var menuBulletOff = new Array();
	var menuBulletOn = new Array();
	var menuBulletURL = new Array();

	
	var backgroundColourChange = 0; // used for Opera 6 and NS4 
	var cellPadding = 0;
	
	var sMASrc = "images/bullets/sub_menu.gif";
	var sMAW = 8;
	var sMAH = 16;	
	
	sMA= new Image(sMAW,sMAH);
	sMA.src = sMASrc;

	var ns4 = document.layers;
	var op5 = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera 5")!=-1) ||(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera/5")!=-1);
	var op6 = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera 6")!=-1) ||(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera/6")!=-1);
	var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	var mac = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
	var ie = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1); 
	var mac_ie = mac && ie;
		
	var currentMenu = 0;
	var currentMenuItem = 0;
	
	var bC = null;
	
	var obC = '#000000';
	var ibC = null;
	
	menuHTML1 = new String('');
	menuHTML2 = new String('');
	
	var timeOn = null;
	var numMenus = 5;
	var numTiers = 0;
	
	var menuImages = new Array();
	var currentImage = 0;
	
	var tier = new Array(numMenus);
	var offColours = new Array(numMenus);
	var onColours = new Array(numMenus);
	var menuActive = new Array(numMenus);
	var imageMenu = new Array(numMenus);
	var parentMenu = new Array(numMenus);
	var myStyle = new Array(numMenus);
	var menuWidths = new Array(numMenus);
    for(counter = 1; counter <= numMenus; counter++) {
		menuActive[counter] = false;
		imageMenu[counter] = false;
	}
	
	var targetType = 'self';
	var targetFrame = '_self';
	
	var menuLabelAlign = 'left';
	var menuLabelHeight = 15;
	if(ns4) menuLabelHeight = menuLabelHeight + (cellPadding*2);
	var menuLabelClass = 'MenuLabelLink';
	var menuLabelClassOn = 'MenuLabelLinkOn';
	var menuLabelColour = '#000000';
	var menuLabelColourOn = '#ff0000';
	
	
	var menuItemAlign = 'centre';
	var menuItemHeight = 16;
	if(ns4) menuItemHeight = menuItemHeight + (cellPadding*2);
	var menuItemClass = 'MenuItemLink';
	var menuItemClassOn = 'MenuItemLinkOn';
	var menuItemColour = '#000000';
	var menuItemColourOn = '#ffffff';