jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({ travelocity: 0.02 }, settings);		
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				var stripHeight = 0;
				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");
				//var containerHeight = $strip.parent().parent().height();	//a.k.a. 'mask' height
				var containerHeight = 94;
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){ stripHeight += jQuery(this, i).height() + 18; });
				$strip.height(stripHeight);
				var defTiming = stripHeight/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripHeight+containerHeight;
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
				$strip.animate({top: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("top", containerHeight); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});
				}
				scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);
				$strip.hover(function(){
				jQuery(this).stop();
				},
				function(){
				var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
				//var residualSpace = offset.top + stripHeight;
				var residualSpace = stripHeight;
				var residualTime = residualSpace/settings.travelocity;
				scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
				});
		});
};