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 = 1;

				for (i=0;i<=30;i++) {
					var clone = $strip.children('li:first').clone(true);
					clone.appendTo($strip);
				}

				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
					stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true); // thanks to Michael Haszprunar and Fabien Volpi
					//alert (jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true));
				});
				
				//alert (stripWidth);

				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 
				//alert ( containerWidth);
				
				$strip.css("left", containerWidth);
				$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);});
				}*/
				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);
					}
				);			
		});	
};