var MENU_POS = new Array();
	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['height'] = [25, 21];
	MENU_POS['width'] = [118, 100];
	// menu block offset from the origin:
	//	for root level origin is upper left corner of the page
	//	for other levels origin is upper left corner of parent item
	MENU_POS['block_top'] = [10, 27];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [154,-75];
	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top'] = [0, 23];
	MENU_POS['left'] = [0, 0];
	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [200, 200];
	// path to gif containing one transparent pixel
	MENU_POS['pixel_path'] = 'images/spacer.gif';
	//align of the menu.
	MENU_POS['align'] = 'center';
	
	
//	auxiliary methods
//	var MENU_POS = {
//	'height' : [25, 25, 25, 25, 25],
//	'width' : [100, 100, 100, 100, 100],
//	'block_top' : [150, 15, 15, 15, 15],
//	'block_left' : [-30, -80, -80, -80, -80, -80],
//	'top' : [26, 26, 26, 26, 26],
//	'left' : [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
//	'hide_delay' : [200, 200, 200, 200, 200],
//	'expd_delay' : [200, 200, 200, 200, 200],
//	'pixel_path' : '/img/pixel.gif',
//	'align' : 'right', // left, center, right
//	'valign' : 'top', // top, center, bottom
//	'scroll' : 'both' // none, vertical, horizontal, both
//};