// Preloading menu images
	
	if (document.images) 
     {
      img1 = new Image();							  img9 = new Image();
      img2 = new Image();							  img10 = new Image();
      img3 = new Image();							  img11 = new Image();
      img4 = new Image();							  img12 = new Image();
      img5 = new Image();							  img13 = new Image();
      img6 = new Image();							  img14 = new Image();
      img7 = new Image();							  img15 = new Image();	
      img8 = new Image();						 	  img16 = new Image();
      
      img1.src = "images/menu_home.gif";              img9.src = "images/menu_home_over.gif";           
      img2.src = "images/menu_about.gif";             img10.src = "images/menu_about_over.gif";     
      img3.src = "images/menu_ssr.gif";               img11.src = "images/menu_ssr_over.gif";       
      img4.src = "images/menu_gpr.gif";               img12.src = "images/menu_gpr_over.gif";       
      img5.src = "images/menu_people.gif";            img13.src = "images/menu_people_over.gif";    
      img6.src = "images/menu_employment.gif";        img14.src = "images/menu_employment_over.gif";
      img7.src = "images/menu_news.gif";              img15.src = "images/menu_news_over.gif";      
      img8.src = "images/menu_contact.gif";           img16.src = "images/menu_contact_over.gif";
	 }