function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function changeImages() {
	if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
		for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
			document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
		}
	}
}

//check plugins and connection

var theCookie = document.cookie;
var connection;
var player;

if (getCookie("connection") == null) {
  //do the connection and player detection
  document.write("<SCR"+"IPT LANGUAGE=javascript SRC=/includes/detect.js></SCR"+"IPT>");
} else {
  connection = getCookie("connection");
  player = getCookie("player");
}

function getCookie(name) { // use: getCookie("name");
    var index = theCookie.indexOf(name + "=");
    if (index == -1) return null;
    index = theCookie.indexOf("=", index) + 1;
    var endstr = theCookie.indexOf(";", index);
    if (endstr == -1) endstr = theCookie.length;
    return unescape(theCookie.substring(index, endstr));
}


var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
	if (document.images) {
		what_we_do_over = newImage("/images/what_we_do-over.gif");
		samples_over = newImage("/images/samples-over.gif");
		how_it_works_over = newImage("/images/how_it_works-over.gif");
		fee_structure_over = newImage("/images/fee_structure-over.gif");
		start_here_over = newImage("/images/start_here-over.gif");
		home_over = newImage("/images/home-over.gif");
		preloadFlag = true;
	}	
}



function howItWorks() {
  newWindow=window.open('http://www.collegeboundstudents.com/how_it_works_1.htm', 'how_it_works', 'height=400,width=550,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no');
}