jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings)
{
    settings = jQuery.extend({
        travelocity: 0.07
    }, settings);
    return this.each(function()
    {
        try
        {
            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().outerWidth(true); //a.k.a. 'mask' width 	
            $strip.find("li").each(function(i)
            {                
                stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true);
            });
            $strip.width(stripWidth+100);
            var defTiming = stripWidth / settings.travelocity;
            var totalTravel = stripWidth + containerWidth;
            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);
				    });
        } catch (ex)
        {
        }
    });
};