var headline_count;
 var headline_interval;
 var old_headline = 0;
 var current_headline = 0;
 
 function tickerscroll_init() {
   headline_count = jQuery("li.tickerscroll_item").size();
   jQuery("li.tickerscroll_item:eq(0)").css('top','5px');
 
   headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,tickerscroll_delay); //time in milliseconds

   jQuery('#tickerscroll').hover(function() {
     clearInterval(headline_interval);
   }, function() {
     headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,tickerscroll_delay); //time in milliseconds
     headline_rotate();
   });

 }
 
 function headline_rotate() {
   current_headline = (old_headline + 1) % headline_count; 
   jQuery("li.tickerscroll_item:eq(" + old_headline + ")").animate({top: '-'+tickerscroll_height},tickerscroll_speed, function() {
     jQuery(this).css('top', (tickerscroll_height+5)+'px');
   });
   jQuery("li.tickerscroll_item:eq(" + current_headline + ")").show().animate({top: 5},tickerscroll_speed);  
   old_headline = current_headline;
 }