/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.bg {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
color:#000000;
height:25px;
position:absolute;
height:25px;
width:730px;
}

.menu {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:10px;
margin:0;
height:25px;
width:730px;
}
/* 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 to be 104px wide by 30px high with a top and right border 1px solid white. Set the background color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block; 
width:120px;
height:25px;
padding-right:0px;
text-decoration:none;
}
.menu ul li a img {
	border:0px;
	padding-bottom:2px;
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:27px; 
left:0; 
width:180px;
height:25px;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li {
height:auto;
float:none;
padding:0;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
background-color:#8E8E8E;
color:#FFF;
width:173px;
line-height:17px;
height:auto;
padding-left:5px;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#FFFFFF; 
color:#919191;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a.bigItem {
line-height:13px;
}