jQuery.preloadImages = function() {   
			     for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)   
			    {
			          jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);   
			    }
			};			
				
		// preload images first (can run before page is fully loaded)
		$.preloadImages("images/tab01_on.jpg", "images/tab02_on.jpg");
		
		// COLUMN FADES	
	    // $("#leftcolumn").fadeIn(2000);
		//	setTimeout(function() {
		// 	$("#rightcolumn").fadeIn(2000);
		//	  }, 900);
		

		
		
		$(document).ready(function() {
		
			var sPath = window.location.pathname;
			var sPage = sPath.substring(sPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
			var sPage = sPage.replace(".html", "");

			//CORNERS & BORDERS
		   	$('#wrapper').corner("round 2px").parent().css('padding', '3px').corner("round 6px");
		   	$('#newstitle').corner('round top 8px');
		   	
		   	// MENU ANIMATION
		   	$("#topnav li").prepend("<span></span>");		//Throws an empty span tag right before the a tag
		   	
			$("#topnav li").each(function() { 			 	//For each list item...
				var linkText = $(this).find("a").html(); 	//Find the text inside of the a tag
				$(this).find("span").show().html(linkText); //Add the text in the span tag
			}); 


			$("#topnav li.navoff").hover(function() {	
				//On hover...
				$(this).find("span").stop().animate({ 
					marginTop: "-30" 						//Find the span tag and move it up 30 pixels
					}, 250);
				} , function() { 								//On hover out...
					$(this).find("span").stop().animate({
						marginTop: "0" 							//Move the span back to its original state (0px)
				}, 250);
			});
			
		// ROLLOVER	
		$("img.rollover").hover(
			 function() {
			  this.src = this.src.replace("_off","_on");
			 },
			 function() {
			  this.src = this.src.replace("_on","_off");
			 }
			);	
			

});