jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.038
		}, 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-1000; //increasing last value shortens the distance between two
				var defTiming = totalTravel/settings.travelocity;	// thanks to Scott Waye		
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
				$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth-120); scrollnews(totalTravel+800, defTiming);}); //first num set position of appearance
				}
				scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);		

	
		});	
};