// JavaScript Document
		// To find Temlate Name and template Parameters
function getXMLHTTP() { //fuction to return the xml http object
		var xmlhttp=false;	
		try{
			xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		catch(e)	{		
			try{			
				xmlhttp= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch(e){
				try{
				xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch(e1){
					xmlhttp=false;
				}
			}
		}
		 	
		return xmlhttp;
    }
	
	function clear_session() {		
		
		var strURL="ajax/clear_message.php";
		var req = getXMLHTTP();
		
		if (req) {
			
			req.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (req.readyState == 4) {
					// only if "OK"
					if (req.status == 200) {			
						//document.getElementById('statediv').innerHTML=req.responseText;			
					} else {
						alert("There was a problem while using XMLHTTP:\n" + req.statusText);
					}
				}				
			}			
			req.open("GET", strURL, true);
			req.send(null);
		}		
	}
		

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;
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
				stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true); // thanks to Michael Haszprunar and Fabien Volpi
				});
				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.width(stripWidth);			
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
				var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;	// thanks to Scott Waye		
				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);
				});			
		});	
};