//$(document).ready(function() {

	jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
			settings = jQuery.extend({
			travelocity: 2.0
			}, 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){
					$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$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);
					});			
			});	
	};

//});