$(document).ready(function() {                  	
 
    //GALLERY IMAGES HOVER SCRIPT

		$(".gallery li a.image").append('<span class="image_hover"></span>'); //add span to images

		$('.gallery  li a span').css('opacity', '0').css('display', 'block') //span opacity = 0 
		
		// show / hide span on hover
		$(".gallery li a").hover(
			 function () {
				 $(this).find('.image_hover, .video_hover').stop().fadeTo('slow', .5); }, 
			function () {
		  		  $('.image_hover, .video_hover').stop().fadeOut('slow', 0);
		});
			
});