$(function() {

    var marquee = $("#marquee");
    marquee.css({"overflow": "hidden", "width": "100%"});

    // wrap "My Text" with a span (IE doesn't like divs inline-block)
    marquee.wrapInner("<span>");
    marquee.find("span").css({ "width": "50%", "display": "inline-block", "text-align":"center" });
    marquee.append(marquee.find("span").clone()); // now there are two spans with "My Text"

    marquee.wrapInner("<div>");
    marquee.find("div").css("width", "200%");

    var reset = function() {
        $(this).css("margin-left", "0%");
        $(this).animate({ "margin-left": "-100%" }, 14000, 'linear', reset);
    };

    reset.call(marquee.find("div"));

});