$(function () {
  $('#content img, #slides img').hide();//hide all the images on the page
  $('.person').hide();//hide all the images on the page
});

$(function ($) {
   $.preLoadImages = function(imageList,callback) {
       var pic = [], i, total, loaded = 0;
       if (typeof imageList != 'undefined') {
           if ($.isArray(imageList)) {
               total = imageList.length; // used later
                   for (i=0; i < total; i++) {
                       pic[i] = new Image();
                       pic[i].onload = function() {
                           loaded++; // should never hit a race condition due to JS's non-threaded nature
                           if (loaded == total) {
                               if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
                                   callback();
                               }
                           }
                       };
                       pic[i].src = imageList[i];
                   }
           }
           else {
               pic[0] = new Image();
               pic[0].onload = function() {
                   if ($.isFunction(callback)) {
                       callback();
                   }
               }
               pic[0].src = imageList;
       }
        }
        pic = undefined;
    };
})(jQuery);

$.preLoadImages(
     [
     '../images/about_button150x110.jpg',
     '../images/bags.png',
     '../images/blue_button50x50.jpg',
     '../images/contact.gif',
     '../images/gifts_stampede.jpg',
     '../images/group.jpg',
     '../images/index_bg.jpg',
     '../images/index_header.jpg',
     '../images/index_kid.jpg',
     '../images/logo.jpg',
     '../images/oem_kid.jpg',
     '../images/people7.jpg',
     '../images/retail_kid.jpg',
     '../images/shopping_kid.jpg',
     '../images/store.jpg',
     '../images/people/janeSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/jane_aokoSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/jane_leeSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/margeSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/mary_achiSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/mary_awinSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/milliSm.jpg',
     '../images/people/roseSm.jpg',
    ]
);