activateMenu = function(nav) {    
    /* currentStyle restricts the Javascript to IE only */    
	if (document.getElementById(nav) != undefined) {  
        var navroot = document.getElementById(nav);
        
        /* Get all the list items within the menu */
        var lis=navroot.getElementsByTagName("LI");  
        for (i=0; i<lis.length; i++) {
        
           /* If the LI has another menu level */
            if(lis[i].lastChild.tagName=="UL"){
            
                /* assign the function to the LI */
             	lis[i].onmouseover=function() {	                  
                   /* display the inner menu */
                   this.lastChild.style.display="block";
                   this.style.background="#E3DEB6"; //onhover                   
                }
                lis[i].onmouseout=function() {                       
                   this.lastChild.style.display="none";                   
                   this.style.background="#D4D0AD"; //onout
                }
            } else {              
                lis[i].onmouseover=function() {	
                    this.style.background="#E3DEB6"; //on hover
                } 
                lis[i].onmouseout=function() {                       
                   this.style.background="#D4D0AD"; //onout
                }                           
            }
        }
    }
}
window.onload= function(){
    /* pass the function the id of the top level UL */    
    activateMenu('vertnav');      
    if( document.getElementById('blurthis') !== null ) {
    	blurtext();
    }
}