jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
			travelocity: 0.07
		}, settings);
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				var stripWidth = 0;
				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='liscrollmask'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='liscrollcontainer'></div>");
				var tickercontainerWidth = $tickercontainer.width();
				var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width();	//a.k.a. 'mask' width
				$strip.addClass("liscroll");
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
					stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).outerWidth();
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth);
				var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;
				$tickercontainer.width(tickercontainerWidth);
				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);
				});
		});
};