed;
  if (this.check >= this.pause) { this.ctr++; this.check = 0; }
}

dw_scroller.prototype.shiftTo = function(x, y) {
  this.css.left = (this.x = x) + "px";
  this.css.top = (this.y = y) + "px";
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// common to all scrollers (pausing or continuous, vertical or horizontal)
dw_scrollers = {};  
dw_scrollers.ar = []; // global access to all scroller instances

dw_scrollers.setMouseEvents = function(obj) {
  obj.onmouseover = dw_scrollers.halt;
  obj.onmouseout = dw_scrollers.resume;
}

dw_scrollers.halt = function() {
  var i, curObj;
  for (i=0; curObj = dw_scrollers.ar[i]; i++) 
    if ( curObj.id == this.id ) { curObj.active = false; return; }
}

dw_scrollers.resume = function(e) {
  var i, curObj, toEl, now;
  for (i=0; curObj = dw_scrollers.ar[i]; i++) {
    if ( curObj.id == this.id ) {
      e = e? e: window.event;
      toEl = e.relatedTarget? e.relatedTarget: e.toElement;
      if ( this != toEl && !contained(toEl, this) ) { 
        now = new Date().getTime();
        curObj.elapsed = now - curObj.lastTime;
        curObj.lastTime = now; curObj.active = true; return; 
      }
    }
  }
}

dw_scrollers.callRate = 10;
// Handle all instances with one timer - idea from youngpup.net
dw_scrollers.timer = window.setInterval("dw_scrollers.control()", dw_scrollers.callRate);
dw_scrollers.control = function() {
  var i, curObj, now;
  for (i=0; curObj = dw_scrollers.ar[i]; i++) {
    if ( curObj.active ) {
      now = new Date().getTime();
      curObj.elapsed = now - curObj.lastTime;
      curObj.lastTime = now; curObj.controlScroll();
    }
  }
}

// remove layers from table for ns6+/mozilla (needed for scrollers inside tables)
// pass id's of scrollers (i.e., div's that contain content that scrolls, usually wn, or wn1, ...)
dw_scrollers.GeckoTableFix = function() {
  var i, wndo, holderId, holder, x, y;
	if ( navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Gecko") > -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") == -1 ) {
    dw_scrollers.hold = []; // holds id's of wndo (i.e., 'the scroller') and its container
    for (i=0; arguments[i]; i++) {
      wndo = document.getElementById( arguments[i] );
      holderId = wndo.parentNode.id;
      holder = document.getElementById(holderId);
      document.body.appendChild( holder.removeChild(wndo) );
      wndo.style.zIndex = 1000;
      x = holder.offsetLeft; y = holder.offsetTop;
      wndo.style.left = x + "px"; wndo.style.top = y + "px";
      dw_scrollers.hold[i] = [ arguments[i], holderId ];
    }
   window.addEventListener("resize", dw_scrollers.rePosition, true);
  }
}

// ns6+/mozilla need to reposition layers onresize when scrollers inside tables.
dw_scrollers.rePosition = function() {
  var i, wndo, holder, x, y;
  if (dw_scrollers.hold) {
    for (i=0; dw_scrollers.hold[i]; i++) {
      wndo = document.getElementById( dw_scrollers.hold[i][0] );
      holder = document.getElementById( dw_scrollers.hold[i][1] );
      x = holder.offsetLeft; y = holder.offsetTop;
      wndo.style.left = x + "px"; wndo.style.top = y + "px";
    }
  }
}

// returns true if oNode is contained by oCont (container)
function contained(oNode, oCont) {
  if (!oNode) return; // in case alt-tab away while hovering (prevent error)
  while ( oNode = oNode.parentNode ) if ( oNode == oCont ) return true;
  return false;
}

// avoid memory leak in ie
dw_scrollers.unHook = function() {
  var i, curObj;
  for (i=0; curObj = dw_scrollers.ar[i]; i++) {
    if ( curObj.el ) { 
      curObj.el.onmouseover = null;
      curObj.el.onmouseout = null;
      curObj.el = null;
    }
  }
}

if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( "unload", dw_scrollers.unHook, true);
else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( "onunload", dw_scrollers.unHook );