.menu {
		padding: 0;
		padding-top:3px;
		text-align:left;
		height: 20px;
		margin-top:20px;
		margin-bottom: 20px;
		}
		
		/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
		.menu ul {
		padding:0;
		margin:0;
		list-style-type:none;
		}
		.menu ul ul {
		}
		
		/* 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;
		padding-right: 6px;
		}
		
		/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
		.menu ul ul li {
		padding-right: 6px;
		}

		/* style the links for the top level */
		.menu a, .menu a:visited {
		z-index:100;
		display:block;
		padding-left: 3px;
		padding-right: 3px;
		text-decoration:none; 
		color:#000;
		font-weight:bold;
		margin-top:-22px;
		height:34px;
		padding-top:24px;
		}
		
		li {
		color:#ccc;
		}
		
		/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
		* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
		color:#000; 
		}
		
		/* style the second level background */
		.menu ul ul, .menu ul ul:visited {
		}
		/* style the second level hover */
		.menu ul ul:hover{
		}
		
		/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
		.menu ul ul {
		float:clear;
		visibility:hidden;
		position:absolute;
		width:auto;
		height:auto;
		padding:2px;
		background: #fff;
		filter:alpha(opacity=75);-moz-opacity:.75;opacity:.75;
		}
		/* another hack for IE5.5 */
		* html .menu ul ul {
		top:20px;
		t\op:21px;
		}
		
		/* 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;}
		
		/* style the second level links */
		.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {
		float:clear;
		font-weight:bold;
		height:20px; 
		margin-top:0px;
		padding-top:0px;
		width:120px;
		text-align:left;
		/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
		}
		* html .menu ul ul a{
		width:55px;
		w\idth:59px;
		}
		
		
		/* style the top level hover */
		.menu a:hover {
		color:#000; 
		background: #fff;
		filter:alpha(opacity=75);-moz-opacity:.75;opacity:.75;
		}

		.menu ul ul a:hover{
		color:#000; 
		}

		.menu :hover > a {
		color:#000; 
		}
		
		.menu ul ul :hover > a {
		color:#000; 
		text-decoration: underline;
		}
		
		/* 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; 
		}
		
		.menu ul a:hover ul,
		.menu ul li:hover ul{
		visibility:visible; 
		}