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(){
    		scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);
		});			
	});	
};