(function($){ 

  jQuery.fn.idle = function(time)
  { 
      var o = $(this); 
      o.queue(function()
      { 
         setTimeout(function()
         { 
            o.dequeue(); 
         }, time);
      });
  };
})(jQuery);

A small plugin that you can use in the jQuery chain to delay the next in queue. For those using a jQuery library pre 1.4 (v1.4 + has .delay() ).

$('.notice').fadeIn().idle(2000).fadeOut('slow');

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