.menu {
width:458px; 	
font-size:0.85em;
position:relative;
z-index:100;
background:#F7F7F7; 
}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
padding:0px;
margin:0px;
list-style-type:none;
}
/* 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;
}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
display:block;
font-size:13px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: sans-serif;
text-decoration:none; 
color:#000; 
height:21px; 
border:0px solid #fff; 
border-width:0px 0px 0 0; 
padding-left:0px; 
padding-right:0px; 
padding-top:0px; 
margin-bottom:5px; 
padding-bottom:10px;
margin-top: 0px;
line-height:21px;
   /* border: 1px red solid; */
}

/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
 width:0px; 
 w\idth:0px; 
}

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
text-decoration:none; 
height:0;
top:26px;
left:0; 
width:150px;
}

/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {
top:25px;
t\op:25px;
}

/* 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 {
background:#F5F5F5; 
color:#256091; 
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 10px;
border: 1px solid #cccccc; 
height:auto; 
line-height:1em; 
padding:5px 5px; 
border-left:1px solid #ccc;
width:129px;
margin-bottom:5px;
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
}
* html .menu ul ul a{
width:150px;
w\idth:129px;
}

/* non-link items */
#menusubtitle {
background:#d3dfe9; 
color:#256091; 
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
border: 1px solid #cccccc; 
height:auto; 
line-height:1em; 
padding:5px 5px; 
width:129px;
}


/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover {
/* color:#fff; */
/*background:#d3dfe9;*/ 
text-decoration:underline;
}
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {
/* color:#fff; */
/*background:#d3dfe9;*/
}

/* 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; 
}

/* custom */
div.menuimage {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  padding-top: 7px;
  text-align:center;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  padding-left:5px;
  cursor: pointer; 
  cursor: hand;
  display: block;
  height: 20px; 
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1000;
  /* border: 1px red solid; */
}

div.menutext {
  font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size:11px;
  line-height: 16px; 
  color:#256091;
  font-weight:bold;
  margin-right: 2px;
  margin-left: 2px;
  padding-top:5px;
  /* border: 1px red solid; */
}

#nav_masthead_spacer {
  padding: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  margin-top: 5px;
  color:#cccccc;
}


.latest_itmeDate{
color: #256091;
font-size:9px;
}