//new ypSlideOutMenu("menu6", "right", 640, 25, 120,85 ,"menu4" )
	// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
	// changed onactivate
	//                                                xpos, top,width,height
	var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "down", -1000, 59, 140, 25*8 + 10)
var myMenu1a = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1a", "right", 640, 25, 120,85 ,"menu1" )
	var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "down", -1000, 59, 140, 25*12 + 10)
	var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "down", -1000, 59, 160, 25*1 + 10)
	var myMenu4 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu4", "down", -1000, 59, 140, 25*1 + 10)
	var myMenu5 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu5", "down", -1000, 59, 180, 25*4 + 10)
	var myMenu6 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu6", "down", -1000, 59, 140, 25*4 + 10) //case stud
         // 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, -184); }
myMenu1a.onactiveate = function() { repositionMenu("menu1a", "right", -142 ,"menu1" )}
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -113); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, -35); }
		myMenu4.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu4, 41); }
		myMenu5.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu5, 132); }
		myMenu6.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu6, 225); }
    // 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;}	
    ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();