Flash menu reloads and therefore collapses

I have a site prototype at
http://www.olsonzaltman.com/prototype.
The menu is one I've customized using the coding brainwork of Ian
Kelleigh of www.freehandsource.com. Many thanks to him. My problem
is that shy of using frames, I can't get the menu to NOT reload
each time a link is clicked. The beauty of the menu is that it
stays open to aid in user-orientation. Is there a simply way around
this or does the solution involve major coding and a completely
flash-based site? Thanks. John

The elements on the page will reload on each page view, that
will restart the timeline of your flash menu. You can pass
variables back to the flash movie, but that is not an easy fix.
I'm not sure, but the folks at JumpEye may have a menu
component that could help. Check them out:
http://www.jumpeyecomponents.com/
2 easiest options:
Load content into iFrames.
(downside: not the best coding structure you could be using
and there is a good chance you could hurt their SEO)
Make menu files for each section. Load individual menus for
each section.
(downaide: pain the the ___ to update unless you use XML)
My vote would be to consider Javascript for this menu. There
are many accordion menu options that could be retooled and resemble
what you have here. It would also remove the iFrames, SEO and other
issues. I'm not a Flash snob, but there are compelling reasons not
to use it for menus.
cheers,
Ken

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                <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Pt</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">s</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">t</a></li>
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                <li><a href="#">s</a></li>
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                <li><a href="#">Sn</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">s</a></li>
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            <div class="col_1">
              <h3></h3>
              <ul>
                <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                <li><a href="#"> </a></li>
                <li><a href="#"> </a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Pt</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">I</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">st</a></li>
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              <h3></h3>
              <ul>
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              </ul>
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                <!-- Begin 4 columns Item -->
                <div class="dropdown_4columns">
                  <!-- Begin 4 columns container -->
                  <div class="col_4">
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                  <div class="col_1">
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                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
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            </div>
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                    <h3></h3>
                    <ul>
                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
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            <br />
                  <div class="col_1">
                    <h3></h3>
                    <ul>
                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
                      <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              </ul>
            </div>
                  <div class="col_1">
                    <h3></h3>
                    <ul>
              </ul>
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          </div>
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        <!-- Begin 4 columns Item -->
        <div class="dropdown_4columns">
          <!-- Begin 4 columns container -->
          <div class="col_4">
          </div>
          <div class="col_1">
            <h3></h3>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
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            <h3></h3>
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              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
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          </div>
          <div class="col_1">
            <h3></h3>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
            </ul>
          </div>
          <div class="col_1">
            <h3></h3>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
              <li><a href="#"></a></li>
            </ul>
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                            <li><a href="#"><strong></strong></a></li> 
                            <li><a href="#"></a></li> 
                            <li><a href="#"></a></li> 
                            <li><a href="#"></a></li> 
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                                                                <li>
                                                                  <div class="slidetext">
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                                                                                     Vivamus vitae mollis purus. Fusce id diam at purus sodales mollis.  <a href="#">more</a></p>
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                                                                <li>
                                                                          <img src="images/slider/2.jpg" width="948" height="400" alt="" />
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                                                                                    <h2>Curabitur<br /> sed sollicitudin orci.</h2>
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                                                                                     a rhoncus purus molestie erat eget nunc varius. <a href="#">more</a></p>
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                                                                <li>
                                                                          <img src="images/slider/3.jpg" width="948" height="400" alt="" />
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                                                                                    <h2>Suspendisse vest<br /> pretium laoreet</h2>
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                            <li>
                                                                          <img src="images/slider/4.jpg" width="948" height="400" alt="" />
                                                                          <div class="slidetext">
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                                                      </ul>
                                                      <div id="index-slideshow-pager"> </div>
      </div><!-- end #slideshow -->
                <!-- ////////////////HERTIL ER ALT RETT ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////// -->
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                <td><a href="#"></a></td>
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                </table>
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                                  <div class="venstre" style="width: 530px; margin: auto 6px auto 40px;">
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                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                                  </br>
                        </div><!-- end #content -->
                        <!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////// -->
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              </div><!-- end #wrap -->
                                  <!-- KOPIER HERFRA ORGINALE FININI/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////// -->
              <div style="background: url(images/footer.png) no-repeat; position: bottom; margin: auto 6px 40px 6px; color: #ffffff;">
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              margin-top:5px;
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    Thanks Nancy,
    However, two new issues appeared when I added the float, both the text in the menu and the image slider is now too far left.
    See image below.

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