.menu {
    width:970px;
    height:25px;
    font-family:verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-style:normal;
    font-size:10px;
    font-weight: bold;
    position:relative; z-index:100;
    border-right:0px solid #000;
    background:#b8b8b8 url("/images/nav_bg.gif") repeat-x center right;
      }
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {
    width:970px;
    w\idth:969px;
       }

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
    padding:0;
    margin:0 0 0 90px;
    list-style-type:none;
    }
.menu ul ul {
    width:100px;
    }
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {
    float:left;
    position:relative;}

/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, menu a:visited {
    display:block;
    font-size:12px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#fff;
    padding: 0 5px;
    height:25px;
    border:0px solid #000;
    border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;
    background:#b8b8b8 url("/images/nav_bg.gif") repeat-x center right;
    text-align: center;
    line-height:25px;}


.menu a:hover {

    color:#fff;
    background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;
    text-decoration:none;}

.menu a:active {
    
    color:#fff;
    background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;
    text-decoration:none;}


/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
    width:100px;
    w\idth:98px;}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop {background-color:#ffffff;}
.menu ul ul a.drop:visited {
    background:#b8b8b8 url("/images/nav_bg.gif") repeat-x center right;}

/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{
    background:#c9ba65;
    font-style:normal;}

.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {
    background:#c9ba65;}

/* style the third level background */
.menu ul ul ul a {background: url("/images/hg_sub_b.png") repeat;}
.menu ul ul ul a:visited {background: url("/images/hg_sub_b.png") repeat;}

/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover {background:#d0d0d1; color:#000000;}


/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;height:0;top:25px;left:-90px; width:100px; border-top:0px solid #000;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top:30px;t\op:31px;}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul{left:75px; top:4px; width:160px;}

/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left {left:-130px;}

/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table {position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border-collapse:collapse;;}

/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {background: url("/images/hg_sub.png") repeat; color:#000; text-align: left; height:auto; line-height:1em; padding:5px 10px; width:160px; border-width:0 0px 0px 0px;}
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {width:160px;w\idth:158px;}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover {color:#fff; background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;}
.menu :hover > a {color:#fff;background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;}

/* style the top level active */
.menu a:active, .menu ul ul a:active {color:#fff; background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;}
.menu :active > a {color:#fff;background: url("/images/nav_bg_active.gif") repeat-x center right;}


/* style the sub level hover */
.menu ul ul :hover > a {background:#d0d0d1;}
.menu ul ul :focus > a {background:#d0d0d1;}
/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul a:hover ul{visibility:visible; }
/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}
/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul{ visibility:visible;}


.left_menu {
    font-family:verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-style:normal;
    font-size:14px;
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 0 20px 0 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    position:relative; z-index: 100;
    background:transparent;
      }
.left_menu ul {
    font-family:verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-style:normal;
    font-size:12px;
    font-weight: normal;
    padding:0;
    margin:0 0 0 10px;
    list-style-type: none;
    }