.menu {

}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
position:relative;
z-index:500;
padding:0;
margin:0;
list-style-type:none;
width:150px;

}
/* style the list items */
.menu li {
	height:100%;
	/* for IE7 */
float:left;
	background-color: #000099;
	/*background-image: url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);*/
}
.menu li.sub {
	background-color: #99000;
	/*background-image: url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);*/
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: right center;
} 

/* get rid of the table */
.menu table {position:absolute; border-collapse:collapse; top:0; left:0; z-index:100; font-size:1em;}

/* style the links */
.menu a {
	display:block;
	text-decoration:none;
	height:auto;
	line-height:18px;
	width:131px;
	color:#fff;
	text-indent:0px;
	padding:5px 16px 5px 5px;
	border:1px solid #fff;
	border-width:0 0 1px 0;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	background-image: url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.menu ul ul a {background:#e4ebf2; color:#000/*url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);*/}
.menu ul ul ul a {background:#fff5d8; color:#000 /*url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);*/}

/* hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu a { width:132px; w\idth:131px;}
/* style the link hover */
* html .menu a:hover {color:#006699; background:#e3edf2; position:relative; /*background-image: url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;*/}
	/*von simon*/


.menu li:hover {
	position:relative;
}

/* For accessibility of the top level menu when tabbing */
.menu a:active, .menu a:focus {color:#006699; background:#ffffff;}

/* retain the hover colors for each sublevel IE7 and Firefox etc */
.menu li:hover > a {color:#006699; background:#ffdfad;/*background-image: url(menu_FILES/top_grad_2010_over.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;*/}

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu li ul {
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
top:-30px;
/* set up the overlap (minus the overrun) */
left:100px;
/* set up the overrun area */
padding:30px;
/* this is for IE to make it interpret the overrrun padding */
background:transparent url(transparent.gif);
}

/* for browsers that understand this is all you need for the flyouts */
.menu li:hover > ul {visibility:visible;}


/* for IE5.5 and IE6 you need to style each level hover */

/* keep the third level+ hidden when you hover on first level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the fourth level+ hidden when you hover on second level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}
/* keep the fifth level hidden when you hover on third level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul ul{
visibility:hidden;
}

/* make the second level visible when hover on first level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul {
visibility:visible;
}
/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul a:hover ul{ 
visibility:visible;
}
/* make the fourth level visible when you hover over third level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul { 
visibility:visible;
}
/* make the fifth level visible when you hover over fourth level link */
.menu ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul a:hover ul { 
visibility:visible;
}

</style>
[if lte IE 6]>
<style type="text/css">
.menu ul ul {left:-1px; margin-left:-1px;}
</style>
<![endif]