(function($) { 
/* 
 * A basic news ticker. 
 * 
 * @name     newsticker (or newsTicker) 
 * @param    delay      Delay (in milliseconds) between iterations. 
Default 4 seconds (9000ms) 
 * @author   Sam Collett (http://www.texotela.co.uk) 
 * @example  $("#news").newsticker(); // or $ 
("#news").newsTicker(5000); 
 * 
 */ 
$.fn.newsTicker = $.fn.newsticker = function(delay) 
{ 
        delay = delay || 9000; 
        initTicker = function(el) 
        { 
                stopTicker(el); 
                el.items = $("li", el); 
                // hide all items (except first one) 
                el.items.not(":eq(0)").hide().end(); 
                // current item 
                el.currentitem = 0; 
                startTicker(el); 
        }; 
        startTicker = function(el) 
        { 
                el.tickfn = setInterval(function() { doTick(el) }, 
delay) 
        }; 
        stopTicker = function(el) 
        { 
                clearInterval(el.tickfn); 
        }; 
        pauseTicker = function(el) 
        { 
                el.pause = true; 
        }; 
        resumeTicker = function(el) 
        { 
                el.pause = false; 
        }; 
        doTick = function(el) 
        { 
                // don't run if paused 
                if(el.pause) return; 
                // pause until animation has finished 
                el.pause = true; 
                // hide current item 
                $(el.items[el.currentitem]).fadeOut("slow", 
                        function() 
                        { 
                                $(this).hide(); 
                                // move to next item and show 
                                el.currentitem = ++el.currentitem % (el.items.size()); 
                                $ (el.items[el.currentitem]).fadeIn("slow", 
                                        function() 
                                        { 
                                                el.pause = false; 
                                        } 
                                ); 
                        } 
                ); 
        }; 
        this.each( 
                function() 
                { 
                        if(this.nodeName.toLowerCase()!= "ul") return; 
                        initTicker(this); 
                } 
        ) 
        .addClass("newsticker") 
        .hover( 
                function() 
                { 
                        // pause if hovered over 
                        pauseTicker(this); 
                }, 
                function() 
                { 
                        // resume when not hovered over 
                        resumeTicker(this); 
                } 
        ); 
        return this; 
}; 
})(jQuery);