(function($){
$.fn.vTicker = function(options) {
	var defaults = {
		speed: 700,
		pause: 4000,
		showItems: 2,
		animation: '',
		mousePause: true,
		out: 0
	};
	var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
	moveUp = function(obj, height){
		obj = obj.children('ul');first=obj.children('li:first').clone(true);h=obj.children('li:first').data('h');first.data('h',h);
    	obj.animate({top: '-=' + h + 'px'}, options.speed, function(){$(this).children('li:first').remove();$(this).css('top', '0px');});
		if(options.animation == 'fade'){obj.children('li:first').fadeOut(options.speed);obj.children('li:last').hide().fadeIn(options.speed);};
    	first.appendTo(obj);
	};
	return this.each(function() {
		obj = $(this);
		maxHeight = 0;
		totalHeight = 0;
		thisHeight = 0;
		obj.css({overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative'})
			.children('ul').css({position: 'absolute', margin: 0, padding: 0})
			.children('li').css({margin: 0, padding: 0});
		obj.children('ul').children('li').each(function(){
			thisHeight=$(this).height();
			totalHeight+=thisHeight;
			$(this).data('h',thisHeight);
		});
		obj.height(totalHeight);
    	interval = setInterval('moveUp(obj, maxHeight)', options.pause);
		if(options.mousePause){
			obj.bind("mouseenter",function(){
				clearInterval(interval);
			}).bind("mouseleave",function(){
				interval = setInterval('moveUp(obj, maxHeight)', options.pause);
			});
		};
	});
};
})(jQuery);