jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.04
		}, settings);		
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				var parentWidth = $strip.parent().width();
				$strip.addClass("newsticker");
				var stripWidth = 0;
				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask nostyle'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");								
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
				stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).width() + 60;
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth).css('left', parentWidth);			
				$tickercontainer.width(parentWidth - 22);
				$tickercontainer.parent().width(parentWidth - 2).height(jQuery('li', $strip).height() + 16);
				var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+parentWidth;								
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
				$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", parentWidth); 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);
				});			
		});	
};
$(function() { $('.marquee ul').liScroll(); });
