jQuery.preloadImages = function() {
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
    jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
}

$j(document).ready(function() {
	$j.preloadImages(
		"images/icons/home.jpg", 
		"images/icons/home-hover.jpg",
		"images/icons/contact.jpg",
		"images/icons/contact-hover.jpg",
		"images/icons/twitter.jpg",
		"images/icons/twitter-hover.jpg",
		"images/icons/facebook.jpg",
		"images/icons/facebook-hover.jpg",
		"images/icons/email.jpg",
		"images/icons/email-hover.jpg",
		"images/buttons/more-news.jpg",
		"images/buttons/more-news-hover.jpg",
		"images/buttons/more-events.jpg",
		"images/buttons/more-events-hover.jpg"
	);
});