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<ul id="category_menu">
<!-- BEGIN Home Menu Item -->
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<!-- End Home Menu Item -->
<?php
class cat_style_sex
{
   public $link_style_tag = 'class="cat_sex"';
   public $text_style_tag = 'text_cat_sex';
   public $border_top_style_tag = 'cat_sex_li';
   public $border_bottom_style_tag = 'border-bottom: solid 4px #EE2C21;';
}
class cat_style_spirit
{
   public $link_style_tag = 'class="cat_spirit"';
   public $text_style_tag = 'text_cat_spirit';
   public $border_top_style_tag = 'cat_spirit_li';
   public $border_bottom_style_tag = 'border-bottom: solid 4px #66ccff;';
}
class cat_style_great
{
   public $link_style_tag = 'class="cat_great"';
   public $text_style_tag = 'text_cat_great';
   public $border_top_style_tag = 'cat_great_li';
   public $border_bottom_style_tag = 'border-bottom: solid 4px #a97d5d;';
}
class cat_style_well
{
   public $link_style_tag = 'class="cat_well"';
   public $text_style_tag = 'text_cat_well';
   public $border_top_style_tag = 'cat_well_li';
   public $border_bottom_style_tag = 'border-bottom: solid 4px #ffa500;';
}
class cat_style_active
{
   public $link_style_tag = 'class="cat_active"';
   public $text_style_tag = 'text_cat_active';
   public $border_top_style_tag = 'cat_active_li';
   public $border_bottom_style_tag = 'border-bottom: solid 4px #00cc33;';
}

$lrIdx             = 1; //left align tab dropdown if less than 4, else right align by appending _l or _r to class="dropdown_2columns"
$idx_offset        = 0;
$cat_args          = array(
   'orderby' => 'name',
   'order' => 'ASC'
);
$categories        = get_categories($cat_args);
$parent_categories = Array();
foreach ($categories as $category) {
   if ($category->parent == 0) {
      $parent_categories[] = $category;
   } //$category->parent == 0
} //$categories as $category

//for each category, show 5 posts
foreach ($parent_categories as $category) {
   $style_modifier_class = null;
   $style_class_exists   = False;
   $cat_args             = array(
      'type' => 'post',
      'child_of' => $category->term_id,
      'orderby' => 'name',
      'order' => 'ASC',
      'hide_empty' => 1,
      'hierarchical' => 1,
      'exclude' => '',
      'include' => '',
      'number' => '',
      'taxonomy' => 'category',
      'pad_counts' => false
   );

   $sub_categories = get_categories($cat_args);
   $sub_cat_ids    = Array();
   foreach ($sub_categories as $sub_category) {
      array_push($sub_cat_ids, $sub_category->term_id);
   } //$sub_categories as $sub_category
   array_push($sub_cat_ids, $category->term_id);
   $post_args           = array( //EDIT: question: are these the args for 'get_posts()' later in the code?
      'numberposts' => 5,
      'category__in' => $sub_cat_ids,
      'caller_get_posts' => 1,
      'orderby' => 'post_date',
      'order' => 'DESC',
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'suppress_filters' => true
   );
   $split               = explode(' ', strtolower($category->name));
   $style_mod_class_pfx = $split[count($split) - 1];
   if (class_exists('cat_style_' . $style_mod_class_pfx)) {
      $class                = new ReflectionClass('cat_style_' . $style_mod_class_pfx);
      $style_modifier_class = $class->newInstanceArgs();
      $style_class_exists   = True;
   } //class_exists('cat_style_' . $style_mod_class_pfx)

   $dyn_style_tag_menu            = '';
   $dyn_style_tag_menu_text       = '';
   $dyn_style_tag_menu_border     = '';
   $dyn_style_tag_menu_border_btm = '';
   if ($style_class_exists == True) {
      $dyn_style_tag_menu            = $style_modifier_class->link_style_tag;
      $dyn_style_tag_menu_text       = $style_modifier_class->text_style_tag;
      $dyn_style_tag_menu_border     = $style_modifier_class->border_style_tag;
      $dyn_style_tag_menu_border_btm = $style_modifier_class->border_bottom_style_tag;
   } //$style_class_exists == True

   // category tab
   echo '<!-- BEGIN ' . $category->name . ' Menu Item -->';
   echo '<li class="' . $dyn_style_tag_menu_border . '"><a href="' . get_category_link($category->term_id) . '" title="' . strip_tags(category_description($category->term_id)) . '" ';
   echo '>'; //$dyn_style_tag_menu . '>';
   echo $category->name;
   echo '</a>';

   // set the
   $posit_offset = -$lrIdx;
   $posit_offset *= 128.2;
   $posit_offset += 120;
   $lrIdx++;
?>
        <div class="dropdown_2columns" style="left:<?php
   echo $posit_offset;
?>px;<?php
   echo $dyn_style_tag_menu_border;
?>;<?php
   echo $dyn_style_tag_menu_border_btm;
?>"><!-- BEGIN 2 COLUMN MENU DROPDOWN CONTAINER -->
         <div class="dropdown_2columns_inner_lft"><!-- BEGIN LEFT COLUMN -->

<?php
   $posts = get_posts($args); //EDIT: where is $args defined? is that meant to be $post_args ??//
   shuffle($posts);
   $numItems = count($posts);
   $i        = 0;
   if ($posts) {
      foreach ($posts as $post) {
         setup_postdata($post);
?>
         <div class="<?php
         echo (++$i == $numItems) ? 'col_1_last' : 'col_1';
?>">
         <h3 class="category_menu_post_excerpt_title"><a class="category_menu_tab_link" href="<?php
         echo get_permalink($post->ID); //EDIT changed to 'get_permalink();'
?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php
         the_title_attribute();
?>"><?php
         the_title();
?></a></h3><!-- Post Title -->
               <p class="category_menu_post_excerpt_byline"><?php
         the_time('F jS, Y');
?> by <?php
         the_author();
?></p>
               <p class="category_menu_post_excerpt"><?php
         the_excerpt();
?></p> <!-- Post Excerpt -->
            </div>
<?php
      } // foreach ($posts as $post)
?>
         <div class="dropdown_2columns_inner_lft_btm, <?php
      echo $dyn_style_tag_menu_text;
?>">
            <a href="<?php
      echo get_category_link($category->term_id);
?>" title="<?php
      echo strip_tags(category_description($category->term_id));
?>">
               Go to <?php
      echo $category->name;
?> >
            </a>
         </div>
<?php
   } // if ($posts)
?>

         </div><!-- END LEFT COLUMN -->
         <div class="dropdown_2columns_inner_rt"><!-- BEGIN RIGHT COLUMN -->
<?php
   if (count($sub_categories) > 0) {
?>
           <p class="dropdown_2columns_inner_rt_title, <?php
      echo $dyn_style_tag_menu_text;
?>">More in <?php
      echo $category->name;
?></p>
<?php
   } // if(count
?>
<?php
   foreach ($sub_categories as $sub_category) {
?>
                 <div class="col_2_subcategory, col_2">
 <?php
      echo '<a href="' . get_category_link($sub_category->term_id) . '" class="col_2_subcategory, ' . $dyn_style_tag_menu_text . '" title="' . strip_tags(category_description($sub_category->term_id)) . '" >' . trim($sub_category->name) . '</a>';
?>
                  </div>
<?php
   } //foreach($sub_categories as $sub_category)
?>
            <div class="col_2_tags" >
            <p class="dropdown_2columns_inner_rt_title, <?php
   echo $dyn_style_tag_menu_text;
?>"><span>Trending in <?php
   echo $category->name;
?></span></p>
<?php
   $args = array(
      'smallest' => 10,
      'largest' => 12,
      'unit' => 'pt',
      'number' => 8,
      'format' => 'flat',
      'orderby' => 'name',
      'order' => 'ASC',
      'exclude' => '',
      'include' => '',
      'cat' => $category->term_id
   );
   tdotf_cat_tag_cloud($args);
?>

<?php
} // foreach($categories
wp_reset_query();
?>
            </div>
         </div>
<!-- END RIGHT COLUMN -->
        </div><!-- END 2 COLUMN MENU DROPDOWN CONTAINER -->
    </li><!-- End <?php
$category->name;
?> Menu Item -->
</ul>