/*
* 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:"up",height:0};
        var b=a.extend(c,b);
        
        moveUp=function(g,d,e){
            if(e.isPaused){return}
            var f=g.children("ul");
            var h=f.children("li:first").clone(true);if(e.height>0){d=f.children("li:first").height()}
            f.animate({top:"-="+d+"px"},e.speed,function(){a(this).children("li:first").remove();
            a(this).css("top","0px")});
            if(e.animation=="fade"){
                f.children("li:first").fadeOut(e.speed);
                if(e.height==0){f.children("li:eq("+e.showItems+")").hide().fadeIn(e.speed)}}h.appendTo(f)};
            
        moveDown=function(g,d,e){
            if(e.isPaused){return}
            var f=g.children("ul");
            var h=f.children("li:last").clone(true);
            if(e.height>0){d=f.children("li:first").height()}f.css("top","-"+d+"px").prepend(h);
            f.animate({top:0},e.speed,function(){a(this).children("li:last").remove()});
            if(e.animation=="fade"){if(e.height==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.height==0){f.children("ul").children("li").each(function(){if(a(this).height()>e){e=a(this).height()}});
            f.children("ul").children("li").each(function(){a(this).height(e)});f.height(e*b.showItems)}else{f.height(b.height)}
            var d=setInterval(function(){if(b.direction=="up"){moveUp(f,e,b)}else{moveDown(f,e,b)}},b.pause);
            if(b.mousePause){f.bind("mouseenter",function(){b.isPaused=true}).bind("mouseleave",function(){b.isPaused=false})}})}})(jQuery);