getViewportWidth = function() {
  var width = 0;
  if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientWidth ) {
    width = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
  }
  else if( document.body && document.body.clientWidth ) {
    width = document.body.clientWidth;
  }
  else if( window.innerWidth ) {
    width = window.innerWidth - 18;
  }
  return width;
};


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 $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div id='tickercontainer' 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() + 40;
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth);			
				$tickercontainer.css("width", ( getViewportWidth() - 710 ) +  "px" )
				var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = 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);
				});			
		});	
};