function loadMenuItems() { 
 
        var oMenuBar = new YAHOO.widget.MenuBar("experts-navigation",{ autosubmenudisplay: true, lazyload: true, hidedelay: 10, showdelay:0}); 

        var expertsURL = "http://experts.covers.com";
    
        var oMenuData = [
        {        
            id: "cappers",
            itemdata: [ 
                { text: "Steve Merril", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=14072" }, 
{ text: "The Prez", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=324203" }, 
{ text: "Bryan Leonard", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=7466" }, 
{ text: "Stephen Nover", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=14986" }, 
{ text: "Larry Ness", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=7482" }, 
{ text: "Doc's Sports", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=10293" }, 
{ text: "David Malinsky", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=17678" }, 
{ text: "Lee Kostroski", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=264161" }, 
{ text: "Scott Rickenbach", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=29179" }, 
{ text: "David Chan", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=320645" }, 
{ text: "Pro Football Club", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=345776" }, 
{ text: "Marc Lawrence", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=7479" }, 
{ text: "Matt Fargo", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=20298" }, 
{ text: "The Miller Group", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=7914" }, 
{ text: "Ted Sevransky", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=20087" }, 
{ text: "Alex Smart", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=337385" }, 
{ text: "Ben Burns", url: expertsURL + "/handicapper.aspx?ce=257317" }
            ]

        },
		{        
            id: "picks",
            itemdata: [ 
                { text: "All Picks", url: expertsURL + "/sports_picks.aspx" },
                { text: "NFL Picks", url: expertsURL + "/nfl_picks.html" },
                { text: "NBA Picks", url: expertsURL + "/nba_picks.html" },
                { text: "MLB Picks", url: expertsURL + "/mlb_picks.html" },
                { text: "NHL Picks", url: expertsURL + "/nhl_picks.html" },
                { text: "NCAAF Picks", url: expertsURL + "/ncaaf_picks.html" },
                { text: "NCAAB Picks", url: expertsURL + "/ncaab_picks.html"}           
            ]

        },
	    {        
            id: "betting",
            itemdata: [ 
            
                { text: "Betting Tools Main", url: expertsURL + "/sports-betting-tools.aspx" },
                { text: "Odds Tracker", url: expertsURL + "/sportsinsights/index.aspx" },
				{ text: "Sports Stats Database", url: expertsURL + "/sports-statistics/sports-stats-index.aspx"}
            ]

        }
        ];


        // Initialize the submenus of the items in the root menubar   
        oMenuBar.subscribe("beforeRender", function () 
        {
           if (this.getRoot() == this) 
           {
                this.getItem(1).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oMenuData[0]);
                this.getItem(2).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oMenuData[1]);
                this.getItem(3).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oMenuData[2]);
				this.getItem(7).cfg.setProperty("submenu", oForumData[0]);	
            }

        });
             
     oMenuBar.render(); 
     oMenuBar.show();
   };