//preload any images (mostly navigation) that we may need
if(document.images) {
	
//Top Navigation:
nw_nav_news = new Image()
nw_nav_news.src = "../images/nw_nav_news.gif"
nw_nav_news_o = new Image()
nw_nav_news_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_news_o.gif"

nw_nav_calendar = new Image()
nw_nav_calendar.src = "../images/nw_nav_calendar.gif"
nw_nav_calendar_o = new Image()
nw_nav_calendar_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_calendar_o.gif"

nw_nav_construction = new Image()
nw_nav_construction.src = "../images/nw_nav_construction.gif"
nw_nav_construction_o = new Image()
nw_nav_construction_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_construction_o.gif"

nw_nav_alumni = new Image()
nw_nav_alumni.src = "../images/nw_nav_alumni.gif"
nw_nav_alumni_o = new Image()
nw_nav_alumni_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_alumni_o.gif"

nw_nav_spotlight = new Image()
nw_nav_spotlight.src = "../images/nw_nav_spotlight.gif"
nw_nav_spotlight_o = new Image()
nw_nav_spotlight_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_spotlight_o.gif"

nw_nav_student = new Image()
nw_nav_student.src = "../images/nw_nav_student.gif"
nw_nav_student_o = new Image()
nw_nav_student_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_student_o.gif"

nw_nav_athletics = new Image()
nw_nav_athletics.src = "../images/nw_nav_athletics.gif"
nw_nav_athletics_o = new Image()
nw_nav_athletics_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_athletics_o.gif"

nw_nav_achievers = new Image()
nw_nav_achievers.src = "../images/nw_nav_achievers.gif"
nw_nav_achievers_o = new Image()
nw_nav_achievers_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_achievers_o.gif"

nw_nav_colleagues = new Image()
nw_nav_colleagues.src = "../images/nw_nav_colleagues.gif"
nw_nav_colleagues_o = new Image()
nw_nav_colleagues_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_colleagues_o.gif"

nw_nav_archives = new Image()
nw_nav_archives.src = "../images/nw_nav_archives.gif"
nw_nav_archives_o = new Image()
nw_nav_archives_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_archives_o.gif"

nw_nav_contact = new Image()
nw_nav_contact.src = "../images/nw_nav_contact.gif"
nw_nav_contact_o = new Image()
nw_nav_contact_o.src = "../images/nw_nav_contact_o.gif"
}

//Rollover function for navigation:
function rollOver(img1,ref1) {
    if (document.images) {
        document.images[img1].src = eval(ref1 + ".src")
    }
    }

// dropShadow javaScript file
// Ripple Effects Interactive - 2004
// get browser window height to stretch drop-shadow layout
// table the full height of the browser window.
// if for any reason this isn't working as expected,
// make sure the doctype of your html pages are correct:
// <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">

// Note: script does NOT work for: IE Mac, and IE 5/5.5 win.
var winH = 0;
  if( typeof( window.innerWidth ) == 'number' ) {
    //Non-IE
   winH = window.innerHeight;
  } else {
    if( document.documentElement && ( document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight ) ) { //IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
      winH = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
    } else { if( document.body && ( document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight ) ) { //IE 4 compatible
       
        winH = document.body.clientHeight;
      }
    }
  }
  
  winH = winH + winH;
// un-comment the alert below for testing browser height:
// alert(winH);