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 += $(this).outerWidth(true);
				});
				
				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");	
				
				var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width();	 	
				$strip.width(stripWidth+20);			
				var totalTravel = stripWidth/2+containerWidth;
				var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;	
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
					
					$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", 0); 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);
				});			
		});	
};