$(document).ready(function ($) {
    //$('a[rel*=facebox]').facebox();
    // open a link in a new window, this is valid target="_blank" is not.
    $('a.blank').click(function () {
        window.open(this.href);
        return false;
    })

    // drop down menu system
    $('ul.sf-menu').superfish();
});   // end ready

(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)