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 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 = 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);
				});			
		});	
};

/* =========================================================

// jquery.innerfade.js

// Datum: 2008-02-14
// Firma: Medienfreunde Hofmann & Baldes GbR
// Author: Torsten Baldes
// Mail: t.baldes@medienfreunde.com
// Web: http://medienfreunde.com

// based on the work of Matt Oakes http://portfolio.gizone.co.uk/applications/slideshow/
// and Ralf S. Engelschall http://trainofthoughts.org/

 *
 *  <ul id="news"> 
 *      <li>content 1</li>
 *      <li>content 2</li>
 *      <li>content 3</li>
 *  </ul>
 *  
 *  $('#news').innerfade({ 
 *	  animationtype: Type of animation 'fade' or 'slide' (Default: 'fade'), 
 *	  speed: Fading-/Sliding-Speed in milliseconds or keywords (slow, normal or fast) (Default: 'normal'), 
 *	  timeout: Time between the fades in milliseconds (Default: '2000'), 
 *	  type: Type of slideshow: 'sequence', 'random' or 'random_start' (Default: 'sequence'), 
 * 		containerheight: Height of the containing element in any css-height-value (Default: 'auto'),
 *	  runningclass: CSS-Class which the container get’s applied (Default: 'innerfade'),
 *	  children: optional children selector (Default: null)
 *  }); 
 *

// ========================================================= */


(function($) {

    $.fn.innerfade = function(options) {
        return this.each(function() {   
            $.innerfade(this, options);
        });
    };

    $.innerfade = function(container, options) {
        var settings = {
        	'maxpost':			15,
        	'animationtype':    'fade',
            'speed':            'normal',
            'type':             'sequence',
            'timeout':          2000,
            'containerheight':  'auto',
            'runningclass':     'innerfade',
            'children':         null
            
        };
        if (options)
            $.extend(settings, options);
        if (settings.children === null)
            var elements = $(container).children();
        else
            var elements = $(container).children(settings.children);
        if (elements.length > 1) {
            $(container).css('position', 'relative').css('height', settings.containerheight).addClass(settings.runningclass);
            for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
                $(elements[i]).css('z-index', String(elements.length-i)).css('position', 'absolute').hide();
            };
            if (settings.type == "sequence") 
			{	
                var nbcur;
				if(readCookie('flag') == null || readCookie('flag') == (settings.maxpost))
				{
					nb = 0;
					nbcur = 1;
				}
				else
				{
					nb = readCookie('flag');
					nbcur = Number(nb)+1;
				}

				//alert(nblast);
                //$(elements[nb]).show();
                setTimeout(function() {
                    $.innerfade.next(elements, settings, nbcur, nb);
                }, settings.timeout);
				$(elements[nb]).show();
            } else if (settings.type == "random") {
            		var last = Math.floor ( Math.random () * ( elements.length ) );
                setTimeout(function() {
                    do { 
												current = Math.floor ( Math.random ( ) * ( elements.length ) );
										} while (last == current );             
										$.innerfade.next(elements, settings, current, last);
                }, settings.timeout);
                $(elements[last]).show();
						} else if ( settings.type == 'random_start' ) {
								settings.type = 'sequence';
								var current = Math.floor ( Math.random () * ( elements.length ) );
								setTimeout(function(){
									$.innerfade.next(elements, settings, (current + 1) %  elements.length, current);
								}, settings.timeout);
								$(elements[current]).show();
						}	else {
							alert('Innerfade-Type must either be \'sequence\', \'random\' or \'random_start\'');
						}
				}
    };
	
	
    $.innerfade.next = function(elements, settings, current, last) {
        if (settings.animationtype == 'slide') {
            $(elements[last]).slideUp(settings.speed);
            $(elements[current]).slideDown(settings.speed);
        } else if (settings.animationtype == 'fade') {
            $(elements[last]).fadeOut(settings.speed);
            $(elements[current]).fadeIn(settings.speed, function() {
							removeFilter($(this)[0]);
						});
        } else
            alert('Innerfade-animationtype must either be \'slide\' or \'fade\'');
        if (settings.type == "sequence") 
		{
				           // alert(current + "/" + last);
            if ((current + 1) < elements.length) 
			{
                current = current + 1;
                last = current - 1;
            } 
			else 
			{
                current = 0;
                last = elements.length - 1;
            }
            createCookie('flag',current);
            
		}
		else if (settings.type == "random") {
            last = current;
            while (current == last)
                current = Math.floor(Math.random() * elements.length);
        } else
            alert('Innerfade-Type must either be \'sequence\', \'random\' or \'random_start\'');
        setTimeout((function() {
            $.innerfade.next(elements, settings, current, last);
        }), settings.timeout);
        //alert(getCookie());
    };

})(jQuery);

// **** remove Opacity-Filter in ie ****
function removeFilter(element) {
	if(element.style.removeAttribute){
		element.style.removeAttribute('filter');
	}
}

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}