// Lionel Sakou
// May 08, 2009

        //preload potentially heavy images
        img13 = new Image();
        img13.src = "images/banner.jpg";
        img14 = new Image();
        img14.src = "images/back_1.gif";
        img1 = new Image();
        img1.src = "images/home.gif";
        img2 = new Image();
        img2.src = "images/about.gif";
        img1a = new Image();
        img1a.src = "images/projects.gif";
        img2a = new Image();
        img2a.src = "images/team.gif";
        img3a = new Image();
        img3a.src = "images/contact.gif";
        img11 = new Image();
        img11.src = "images/sidebox.png";
        img12 = new Image();
        img12.src = "images/proBox.png";
        img3 = new Image();
        img3.src = "images/dat.png";
        img4 = new Image();
        img4.src = "images/dat_hover.png";
        img5 = new Image();
        img5.src = "images/pro.png";
        img6 = new Image();
        img6.src = "images/pro_hover.png";
        img7 = new Image();
        img7.src = "images/localServices.png";
        img8 = new Image();
        img8.src = "images/localServices_hover.png";
        img9 = new Image();
        img9.src = "images/topbox2.png";
        img10 = new Image();
        img10.src = "images/title_bar.png";
        img15 = new Image();
        img15.src = "images/topbox.jpg";
        img16 = new Image();
        img16.src = "images/bottombox.jpg";
        img17 = new Image();
        img17.src = "images/bckgrd.gif";
        img18 = new Image();
        img18.src = "images/bottomback.gif";        
        img19 = new Image();
        img19.src = "images/content_background.gif";
        img20 = new Image();
        img20.src = "images/title_bar1.png"; 
        img21 = new Image();
        img21.src = "images/title_bar2.png";
        
        img22 = new Image();
        img22.src = "images/bckgrd2.gif";
        img23 = new Image();
        img23.src = "images/topbox3.png";        
        img24 = new Image();
        img24.src = "images/title_bar3.png";
        img25 = new Image();
        img25.src = "images/title_bar4.png"; 
        img26 = new Image();
        img26.src = "images/title_bar5.png";
        img27 = new Image();
        img27.src = "images/title_bar6.png"; 
        img28 = new Image();
        img28.src = "images/title_bar7.png";               

        img1off = new Image();
        img1off.src = "images/home_hover.gif";
        img2off = new Image();
        img2off.src = "images/about_hover.gif";
        img1aoff = new Image();
        img1aoff.src = "images/projects_hover.gif";
        img2aoff = new Image();
        img2aoff.src = "images/team_hover.gif";
        img3aoff = new Image();
        img3aoff.src = "images/contact_hover.gif";
        
        img1hover = new Image();
        img1hover.src = "images/home_click.gif";
        img2hover = new Image();
        img2hover.src = "images/about_click.gif";
        img1ahover = new Image();
        img1ahover.src = "images/projects_click.gif";
        img2ahover = new Image();
        img2ahover.src = "images/team_click.gif";
        img3ahover = new Image();
        img3ahover.src = "images/contact_click.gif";