.menu {width:781px; height:30px; position:relative; z-index:100;}
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {width:781px; w\idth:781px;}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {padding:0px;margin:0px;list-style-type:none;}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {float:left;width:109px;position:relative; margin-right:2px;}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {display:block; font-size:10px; text-decoration:none; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; width:109px; height:30px; background:#0b5571; background-image:url(images/nav_tab_off.gif); line-height:30px; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase;}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {width:109px; w\idth:107px;}

/* 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:30px;left:0; width:167px; border-top:5px solid #0b5571;}
.menu ul ul li a {border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px; border-right:1px; border-left:1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#0b5571;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top:30px;t\op:30px;}

/* 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:#d1d3d4; color:#0b5571; height:auto; line-height:1em; padding:5px 10px; width:145px; text-align:left;}
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {width:145px;w\idth:145px;}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover {color:#0b5571;  background-image:url(images/nav_tab_on.gif);}
.menu ul ul a:hover {color:#ffffff; background:#0b5571;}
.menu :hover > a {color:#0b5571; background-image:url(images/nav_tab_on.gif);}
.menu ul ul :hover > a {color:#ffffff; background:#0b5571;}

/* 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; }