jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.45
		}, settings);		
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				var stripWidth = 0;
var widthMask="";				
if(jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/index.aspx" || jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/")
{
    
	widthMask="width:580px";



	
}

else if(jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/boomcomm.aspx")
{

	widthMask="width:580px";


}

else if(jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/boommail.aspx")
{
	widthMask="width:580px";


}

else if(jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/boommask.aspx")
{
	widthMask="width:580px";


}
else if(jQuery.url.attr("path")=="/boomdata.aspx")
{

	widthMask="width:580px";


}
else
{
//	$(".tickercontainer .mask").css("width","750px");
	widthMask="width:750px";

}


				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask' style='"+widthMask+"'></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);
				});			
		});	
};