jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.07
		}, settings);		
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				var stripWidth = 0;
				var info = new BrowserInfo();
				if (info.name == "MSIE" && info.version < 7){
				    var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask' style='width:775px'></div>");
				}else{
				    var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
				}
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");								
				var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width();	//a.k.a. 'mask' width 	
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
				stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).width();
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth);			
				var defTiming = 25428 // stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = 1720 //stripWidth+containerWidth;
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
    				$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});
				}
				scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);
				$strip.hover(function(){
				jQuery(this).stop();
				},
				function(){
    				var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
				    var residualSpace = offset.left + stripWidth;
				    var residualTime = residualSpace/settings.travelocity;
				    scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
				});
				try{document.getElementById("dvMark").style.visibility = "";}catch(ex){}
		});	
};
function BrowserInfo() {
	var agent = window.navigator.userAgent;
	if (agent.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) {
			var start = agent.indexOf("MSIE");
			this.name = "MSIE";
			this.version = parseFloat(agent.substring(start + 5, agent.indexOf(";", start)));
	} else if (agent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			var start = agent.indexOf("Firefox");
			this.name = "Firefox";
			this.version = agent.substring(start + 8, agent.length);
			var firstDec = this.version.indexOf(".") + 1;
			while (this.version.indexOf(".", firstDec) != -1)
				this.version = this.version.substring(0, firstDec) + this.version.substring(firstDec).replace(".", "");
			this.version = parseFloat(this.version);
	} else {
			this.name = "Unknown";
			this.version = 0;
	}
}