jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {


		settings = jQuery.extend({


		travelocity: 0.06


		}, 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 totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;


				var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;	// thanks to Scott Waye		


				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);


				});			


		});	


};