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()+120;
		});
		$strip.width(stripWidth);			
		var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
		var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;								
		function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
		$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo/2, 'linear', function(){$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);
		});			
	});	
};