// wrap as a jQuery plugin and pass jQuery in to our anonymous function
		    (function (jQuery) {
		        jQuery.fn.cross = function (options) {
		            return this.each(function (i) { 
		                // cache the copy of jQuery(this) - the start image
		                var jQueryjQuery = jQuery(this);
		                
		                // get the target from the backgroundImage + regexp
		                var target = jQueryjQuery.css('backgroundImage').replace(/^url|[\(\)'"]/g, '');
		
		                // nice long chain: wrap img element in span
		                jQueryjQuery.wrap('<span class="imgColorHover" style="position: relative;"></span>')
		                    // change selector to parent - i.e. newly created span
		                    .parent()
		                    // prepend a new image inside the span
		                    .prepend('<img>')
		                    // change the selector to the newly created image
		                    .find(':first-child')
		                    // set the image to the target
		                    .attr('src', target);
		
		                // the CSS styling of the start image needs to be handled
		                // differently for different browsers
		                if (jQuery.browser.mozilla) {
		                    jQueryjQuery.css({
		                        'position' : 'absolute', 
		                        'left' : 0,
		                        'background' : '',
		                        'top' : this.offsetTop
		                    });		               
		                } else if ((jQuery.browser.opera && jQuery.browser.version < 9.5) || jQuery.browser.msie) {
		                    // Browser sniffing is bad - however opera < 9.5 has a render bug 
		                    // so this is required to get around it we can't apply the 'top' : 0 
		                    // separately because Mozilla strips the style set originally somehow...                    
		                    jQueryjQuery.css({
		                        'position' : 'absolute', 
		                        'left' : 0,
		                        'background' : '',
		                        'top' : "0"
		                    });		                
		                } else { // Safari
		                    jQueryjQuery.css({
		                        'position' : 'absolute', 
		                        'left' : 0,
		                        'background' : ''
		                    });
		                }
		
		                // similar effect as single image technique, except using .animate 
		                // which will handle the fading up from the right opacity for us
		                jQueryjQuery.hover(function () {
		                    jQueryjQuery.stop().animate({
		                        opacity: 0
		                    }, 300);
		                }, function () {
		                    jQueryjQuery.stop().animate({
		                        opacity: 1
		                    }, 300);
		                });
		            });
		        };
		        
		    })(jQuery);
		    
		    // note that this uses the .bind('load') on the window object, rather than jQuery(document).ready() 
		    // because .ready() fires before the images have loaded, but we need to fire *after* because
		    // our code relies on the dimensions of the images already in place.
		    jQuery(window).bind('load', function () {
		        jQuery('img.fade').cross();
		    });