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

.menu {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width:990px; 
margin:0; 
margin:20px 0 60px 0;
position:absolute;
top:95px;
left:40px;
z-index:100;
}
/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* 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;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* 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:155px; 
height:28px; 
color:#fff; 
border:0px solid #fff;
border-width:0px 0px 0 0;
background:#008ccc; 
line-height:28px; 
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color:#fff; 
background:#091e42;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* 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:28px; 
left:0; 
width:105px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
background:#008ccc; 
color:#fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#091e42; 
color:#fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}