function preloadImages() {
	if (document.images) {
		
	
		
		//images for bottom links
		bottomLinks_03_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_03-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_04_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_04-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_05_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_05-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_06_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_06-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_07_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_07-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_08_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_08-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_09_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_09-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_10_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_10-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_11_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_11-over.jpg");
		bottomLinks_15_over = newImage("images/bottomLinks_15-over.jpg");
		
		
		//images for logout
		logOutMenu_02_over = newImage("images/logOutMenu_02-over.jpg");
		
		
		//this gets around the extra click to activate for flash controls
		//it works nice in ie7 but not ie6????
	//	theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
	//	for (var i = 0; i < theObjects.length; i++) {
	//	theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
	//	}
		
		
		preloadFlag = true;
	} 
	pageMenu();
}