 /*========================= TOP OF THE MENU CASCADE =========================*/

.menu {
	position:relative;        /* establish a menu-relative positioning context */
	top:0px;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	border:none;
	height:20px;                                  /* the menu's overall height */
	width:655px;         /* we always want our menu to fill the available space */
	background-image:url(../images/bkgrd_blu_grad.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-color:#640000;
	font-size:12px;         /* this (and also below) sets the menu's font size */
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif;
	letter-spacing:2px;
	padding-bottom:3px;
}

.menu img {
	vertical-align: top;      /* prevent images from being pushed down by text */
	text-align:right;
}

.menu ul {
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	border:0;
	background-color:#640000;
	list-style-image:none;
	list-style-type:none;          /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
	line-height:1.5em;           /* globally set the menu's item spacing. note */
}                               /* this must be 1.0 or 1.5 or 2.0 for Mozilla */

.menu ul li {
	display:block;
	float:left;    /* this creates the side-by-side array of top-level buttons */
	position:relative;    /* create local positioning contexts for each button */
	margin:0;
}
.menu ul li table {
	margin:-1px 0;              /* IE5 needs -1px top and bottom table margins */
	margin:0;               /* re-zero the table margins for everyone but IE5 */
	border-collapse:collapse;      /* IE5 needs this for the sub-menus to work */
	font-size:12px;        /* this sets the base font size for our entire menu */
	font-weight:bold;
}

/*======================== TOP LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li ul {
	display:none;                  /* initially hide the entire list hierarchy */
	padding:1px;                               /* this is our box border width */
}

.menu ul li a,
.menu ul li a:visited {                    /* unselected top-level menu items */
	display:block;
	float:left;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#FFF;
	padding-left:21px;
	padding-right:21px;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.5em;
}

.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
	border:0px;    /* these 2 lines create the push-in illusion */
	height:20px;
	padding-left:21px;
	padding-right:21px;
	color:#000;
	background-color:#9B8C72;
	/*background-image:url(../images/menuhover.png);
	background-repeat:repeat; */
	
}

/*======================== 2ND LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 2nd level drop-down box */
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	margin:0;
	top:19px;              /* place us just up underneath the top-level images */
	left:0px;       /* left-align our drop-down to the previous button border */
	color:#000;                        /* this sets the unselected-text color */
	background:none;         /* this sets our menu's effective "border" color */
	width:150px;
	/*border-left:1px solid #999;
	border-bottom:1px solid #999;*/
	left:-1px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul.leftbutton,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.leftbutton {/* our first dropdown should not be skewed */
	left:0px;
}

.menu ul.rightmenu li:hover ul,
.menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {    /* 2nd level neighborhood drop-down box */
	left:auto;
	right:0;         /* nudge the right menu right to line up under the border */
}

* html .menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {         /* IE5/6 needs a tweak here */
	right:-0px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {                   /* 2nd level unselected items */
	border:0;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	height:19px;
	line-height:2em;               /* this sets the unselected drop-down text color */
	background:#9B8C72;       /* this sets the drop-down menu background color */
	width:14em;
	text-align:left;
	padding-left:15px;
	padding-right:15px;
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bolder;
	color: #000;
}


.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 2nd level selected item */
	border:0;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	line-height:2em;
	color:#FFF;
	background-color:#000;
	/*background-image:url(../images/mouseover.png);
	background-repeat:repeat;	height:28px; */
	width:14em;
	text-align:left;
	padding-left:15px;
	padding-right:15px;
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bolder;
}

/*======================== 3RD LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul li ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a ul {             /* hide inactive 3rd-level menus */
	visibility:hidden;
}
     
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {             /* 3rd level drop-down box */
	visibility:visible;
	position:absolute;
	margin-top:-1px;	      /* bring the top edge of the 3rd level menu up one */
	top:0;
	left:14.20em;
	width:14em;

}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a {     /* 3rd level unselected items */
	width:18em;
	background:#000;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {    /* level3 selected items */
	width:18em;
	background:#9B8C72;
	color:#000;
}

#text {           /* the Mac's standard Safari browser will not see this code */
	height:1.215em;           /* ...  but every other browser will and should */
} /* Safari barfs on the illegal pound sign (#) after the rule's property val */