/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
position:relative;
z-index:100;
width: 100%;
height: 45px;
float: left;
clear: both;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

/* 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 {
float:left; 
position:relative;
line-height: 40px;
height: 40px;
}

/* style the links to be 104px wide by 30px high with a top and right border 1px solid white. Set the background color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
color: #fff;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-align: left;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 20px;
display: block;
text-shadow: 0px 2px 2px #2f91be;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: 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:#009CE2;
}

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:40px; 
left:0; 
width:auto;
}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
background:#009CE2; 
color:#fff;
line-height: 30px;
height: 30px;
text-transform: none;
width: 150px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li {
line-height: 30px;
height: 30px;
}

/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#068AC8; 
color:#fff;
}