/*
* vertical news ticker
* Tadas Juozapaitis ( kasp3rito@gmail.com )
* http://plugins.jquery.com/project/vTicker
*/
(function(a) {
   a.fn.vTicker = function(b) {
      var c = {
         speed : 700, pause : 4000, showItems : 3, animation : "", mousePause : true, isPaused : false, direction : "right", width : 0}; var b = a.extend(c, b); moveLeft = function(g, d, e) {
         if(e.isPaused) {
            return}
         var f = g.children("ul"); var h = f.children("li:first").clone(true); if(e.width > 0) {
            d = f.children("li:first").width()}
         f.animate( {
            left : "-=" + d + "px"}
         , e.speed, function() {
            a(this).children("li:first").remove(); a(this).css("left", "0px")}
         ); if(e.animation == "fade") {
            f.children("li:first").fadeOut(e.speed); if(e.width == 0) {
               f.children("li:eq(" + e.showItems + ")").hide().fadeIn(e.speed)}
            }
         h.appendTo(f)}; moveRight = function(g, d, e) {
         if(e.isPaused) {
            return}
         var f = g.children("ul"); var h = f.children("li:last").clone(true); if(e.width > 0) {
            d = f.children("li:first").width()}
         f.css("left", "-" + d + "px").prepend(h); f.animate( {
            left : 0}
         , e.speed, function() {
            a(this).children("li:last").remove()}
         ); if(e.animation == "fade") {
            if(e.width == 0) {
               f.children("li:eq(" + e.showItems + ")").fadeOut(e.speed)}
            f.children("li:first").hide().fadeIn(e.speed)}
         }; return this.each(function() {
         var f = a(this); var e = 0; f.css( {
            overflow : "hidden", position : "relative"}
         ).children("ul").css( {
            position : "absolute", margin : 0, padding : 0}
         ).children("li").css( {
            margin : 0, padding : 0}
         ); if(b.width == 0) {
            f.children("ul").children("li").each(function() {
               if(a(this).width() > e) {
                  e = a(this).width()}
               }
            ); f.children("ul").children("li").each(function() {
               a(this).width(e)}
            ); f.width(e * b.showItems)}
         else {
            f.width(b.width)}
         var d = setInterval(function() {
            if(b.direction == "left") {
               moveLeft(f, e, b)}
            else {
               moveRight(f, e, b)}
            }
         , b.pause); if(b.mousePause) {
            f.bind("mouseenter", function() {
               b.isPaused = true}
            ).bind("mouseleave", function() {
               b.isPaused = false}
            )}
         }
      )}
   }
)(jQuery);