.menu {
	width:904px; 
	height: 43px;
	font-size:12px;
	font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Century Gothic, Tahoma;
	color: #353f3e;
	background-image: url(images/des_04.jpg);
	position:relative; 
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	z-index:100;}
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {
	width:904px; 
	w\idth:904px;
}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
	padding:0;
	float: left;
	margin: 8px 20px;
	*margin: 8px 10px;
	height: 26px;
	list-style-type:none;
}
.menu ul ul {
	width:160px;
}
/* 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;
	margin-right: 5px;
	padding:0px; 
	height: 26px;
	line-height: 26px;
	text-align: center;
	background-image: url(images/toplinks_menu7.jpg);
}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
	display:block;
	font-family: Arial, Trebuchet MS, Century Gothic, Tahoma;
	color: #353f3e;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-decoration:none; 
	width: auto; 
	height: 26px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
	width:auto; 
	w\idth:auto;
}

/* 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:26px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	left:0; 
	width:160px;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {
	top:26px;
	t\op:26px;
}
.menu li li {
	margin: 0px;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
/* 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 {
	color:#000; 
	height:auto;
	width:160px;
}
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {
	width:160px;
	w\idth:160px;
	height:auto;
}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover {
	color:#000; 
	background: url(images/toplinks_menu7.jpg);
	width: auto;
	padding-left: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
.menu ul ul a:hover{
	color:#000; 
	background: url(images/toplinks_menu7.jpg);
	width:160px;
}
.menu ul ul :hover > a {
	color:#000; 
	width:160px;
	background: url(images/toplinks_menu7.jpg);
}
.menu :hover > a{
	color:#000; 
	width:auto;
	background: url(images/toplinks_menu7.jpg);
	padding-left: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
/* 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;}