var pCarousel = {
    animationId: null,
    animationDir: 'left',

    //time in miliseconds to wait before scrolling
    animationTimeout: 3000,

    //time in miliseconds for the scrolling transition
    animationSpeed: 900,


    init: function(carousel) {
        // Disable autoscrolling if the user clicks the prev or next button.
        carousel.clip.hover(function() { pCarousel.halt() }, function() { pCarousel.animate(carousel); });
        pCarousel.animate(carousel);

        jQuery('a.pCarouselNext').bind('click', function() {
        pCarousel.halt();
        carousel.next();
        return false;
    });

        jQuery('a.pCarouselPrev').bind('click', function() {
        pCarousel.halt();
        carousel.prev();
        return false;
    });

        jQuery('a.pCarouselStop').bind('click', function() {
        pCarousel.halt();
        return false;
    });

        jQuery('a.pCarouselStart').bind('click', function() {
        if( pCarousel.animationId ) { //already running
            //pCarousel.halt();
            carousel.scroll(1);
            //pCarousel.animationDir = 'left';
        }

        pCarousel.animate(carousel);
        return false;
    });

    },

    animate: function(carousel) {
        pCarousel.animationId = setInterval( function() {
carousel.next();        }, pCarousel.animationTimeout );
    },

    halt: function() {
        if( pCarousel.animationId ) {
            clearInterval(pCarousel.animationId);
        }
    }

};

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery('#pCarousel').jcarousel({
        wrap: 'circular',
        animation: 'fast',
        easing: 'swing',
        scroll: 1,
        visible: 4,
        initCallback: pCarousel.init,
        animation: pCarousel.animationSpeed,
        buttonPrevHTML: null,
        buttonNextHTML: null
    });
});