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 = 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 defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
				
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
					//$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", checker);
					$strip.animate({left: '-='+ containerWidth}, tempo, "linear", checker);
				}
				
				//add function
				function checker()
				{
					var left = $strip.css('left');
					
					if( left == "0px")
					{
						$strip.animate({left: 0}, 2000, "linear", function(){ $strip.css("left", "1"); scrollnews(stripWidth, defTiming); });
					}
					else
					{
						$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);
				});	
				*/
		});	
};