	// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. I think the bottom of the page is better.. 
	// but you can experiment with effect on loadtime.
	if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a set of dropdowns
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first param should always be down, as it is here
		//
		// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
		// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
		// something like -5, 5
		//
		// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
		// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the 
		// menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
		//==================================================================================================
		var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem(":: Top News", "/"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem(":: Latest Schedule Matrix", "/skeds/"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		//==================================================================================================

		// menu : Watch Reports
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem(":: Latest Report", "/crw/");
		menu2.addItem(":: Archives", "/crw/archives.php");
		menu2.addItem(":: Subscribe by E-mail", "/join.php");
		menu2.addItem(":: Editorial Staff", "/about/");

		// menu : Country Intel
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem(":: Current Global Hot Spots", "/intel/");
		menu3.addItem(":: Africa", "/intel/region.php?id=1");
		menu3.addItem(":: Americas", "/intel/region.php?id=2");
		menu3.addItem(":: Asia", "/intel/region.php?id=3");
		menu3.addItem(":: Europe", "/intel/region.php?id=4");
		menu3.addItem(":: Middle East", "/intel/region.php?id=5");
		menu3.addItem(":: Oceania", "/intel/region.php?id=6");

		var subMenu1 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[1]);
		subMenu1.addItem("· Regional", "/intel/intel.php?id=1");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Algeria", "/intel/intel.php?id=9");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Angola", "/intel/intel.php?id=10");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Burundi", "/intel/intel.php?id=33");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cameroon", "/intel/intel.php?id=35");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Central African Rep", "/intel/intel.php?id=38");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Chad", "/intel/intel.php?id=39");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Congo (Brazzaville)", "/intel/intel.php?id=46");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Congo (DR)", "/intel/intel.php?id=47");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Djibouti", "/intel/intel.php?id=55");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Egypt", "/intel/intel.php?id=60");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Equatorial Guinea", "/intel/intel.php?id=62");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Eritrea", "/intel/intel.php?id=63");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Ethiopia", "/intel/intel.php?id=65");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Gabon", "/intel/intel.php?id=69");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Gambia, The", "/intel/intel.php?id=70");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Guinea", "/intel/intel.php?id=77");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Guinea Bissau", "/intel/intel.php?id=78");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Kenya", "/intel/intel.php?id=96");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Liberia", "/intel/intel.php?id=106");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Libya", "/intel/intel.php?id=107");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Madagascar", "/intel/intel.php?id=112");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Malawi", "/intel/intel.php?id=113");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Maldives", "/intel/intel.php?id=115");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Mauritania", "/intel/intel.php?id=119");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Mauritius", "/intel/intel.php?id=120");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Morocco", "/intel/intel.php?id=126");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Mozambique", "/intel/intel.php?id=127");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Namibia", "/intel/intel.php?id=129");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Niger", "/intel/intel.php?id=135");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Nigeria", "/intel/intel.php?id=136");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Rwanda", "/intel/intel.php?id=152");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Sao Tome", "/intel/intel.php?id=158");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Senegal", "/intel/intel.php?id=160");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Seychelles", "/intel/intel.php?id=162");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Sierra Leone", "/intel/intel.php?id=163");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Somalia", "/intel/intel.php?id=168");
		subMenu1.addItem("· South Africa", "/intel/intel.php?id=169");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Sudan", "/intel/intel.php?id=172");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Swaziland", "/intel/intel.php?id=174");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Tanzania", "/intel/intel.php?id=179");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Togo", "/intel/intel.php?id=181");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Tunisia", "/intel/intel.php?id=184");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Uganda", "/intel/intel.php?id=188");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Western Sahara", "/intel/intel.php?id=199");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Zambia", "/intel/intel.php?id=201");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Zimbabwe", "/intel/intel.php?id=202");

		var subMenu2 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[2]);
		subMenu2.addItem("· Argentina", "/intel/intel.php?id=12");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Bahamas", "/intel/intel.php?id=17");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Barbados", "/intel/intel.php?id=20");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Belize", "/intel/intel.php?id=23");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Bolivia", "/intel/intel.php?id=26");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Brazil", "/intel/intel.php?id=29");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Canada", "/intel/intel.php?id=36");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Chile", "/intel/intel.php?id=41");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Colombia", "/intel/intel.php?id=44");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Costa Rica", "/intel/intel.php?id=48");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Cuba", "/intel/intel.php?id=50");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Dominica", "/intel/intel.php?id=56");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Dominican Rep", "/intel/intel.php?id=57");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Ecuador", "/intel/intel.php?id=59");
		subMenu2.addItem("· El Salvador", "/intel/intel.php?id=61");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Falkland Islands", "/intel/intel.php?id=206");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Grenada", "/intel/intel.php?id=75");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Guatemala", "/intel/intel.php?id=76");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Guyana", "/intel/intel.php?id=79");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Haiti", "/intel/intel.php?id=80");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Honduras", "/intel/intel.php?id=81");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Jamaica", "/intel/intel.php?id=91");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Mexico", "/intel/intel.php?id=121");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Nicaragua", "/intel/intel.php?id=134");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Panama", "/intel/intel.php?id=142");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Paraguay", "/intel/intel.php?id=144");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Peru", "/intel/intel.php?id=145");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Suriname", "/intel/intel.php?id=173");
		subMenu2.addItem("· United States", "/intel/intel.php?id=192");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Uruguay", "/intel/intel.php?id=193");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Venezuela", "/intel/intel.php?id=197");

		var subMenu3 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[3]);
		subMenu3.addItem("· Regional", "/intel/intel.php?id=3");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Afghanistan", "/intel/intel.php?id=7");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Armenia", "/intel/intel.php?id=13");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Azerbaijan", "/intel/intel.php?id=16");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Bangladesh", "/intel/intel.php?id=19");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Burma (Myanmar)", "/intel/intel.php?id=128");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Cambodia", "/intel/intel.php?id=34");
		subMenu3.addItem("· China (PRC)", "/intel/intel.php?id=42");
		subMenu3.addItem("· China (ROC)", "/intel/intel.php?id=43");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Georgia", "/intel/intel.php?id=71");
		subMenu3.addItem("· India", "/intel/intel.php?id=84");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Indonesia", "/intel/intel.php?id=85");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Kashmir", "/intel/intel.php?id=94");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Kazakhstan", "/intel/intel.php?id=95");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Korea, North", "/intel/intel.php?id=98");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Korea, South", "/intel/intel.php?id=99");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Laos", "/intel/intel.php?id=102");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Malaysia", "/intel/intel.php?id=114");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Maldives", "/intel/intel.php?id=115");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Nepal", "/intel/intel.php?id=131");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Philippines", "/intel/intel.php?id=146");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Singapore", "/intel/intel.php?id=164");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Sri Lanka", "/intel/intel.php?id=171");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Tajikistan", "/intel/intel.php?id=178");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Thailand", "/intel/intel.php?id=180");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Turkmenistan", "/intel/intel.php?id=186");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Uzbekistan", "/intel/intel.php?id=194");
		subMenu3.addItem("· Vietnam", "/intel/intel.php?id=198");

		var subMenu4 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[4]);
		subMenu4.addItem("· Regional", "/intel/intel.php?id=4");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Albania", "/intel/intel.php?id=8");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Belarus", "/intel/intel.php?id=21");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Bosnia & Herzegovina", "/intel/intel.php?id=27");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Chechnya (de facto)", "/intel/intel.php?id=40");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Croatia", "/intel/intel.php?id=49");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Cyprus", "/intel/intel.php?id=51");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Czech Republic", "/intel/intel.php?id=52");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Estonia", "/intel/intel.php?id=64");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Germany", "/intel/intel.php?id=72");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Greece", "/intel/intel.php?id=74");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Hungary", "/intel/intel.php?id=82");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Kosovo", "/intel/intel.php?id=204");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Latvia", "/intel/intel.php?id=103");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Lithuania", "/intel/intel.php?id=109");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Moldova", "/intel/intel.php?id=123");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Northern Ireland (de facto)", "/intel/intel.php?id=137");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Poland", "/intel/intel.php?id=147");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Portugal", "/intel/intel.php?id=148");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Russia (former USSR)", "/intel/intel.php?id=151");
		subMenu4.addItem("· Spain", "/intel/intel.php?id=170");

		var subMenu5 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[5]);
		subMenu5.addItem("· Regional", "/intel/intel.php?id=5");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Iran", "/intel/intel.php?id=86");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Iraq", "/intel/intel.php?id=87");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Israel", "/intel/intel.php?id=89");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Jordan", "/intel/intel.php?id=93");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Kurdistan", "/intel/intel.php?id=205");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Kuwait", "/intel/intel.php?id=100");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Lebanon", "/intel/intel.php?id=104");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Palestine (de facto)", "/intel/intel.php?id=203");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Saudi Arabia", "/intel/intel.php?id=159");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Syria", "/intel/intel.php?id=177");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Turkey", "/intel/intel.php?id=185");
		subMenu5.addItem("· Yemen", "/intel/intel.php?id=200");

		var subMenu6 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[6]);
		subMenu6.addItem("· East Timor", "/intel/intel.php?id=58");
		subMenu6.addItem("· Papua New Guinea", "/intel/intel.php?id=143");
		subMenu6.addItem("· Vanuatu", "/intel/intel.php?id=195");

		// menu : Features
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem(":: Sound Library", "/features/");
		menu4.addItem(":: Dossier Reports", "/features/");
		menu4.addItem(":: Online Resources", "/features/");
				
		// menu : About Us
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem(":: About Us", "/about/");
		menu5.addItem(":: Press Room", "/about/press.php");
		menu5.addItem(":: Editorial Staff", "/about/");
		menu5.addItem(":: Contact Us", "/contact/");

		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
	}

