$(document).ready(function(){  
						   
	$('a#austenlogo').append('<span class="hoverBack"></span>').each(function(){
		var $span = $('> span', this).css('opacity', 0);
		$(this).hover(function () {
			$span.stop().fadeTo(250, 1);
		}, function () {
			$span.stop().fadeTo(500, 0);
		});
	});
	$('a#austenlogo').append('<span class="currentBack"></span></span>');
	
	$('ul#biglinks a').append('<span class="hoverBack"></span>').each(function(){
		var $span = $('> span', this).css('opacity', 0);
		$(this).hover(function () {
			$span.stop().fadeTo(250, 1);
		}, function () {
			$span.stop().fadeTo(500, 0);
		});
	});
	$('ul#biglinks a').append('<span class="currentBack"></span></span>');	

	fadeHeaderMessage();

	$('ul#mainnav li').hoverIntent({
		
		sensitivity: 3,
		interval: 50,
		over: function(){
			$(this).find('ul').fadeIn(350);
		},
		timeout: 500,
		out: function(){
			$(this).find('ul').fadeOut(250);
		}
		
	});

});
	
function fadeHeaderMessage(){
	
	$('div#header-message').fadeTo(500, 0.1, function(){
		
		$(this).delay(100).fadeTo(500, 1, function(){
			
			setTimeout('fadeHeaderMessage()', 4100);
			
		});
		
	});
	
};