/*** ESSENTIAL STYLES ***/
.menu, .menu * {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.menu {
  line-height: 1.0;
}
.menu ul {
  /* position: absolute; */
  width: 14em; /* left offset of submenus need to match (see below) */
}
.menu ul li {
  width: 100%;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #979495;
	text-align:left;
  background: #1b3281;
}
.menu li:hover {
  visibility: inherit; /* fixes IE7 'sticky bug' */
}
.menu li {
  float: left;
  position: relative;
}
.menu a {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
}
.menu li:hover ul,
  left: 0;
  top: 21px; /* match top ul list item height */
  z-index: 99;
}
ul.menu li li:hover ul,
  left: 14em; /* match ul width */
  top: 0;
}
ul.menu li li li:hover ul,
  left: 14em; /* match ul width */
  top: 0;
}

.menu {
  float: left;
  margin-bottom:  1em;
}
.menu a {
  border-right: 2px solid #979495;
  padding: 5px 25px 4px;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.menu ul li a {
  border-right:0px;
  padding: 5px 10px 4px;
}
.menu a, .menu a:visited  { /* visited pseudo selector so IE6 applies text colour*/
  /* color: #7188d7; */
  color: #849bc0;
}
.menu ul a, .menu ul a:visited  { /* visited pseudo selector so IE6 applies text colour*/
  color: #98a0c0;
}
.menu li:hover {
  background: #284196;
}
.menu a:focus, .menu a:hover, .menu a:active {
  color: #ffffff;
  outline: 0;
}
.menu ul li:hover {
  background: #284196;
  /* background:url(/images/translucent.png); */
}
.menu ul a:focus, .menu ul a:hover, .menu ul a:active {
  color:#ffffff;
}

/*** shadows for all but IE6 ***/
.shadow ul {
  background:  url('/images/shadow.png') no-repeat bottom right;
  padding: 0 7px 8px 0;
  -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 15px;
  -moz-border-radius-topright: 15px;
  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 15px;
  -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
}
.shadow ul.shadow-off {
  background: transparent;
}