/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
width:740px; 
margin:0; 
/*margin:0px 0 60px 0;*/
position:absolute;
z-index:100;

}

/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:-0px; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
 list-style-image: none;
}
/* float the list so that the items are in a line and their position relative so that the drop down list will appear in the right place underneath each list item */
.menu ul li {
float:left; 
position:relative;
margin:0;
list-style-image: none;
}
/* style the links to be 104px wide by 30px high with a top and right border 1px solid white. Set the background color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block; 
text-align:center; 
text-decoration:none; 
width:147px; 
height:30px; 
color:#98acb9; 
/*border:0px solid #f2eef0;
border-width:1px 1px 0 0;*/
background: transparent;
line-height:30px; 
font-size:13px;


}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;

}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color:#b19813; 
background:transparent; 
}
/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 

top:30px; 
left: 0px; 
width:146px;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
/*background:#eef1e0; */
background: transparent; background-image: url(drop.gif);
color:#98acb9;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
/*background: #d0dcce;*/
background-image: url(active.gif); 
color:#b19813;
}