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).outerWidth(true); // thanks to Michael Haszprunar
	 });
	 $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);});
	 }
	 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);
	 });
	 });
};