jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.07,
		margin: 100
		}, 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
				var liIndex = $strip.find("li").length;
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
					stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).width() + settings.margin;
					if (i < liIndex - 1) {
						jQuery(this, i).css("margin-right", settings.margin);
					}
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth);
				var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth + 0;								
				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);
					}
				);
				*/	
		});	
};