//MENU OPTIONS

		// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
		// changed onactivate
		
		//ypSlideOutMenu("id", "dir", left, top, width, height, parentid, degrade, debug)
		
		//set the height argument to the corresponding number of pixels from the chart below
		//number of items - hieght of menu
		//1 - 18
		//2 - 34
		//3 - 50
		//4 - 66
		//5 - 82
		//6 - 98
		//7 - 114
		//height = (link_height + padding-top + padding-bottom) * number_of_links + padding-bottom
		//padding and other css fun is in /include/nav/nav_styles.css - don't mess with this unless you know what you are doing.
		
		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "down", -1000, 155, 175, 82) //speakers
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "down", -1000, 155, 175, 82) //meeting planners
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "down", -1000, 155, 175, 82) //universities
		var myMenu4 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu4", "down", -1000, 155, 175, 66) //for speakers
		var myMenu5 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu5", "down", -1000, 155, 175, 98) //about
     
    // for each menu, we set up the onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels
	
		myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -272); }
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -173); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 6); }
		myMenu4.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu4, 133); }
		myMenu5.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu5, 258); }

    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
			var newLeft = getWindowWidth() / 2 + offset;

      // setting the left position in netscape is a little different than IE
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.left = newLeft + "px" : menu.container.left = newLeft;
		}
		 
    // this function calculates the window's width - different for IE and netscape
		function getWindowWidth()
		{
			return window.innerWidth ? window.innerWidth : document.body.offsetWidth;
		}

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