.menu { z-index:1000; font-size:90%; margin:0px 0 15px 0px; color:#ffffff; /* this page only */}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul { padding:0; margin:0; list-style-type:none; width:280px; color:#ffffff;}
/* hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul {margin-left:-16px; ma\rgin-left:0; color:#ffffff;}
/* position relative so that you can position the sub levels */
.menu li { position:relative; background:url(../images/vmenubg.gif) left top no-repeat; height:45px; font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff; padding:5px 0px 0px 80px;}

.menu li ul li { position:relative; background:#4B5DAF; height:28px; border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;
					font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff; padding:2px 0px 0px 5px;}

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

/* style the links */
.menu a, .menu a:visited { 
	display:block; text-decoration:none; height:25px; line-height:25px; width:200px; color:#000; text-indent:5px; color:#cccccc;
	
}
/* hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {width:200px; w\idth:199px; color:#cccccc;} /* For IE6 Hover in mainmenu */
/* style the link hover */
* html .menu a:hover {color:#ffffff; background:none; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;} /* For IE6 Hover in mainmenu */
.menu :hover > a { color:#ffffff; background:none; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;} /* For IE7 and Mozilla Hover in mainmenu */

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul { visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:0; left:280px; background:none;}
/* 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;}