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$item = menu_get_item();
    $tree = menu_tree_page_data(menu_get_active_menu_name());
    list($key, $curr) = each($tree); //print_r($tree);
    while ($curr) {
      // Terminate the loop when we find the current path in the active trail.
      if ($curr['link']['href'] == $item['href']) {
        $tree = $curr['below'];
        $curr = FALSE;
      }
      else {
        // Add the link if it's in the active trail, then move to the link below.
        if ($curr['link']['in_active_trail']) {
          $tree = $curr['below'] ? $curr['below'] : array();
        }
        list($key, $curr) = each($tree);
      }
    }
    $menuhtml = theme_menu_tree(menu_tree_output($tree));
    print $menuhtml;
?>
