function teamGeistStartScrolling () {
  $("#teamGeist_scrolled_image").css({left: "0px"});
  $("#teamGeist_scrolled_image").animate(
    {left: "-1406px"},
    15000,
    "linear",
    teamGeistStartScrolling
  );
}

function teamGeistStartAnimations () {
  var img = new Image();
  var img_url = $("#teamGeist_scrolled_image").css('background-image').replace(/^url|[\(\)]/g, '');
  $(img).load(function() {$("#teamGeist_scroller").fadeIn("slow")}).attr('src', img_url);
  teamGeistStartScrolling();
}

jQuery(teamGeistStartAnimations);