jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.04
		}, 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);
				});			
		});	
};

$(document).ready(function(){
	/*
	var first = 0;
	var speed = 0;
	var pause = 3500;
	
		function removeFirst(){
			first = $('ul#listticker li:first').html();
			$('ul#listticker li:first')
			.animate({opacity: 0}, speed)
			.fadeOut('fast', function() {$(this).remove();});
			addLast(first);
			
		}
		
		function addLast(first){
			last = '<li style="display:none">'+first+'</li>';
			$('ul#listticker').append(last)
			$('ul#listticker li:last')
			.animate({opacity: 1}, speed)
			.fadeIn('slow', function(){loadFrontItem();})
		}
	
	interval = setInterval(removeFirst, pause);
	*/
});