<!-- Start: Preload Script -->
<!--
if (document.images)
    {
menu_01_over = new Image();
menu_02_over = new Image();
menu_03_over = new Image();
menu_04_over = new Image();
menu_05_over = new Image();
menu_06_over = new Image();
menu_07_over = new Image();
menu_08_over = new Image();

menu_01_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_01-over.gif";
menu_02_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_02-over.gif";
menu_03_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_03-over.gif";
menu_04_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_04-over.gif";
menu_05_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_05-over.gif";
menu_06_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_06-over.gif";
menu_07_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_07-over.gif";
menu_08_over.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_08-over.gif";

menu_01 = new Image();
menu_02 = new Image();
menu_03 = new Image();
menu_04 = new Image();
menu_05 = new Image();
menu_06 = new Image();
menu_07 = new Image();
menu_08 = new Image();

menu_01.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_01.gif";
menu_02.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_02.gif";
menu_03.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_03.gif";
menu_04.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_04.gif";
menu_05.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_05.gif";
menu_06.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_06.gif";
menu_07.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_07.gif";
menu_08.src = mylocation+"images/menu2_08.gif";
	}

pathname=new Array()

pathname[0]="about.html";
pathname[1]="membership.html";
pathname[2]="edu/";
pathname[3]="events/";
pathname[4]="slideshow/";
pathname[5]="advocacy.html";
pathname[6]="news/";
pathname[7]="jobs/";

function getpath(i) {
   location.href=mylocation+pathname[i];
   }

//drop down menus START
 var timeout	= 500;
var closetimer	= 0;
var ddmenuitem	= 0;

// open hidden layer
function mopen(id)
{	
	// cancel close timer
	mcancelclosetime();

	// close old layer
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';

	// get new layer and show it
	ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
	ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

}
// close showed layer
function mclose()
{
	if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}

// go close timer
function mclosetime()
{
	closetimer = window.setTimeout(mclose, timeout);
}

// cancel close timer
function mcancelclosetime()
{
	if(closetimer)
	{
		window.clearTimeout(closetimer);
		closetimer = null;
	}
}

// close layer when click-out
document.onclick = mclose; 
// -->