$(document).ready(function() {

	$("dl").hover(function(){ $(this).bind("mouseover",addFade); },function(){ $(this).bind("mouseout",addFade); });

	function easeInOut(minValue,maxValue,totalSteps,actualStep,powr) {
		var delta = maxValue - minValue;
		var stepp = minValue+(Math.pow(((1 / totalSteps)*actualStep),powr)*delta);
		return Math.ceil(stepp)
	}

	function addFade() {
			doBGFade(this,[248,248,248],[255,255,255],'transparent',33,20,4);
		}

	function doBGFade(elem,startRGB,endRGB,finalColor,steps,intervals,powr) {
		if (elem.bgFadeInt) window.clearInterval(elem.bgFadeInt);
		var actStep = 0;
		elem.bgFadeInt = window.setInterval(
			function() {
				elem.style.backgroundColor = "rgb("+
					easeInOut(startRGB[0],endRGB[0],steps,actStep,powr)+","+
					easeInOut(startRGB[1],endRGB[1],steps,actStep,powr)+","+
					easeInOut(startRGB[2],endRGB[2],steps,actStep,powr)+")";
				actStep++;
				if (actStep > steps) {
				elem.style.backgroundColor = finalColor;
				window.clearInterval(elem.bgFadeInt);
				}
			}
			,intervals)
	}
});