jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
    settings = jQuery.extend({	travelocity: 0.03}, 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(); 	
        var clone = $('<div/>');
		$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
            $(this).clone().appendTo(clone);
		    stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth(true); 
		});

		$strip.width(stripWidth*2);			
		var totalTravel = stripWidth;
		var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;
        
        $('li',clone).each(function(i,li){
            $(li).appendTo($strip);        
        });

		function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
		    $strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){
                $strip.css("left", -10); 
                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);
		});			
	});	
};