.menu {
position:relative;        /* establish a menu-relative positioning context */
float:left;                                     /* play nicely with others */
margin:0;
border:0;                                 /* the menu's overall height */
width:100%;         /* we always want our menu to fill the available space */
font-size:12px;         /* this (and also below) sets the menu's font size */       
vertical-align:middle;
}
.menu img {
vertical-align: top;      /* prevent images from being pushed down by text */
}
.menu ul {
font-weight:600;
padding:0;

margin:0;
border:0;
list-style-type:none;    /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
line-height:1.4em;       /* globally set the menu's item spacing. note */
}                        
.menu li {
float:right;    /* this creates the side-by-side array of top-level buttons */
position:relative;    /* create local positioning contexts for each button */
margin-right:1px;
margin-left:1px;
height:19px;


}
.menu ul li table {
margin:-1px 0;                  /* IE5 needs -1px top and bottom table margins */
m\argin:0;              	    /* re-zero the table margins for everyone but IE5 */
border-collapse:collapse;       /* IE5 needs this for the sub-menus to work */	
}
.drop {
display:block;
padding:0px 0.33em;	       /* this sets the l/r margins for our menu item */
margin:0;
text-align:right;   /* this right alignment goes with the float:left below */
cursor:pointer;      /* IE tries to switch back to an I-beam, don't let it */
cursor:hand;
	           /* IE5 only knows about "hand", so set it both ways */
}
.drop span {        /* this simultaneously left and right aligns the text and */
float:left;       /* the >> in the drop-down menus which link to sub-menus */
}
/*======================== TOP LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/
.menu ul li ul {
display:none;                  /* initially hide the entire list hierarchy */
width:100%;
}
.menu ul li div.left_mountain,
.menu ul li:visited div.left_mountain {
background:url(left_mountain.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:5px;
height:18px;
float:left;
}
.menu ul li div.right_mountain,
.menu ul li:visited div.right_mountain {
background:url(right_mountain.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:5px;
height:18px;
float:left;
}
.menu ul li:hover div.left_mountain,
.menu ul li div.left_mountain:hover {
background-image:url(left_mountain_grey.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:5px;
height:18px;
float:left;
}
.menu ul li:hover div.right_mountain,
.menu ul li div.right_mountain:hover {
background-image:url(right_mountain_grey.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:5px;
height:18px;
float:left;
}
.menu ul li a,
.menu ul li a:visited {                    /* unselected top-level menu items */
display:block;
float:left;
text-decoration:none;
height:18px;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding-right:5px;	
padding-left:5px;	
background-color:#6699CC;
background-image:url(topnav_bg.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
text-transform:capitalize;
}
.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
border-top:0px solid #171717;    /*these 2 lines create the push-in illusion */
height:18px;
text-decoration:none;
background-color:#aaaaaa;
color:#eeeeee;
background-image:url(topnav_over_bg.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
}

/*======================== 2ND LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 2nd level drop-down box */
text-decoration:none;
display:block;
position:absolute;
margin:0;
top:17px;              /* place us just up underneath the top-level images */
left:-1px;       /* left-align our drop-down to the previous button border */
height:auto;      /* the drop-down height will be determiend by line count */	
color:black;	                       /* this sets the unselected-text color */
	         /* this sets our menu's effective "border" color */	
}
.menu ul li:hover ul.leftbutton,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.leftbutton {/* our first dropdown should not be skewed */
left:0px;	
}
.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny {             /* 2nd level skinny drop-down box */
	   /* with a 12px default font, this is 97px width (97/12) */	
}
.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:-1px;
}
.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:auto;
color:#222222;               /* this sets the unselected drop-down text color */
background:#d8d8d8;       /* this sets the drop-down menu background color */
width:13.5em;
font-weight:400;
padding-left:4px;
width:12.08333em;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 2nd level selected item */
color:black;
background:#eeeeee;
text-decoration:underline;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny li a,
.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny li a:hover {     /* 2nd level un+selected items */
font-size:12px	
}
/*======================== 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:12em;
width:13.9em;
}
.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:14.6em;
background:#d8d8d8;
}
.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:14.6em;
background:#eeeeee;
}
#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 */
/*#medium {
width:500px;
}*/