.menu {
	position:relative;        /* establish a menu-relative positioning context */
	float:left;                                     /* play nicely with others */
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	padding:0.5em 0 0 1em;
	border:0;
	width:16.1em;
	font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size:1.0em;         /* this (and also below) sets the menu's font size */
	background: url('../images/leftMenuRepeat.jpg') top left repeat-y;
	color: #000000;
}

.menu img {
	vertical-align: top;      /* prevent images from being pushed down by text */
}

/* menu width */
.menuminwidth0 {             /* for all browsers (non-IE) that obey min-width */
        position:relative;
        border:0;
        margin:0;
        padding:0;
        width:100%;
        height:22px;
        min-width:560px;
}

* html .menuminwidth1 { /* this allows IE5/6 to simulate min-width capability */
        position:relative;  /* we can simulate a minimum width by creating a */
        float:left;          /* border in this first div, then placing our */
        height: 1px;          /* into a second nested div (see 2nd nested div */
        border-left:560px solid #fff;    /* CSS box-model borders are a fixed */
}

* html .menuminwidth2 {    /* used to simulate min-width capability for IE5/6 */
        position:relative;
        margin-left:-560px;
        height: 1px;
}

.menu ul {
	display:block; 
	width: 12.1em;
	text-align:left;
	padding:0 0 0 1em;
	margin:0 0 0 0;		/* this sets the x-origin of the menu system */
	border:0;
/*	list-style-type:none; */         /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
	background:#transparent;
	line-height:1.4em;
}                               /* this must be 1.0 or 1.5 or 2.0 for Mozilla */

.menu li {
	background: url('../images/buttonBackground.jpg') top left no-repeat;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	word-spacing:normal;
	letter-spacing:0px;
	display:block; 
	float:left;    /* this creates the side-by-side array of top-level buttons */
	/*position:relative;*/    /* create local positioning contexts for each button */
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	padding:0 0 0 1em;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#000000;		/* BK This is the normal, title bar text color */
	text-align:left;
}

.menu li a {
	text-decoration:none;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
}

.menu li a:hover {
        text-decoration:none;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
}

.menu ul li table {
	margin:-1px 0;              /* IE5 needs -1px top and bottom table margins */
	margin:0;               /* re-zero the table margins for everyone but IE5 */
	border-collapse:collapse;      /* IE5 needs this for the sub-menus to work */
	font-size:1.0em;        /* this sets the base font size for our entire menu */
}

.drop {
	display:block;
	padding:0 0 0 0;	       /* this sets the l/r margins for our menu item */
	margin:0;
	text-align:left;   /* this right alignment goes with the float:left below */
	cursor:hand;           /* IE5 only knows about "hand", so set it both ways */
	cursor:pointer;      /* IE tries to switch back to an I-beam, don't let it */
}

.drop span {        /* this simultaneously left and right aligns the text and */
	float:left;       /* the >> in the drop-down menus which link to sub-menus */
}

.rightmenu {
	position:relative;  /* establish a local positioning context for YAH label */
	float:right;                  /* and right-align it at the top of our page */
}

/*======================== TOP LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li ul {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
	display:none;                  /* initially hide the entire list hierarchy */
	padding:0px;                               /* this is our box border width */
	cursor:pointer;      /* IE tries to switch back to an I-beam, don't let it */
	cursor:hand;           /* IE5 only knows about "hand", so set it both ways */
}

.menu ul li a {
        display:block;
        float:left;
        text-align: left;
        text-decoration:none;
	color: #000000;
}


.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
	border-top:0px solid #000;    /* these 2 lines create the push-in illusion */
	height:1.4em;
	color:#3DD4FF; 				/* BK - This is the hover font color */;
	background:#transparent;			/* BK - This is the hover bg over a main pick */
	text-align: left;
}

/*======================== 2ND LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 2nd level drop-down box */
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	text-align: left;
	top:2.3em;              /* BK - place us just up underneath the top-level images */
	left:-1px;       /* left-align our drop-down to the previous button border, previously -1px */
	_left:1px;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	height:auto;      /* the drop-down height will be determiend by line count */
	width:16.1em;
	color:#403D2C;                        /* this sets the unselected-text color */
	background:#E1A823;         /* BK - this sets our menu's effective "border" color */
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {                   /* 2nd level unselected items */
	border:0;
	margin:0 0 0 -2em;
	_margin:0 0 0 0em;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	height:auto;
	text-align: left;
	color:#403D2C;               /* BK - this sets the unselected drop-down text color */
	background:#E1A823;       /* BK - this sets the drop-down menu background color */
	width:16.1em;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 2nd level selected item */
	text-align: left;
	color:#004D9A;  /* BK - this sets the lower level highlight text color */
	background:#transparent; /* BK - this sets the lower level background highligher */
}

/*======================== 3RD LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul li ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a ul {             /* hide inactive 3rd-level menus */
	visibility:hidden;
}
     
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {             /* 3rd level drop-down box */
	visibility:visible;
	position:absolute;
	text-align: left;
	margin-top:-1px;	      /* bring the top edge of the 3rd level menu up one */
	top:0;
/*	left:8.08333em; */
	width:14em;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a {     /* 3rd level unselected items */
	width:14em;
	background:#e13028;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {    /* level3 selected items */
	width:14em;
	background:#E1A823;
}

#text {           /* the Mac's standard Safari browser will not see this code */
	height:1.0em;#           /* ...  but every other browser will and should */
} /* Safari barfs on the illegal pound sign (#) after the rule's property val */

/*====== menu anchors =====*/ 
.menu ul li a {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
        width: 12.8em;
        height: 1.4em;
        line-height: 1.4em;
        text-align: left; 
        padding: 0 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 0;
        font-size: 1.0em;
        font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; /* BK - Make sure the font is correct */
        color: #004171;			/* BK - Main menu text color for non-Safari */
}

.menu ul li a:hover {
        color: #C0272D;			/* BK - Main menu hover for non-Safari */
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	line-height: 1.4em;
}

#menu ul li a:active {
	color: #C0272D;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
}