/* 2 column menu */
.menu {
	font-size:11px;
	#font-size: 10px; // for IE
	_font-size: 10px; // for IE 6.0
	width:530px;
	border:1px solid #333;
	padding-left:120px;
	margin:auto;
	height:30px;
	margin-bottom:15px; 
	z-index:100;
	position:relative;
}

/* 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;
}

/* 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 {
	font-size:10.5px;
	#font-size: 10px; // for IE
	_font-size: 10px; // for IE 6.0
	text-transform:uppercase;
	float:left; 
	position:relative;
}
/* style the links to be 150px wide by 30px high. Set the color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block;
text-align:left; 
text-decoration:none; 
padding-left:13px; padding-right:13px;
height:30px; 
color:#666; 
line-height:30px; 
font-size:11px;
	#font-size: 10px; // for IE
	_font-size: 10px; // for IE 6.0
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
width:280px;
font-size:10.5px;
	#font-size: 10px; // for IE
	_font-size: 10px; // for IE 6.0
text-transform:none;
}

/* 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:#666;
}
/*.menu ul li:hover a span {display:none;}*/

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
visibility:visible; 
top:30px; 
left:0; 
width:280px;
border:1px solid #666;
border-bottom:2px solid #666;
padding-bottom:5px;
background:#fff;
filter:alpha(opacity=95);-moz-opacity:.95;opacity:.95;
}

.menu ul li ul li {
	text-transform:none;
	width:130px;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc;
	overflow:hidden;
}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
color:#666;
}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#000 !important;
}

/* style the hidden span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span {
/*display:none;*/
cursor:pointer;
position:absolute;
left:0; top:0;
background:#fff;
width:135px;
padding:0 5px;
color:#666;
}
/* style the first letter of the span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span:first-letter {
/*font-weight:normal;
font-size:10.5px;*/
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover {
	color:#000 !important;
}
/* make the span text visible */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover span {
	color:#000 !important;
display:block;
}
/* position the span text on the left of the last menu item */
.menu ul li:hover ul.left li:hover span {
left:-150px;
}