(function($) {
  var cache = [];
  // Arguments are image paths relative to the current page.
  $.preLoadImages = function() {
    var args_len = arguments.length;
    for (var i = args_len; i--;) {
      var cacheImage = document.createElement('img');
      cacheImage.src = arguments[i];
      cache.push(cacheImage);
    }
  }
})(jQuery)

$(document).ready(function () {

  $('a.external').click(function(){
  
      window.open(this.href);
      return false;
   
  });
  
  $.preLoadImages("img/navFooter.png","img/navBody.png","img/navHeader.png","img/messageFooter.png","img/messageBody.png","img/messageHeader.png");
   
});