jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.08
		}, 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);
				});			
		});	
};

// DOM READY
$(function() {

	//ticker
	$("ul#ticker").liScroll({travelocity: 0.05}); 

	$("#lang-select").hide();

	$("#language").click(function() {
		$("#lang-select").toggle();	
		$(this).toggleClass("border-g");
	});

});
 
this.tooltip = function(){	
	/* CONFIG */		
		xOffset = 10;
		yOffset = 20;		
		// these 2 variable determine popup's distance from the cursor
		// you might want to adjust to get the right result		
	/* END CONFIG */		
	$("a.tooltip").hover(function(e){											  
		this.t = this.title;
		this.title = "";									  
		$("body").append("<p id='tooltip'>"+ this.t +"</p>");
		$("#tooltip")
			.css("top",(e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
			.css("left",(e.pageX + yOffset) + "px")
			.fadeIn("fast");		
    },
	function(){
		this.title = this.t;		
		$("#tooltip").remove();
    });	
	$("a.tooltip").mousemove(function(e){
		$("#tooltip")
			.css("top",(e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
			.css("left",(e.pageX + yOffset) + "px");
	});			
};

// starting the script on page load
$(document).ready(function(){
	tooltip();
});