.menu {
	font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	width:815px;
	height:19px;
	margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
	position:relative;
	z-index:100;
	font-size:8px;
	font-family:Verdana;
	font-style:normal;
	bottom:0;
}
/* 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;
}
/* style the links width, height,color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block; 
text-align:center; 
text-decoration:none; 
width:133px; 
height:19px; 
color:#fff; 
line-height:18px;
font-size:11px;
margin-left:1px;
margin-right:1px;
background:transparent;
}
/* set up the background images relative to this css file */

.menu-el{background:transparent url(../images/button.gif) no-repeat; }
.menu-el2 {background:transparent url(../images/button2.gif) no-repeat ;}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
}

/* 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; 
}
.menu ul li:hover a span {display:none;}

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
visibility:visible; 
top:0px; 
left:0; 
width:160px;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block;
color:#fff;
width:160px

}
/* style the hidden span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span {
display:none;
position:absolute;
left:150px; top:0;
background:#fff;
width:133px;
padding:0 10px;
color:#000;
}
/* style the first letter of the span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span:first-letter {
font-weight:bold;
font-size:1.2em;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover {
background-color:#2A1FFF;
width: 160px;
}
/* make the span text visible */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover span {
display:block;
text-align:left;
line-height:1.5em;
}
/* position the span text on the left of the last menu item */
.menu ul li:hover ul.left li:hover span {
left:-150px;
}