.menu
{
    width: 950px;
    font-size: 110%; /* padding-bottom: 150px; */
    z-index: 2;
}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */

.menu ul
{
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style-type: none; /* float: left; */
}

.menu ul ul
{
    width: 100px;
    z-index: 3;
}

/* 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: auto;
    position: relative;
    padding: 1px 0px 0 10px;
    z-index: 4;
}

.menu ul li:hover { opacity: .5;  background: url("../images/bg-hover.jpg") repeat-x;  }

/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited
{
    display: block;
    font-size: medium;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
    width: auto;
    margin-top: 5px;
    height: 30px; /* border: 1px solid #917548; */ /* border-width: 1px 1px 0 0; */
    background: transparent;
    padding: 0 10px 0 0;
    line-height: 29px;
    z-index: 5;
    border-right: 1px solid #fff;
}

/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
/*

* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
width:90px;
/* w\idth:90px; */
/*
}
*/

/* style the second level background */

.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited
{
    background: #ffffff;
}

/* style the second level hover */

.menu ul ul a.drop:hover
{
    background: #917548;
}

.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop
{
    background: #fff;
}

/* style the third level background */

.menu ul ul ul a, .menu ul ul ul a:visited
{
    background: #ffffff;
}

/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover
{
    background: #b2ab9b;
}

.menu ul ul ul :hover > a
{
    background: #b2ab9b;
}

/* 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: 31px;
    left: 0;
    width: 100px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul
{
    left: 150px;
    top: 0;
    width: 150px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left
{
    left: -150px;
}

/* style the table so that it takes no part in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    visibility: visible;
}

/* style the second level links */

.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited
{
    background: #fffff0;
    color: #000;
    height: auto;
    line-height: 1em;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    width: 100px;
    border: 1px solid #000; /* opacity: .7;  -moz-opacity: 0.7; */ /* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
}

/*

* html .menu ul ul a{
width:100px;
w\idth:100px;
}
*/


/* style the top level hover */

.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover
{
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: underline;
    visibility: inherit;

}

.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a
{
    color: #bbb; /*background:transparent;*/
    visibility: visible;
}


/* 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;
    z-index: 7;
}

/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */


.menu ul :hover ul ul
{
    /*visibility:hidden;*/
}

/* keep the fourth level hidden when you hover on second level list OR link */

.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul ul
{
    visibility: hidden;
}

/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */

.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul
{
    visibility: visible;
}

/* make the fourth level visible when you hover over third level list OR link */

.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul
{
    visibility: visible;
}