/*
* 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)
							
			};
			
			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);