// when the DOM is ready:
$(document).ready(function () {
  // find the div.fade elements and hook the hover event
  $('div.fade').hover(function() {
    // on hovering over, find the element we want to fade *up*
    var fade = $('> div', this);

    // if the element is currently being animated (to a fadeOut)...
    if (fade.is(':animated')) {
      // ...take it's current opacity back up to 1
      fade.stop().fadeTo(250, 1);
    } else {
      // fade in quickly
      fade.fadeIn(250);
    }
  }, function () {
    // on hovering out, fade the element out
    var fade = $('> div', this);
    if (fade.is(':animated')) {
      fade.stop().fadeTo(3000, 0);
    } else {
      // fade away slowly
      fade.fadeOut(3000);
    }
  });
});