// THIS SECTION PRELOADS THE IMAGES
    var catPath = "../_images/";
    var catPics = new Array;

    catPics[0] = new Array("base_1.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[1] = new Array("base_2.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[2] = new Array("base_3.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[3] = new Array("base_4.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[4] = new Array("base_5.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[5] = new Array("base_6.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[6] = new Array("base_7.jpg",769,390);
    catPics[7] = new Array("index_home.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[8] = new Array("index_empresa.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[9] = new Array("index_servicos.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[10] = new Array("index_eventos.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[11] = new Array("index_terapias.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[12] = new Array("index_consultoria.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[13] = new Array("index_contactos.jpg",115,43);
    catPics[14] = new Array("index_02.gif",219,76);
    catPics[15] = new Array("index_10.gif",219,56);
    catPics[16] = new Array("index_42.gif",969,50);

    function preloadImages(path,pics) {

        var images = new Array;

        for (var picNum=0; picNum<pics.length; picNum++)
            {
            images[picNum] = new Image(pics[picNum][1],pics[picNum][2]);
            images[picNum].src = (path + pics[picNum][0]);
            }

        return (images);
    }

    var myPics = preloadImages(catPath,catPics);