			var objNavMenu = null;
			var prevObjNavMenu = null;
			var prevObjDropMenu = null;
			var numDropMenu = 1;
			////// link styles
			var bgLinkColor = 'none';
			var bgLinkHover = 'none'
			var bgLinkActive = 'none'
			var linkColor = '#53473b'
			var linkHover = '#365685'
			var linkActive = '#365685'
			
			var isIE = null;
			if (navigator.appName.indexOf('Microsoft Internet Explorer') != -1) isIE=1;

			function initDropMenu () {
				document.onclick = hideDropMenu;
				for (i=1; i<=numDropMenu; i++) {
					menuName = 'dropMenu' + i;
					navName = 'navMenu' + i;
					objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName);
					objNavMenu = document.getElementById(navName);
					objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden';
					objNavMenu.onmouseover =  menuHover;
					objNavMenu.onmouseout = menuOut;
					objNavMenu.onclick = showDropMenu;
				}
				objNavMenu = null;
				return;
}

function  menuHover(e) {
	document.onclick = null;
	hoverObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
	if (hoverObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) {
		hoverObjNavMenu.style.color = linkHover;
		hoverObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkHover;
	}		
}

function menuOut (e) {
	document.onclick = hideDropMenu;
	outObjNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
	if (outObjNavMenu != objNavMenu) {
		outObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor;
		outObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;
	}
}

function showDropMenu(e) {
	menuName = 'drop' + this.id.substring(3,this.id.length);
	objDropMenu = document.getElementById(menuName);
	if (prevObjDropMenu == objDropMenu) {
			hideDropMenu();
		return;
	}
	if (prevObjDropMenu != null) hideDropMenu();
	objNavMenu = document.getElementById(this.id);
	if ((prevObjNavMenu != objNavMenu ) || (prevObjDropMenu == null)) {
		objNavMenu.style.color = linkActive;
		objNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkActive;
	}
	
	if (objDropMenu) {
		xPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetLeft + objNavMenu.offsetLeft;
		yPos = objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetTop + objNavMenu.offsetParent.offsetHeight;
		if (isIE) {
			yPos -= 1;
			xPos -= 6;
		}
		objDropMenu.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		objDropMenu.style.top = yPos + 'px';
		objDropMenu.style.visibility = 'visible';
		prevObjDropMenu = objDropMenu;
		prevObjNavMenu = objNavMenu;
	}

}

function hideDropMenu() {
	document.onclick = null;
	if (prevObjDropMenu) {
		prevObjDropMenu.style.visibility = 'hidden';
		prevObjDropMenu = null;
		prevObjNavMenu.style.color = linkColor;
		prevObjNavMenu.style.backgroundColor = bgLinkColor;
	}
	objNavMenu = null;
}