JCarouselLite: FadeOut First Item Before Scrolling?

I'm using jCarouselLite to preview newsitems.What i'd like to happen is that the top-item fades-out before the list is scrolling upwards.

This is working with the script below, yet I am experiencing two problems:

1. the list-items do disappear but won't reappear (except for the first and last one in the list).

2. the last item of the visible list (3rd and 6th in my list) won't fade out but just shift up.

Code:

$(function() {
$(".widgetCarousel").jCarouselLite({
circular: true,

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