$(document).ready(function(){
$(".fade,#sidebar ul.ctas li a,#nav a").fadeTo("fast", 0.8); // This sets the opacity of the thumbs to fade down to 60% when the page loads

$(".fade,#sidebar ul.ctas li a,#nav a").hover(function(){
$(this).fadeTo("fast", 1.0); // This should set the opacity to 100% on hover
},function(){
$(this).fadeTo("fast", 0.8); // This should set the opacity back to 60% on mouseout
});
});