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();
				$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);
				});			
		});	
};

$(function() { 
    $("ul#ticker_txt").liScroll({travelocity: 0.05}); 
});