/* common styling */
.menu {
font-family: verdana, sans-serif; 
width:900px; 
position:relative; 
font-size:0.7em; /* 1st level text size */
font-weight:bold;
padding-bottom:0px;
text-align:center;
background:#000000; 
}
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
}
.menu ul li {
float:left;  /* float left or right buttons */
position:relative;
}
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited { /* FIRST LEVEL SETTINGS */
display:block; 
text-decoration:none; 
color:#fff; 
width:150px; 
height:2em; /* height of container */
color:white;  /* unhovered first level menu text colour */
font-weight:bold;
border-right:0px solid white;
border-width:0px 0px 0 0; 
background:#0000cd;  /* unhovered first level menu background colour */
padding-top:2px; /* text in the container padding */
/* padding-left:10px; */
line-height:1.5em;
}
* html .menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
width:150px;
w\idth:150px;
}
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}
table {
margin:-1px; 
border-collapse:collapse;
font-size:1em;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color:#fff; 
background:#000;
font-size:1em;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:2em;
margin-top:1px;
left:0; 
width:135px;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li ul {
display: none;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li a { /* 2nd LEVEL PRE-HOVER SETTINGS */
display:block; 
background:#1E90FF; /* firefox 2nd LEVEL background colour */
color:white;  /* firefox 2nd LEVEL text colour */
font-weight:normal;
height:auto; 
line-height:1.5em; 
padding:3px 8px; 
width:135px;
border-bottom:1px solid #cccccc ;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li a.drop {
background:#670C35 url(../../graphics/drop.gif) bottom right no-repeat; /* firefox: background on an item that has a popout */
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#4169e1;  /* firefox: background on a 2nd LEVEL hovered menu item */
color:white;          /* firefox: text on a hovered menu item */
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
left:135px; /* this is the distance between the menu and its child */
top:0;
width:135px;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul.left {
left:-135px;
}