jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.07,
		pause: true
		}, settings);		
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				var stripWidth = 2;
				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();
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth);
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});}
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
				var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;								
				scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);
				if (settings.pause) {
					$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);
						});
				};
		});	
};