.menu {
width: 100%;
font: 13px "Lucida Sans Unicode";
position:relative; 
margin:7px 0 0 0;
z-index:1000;
}
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
text-decoration: none;
z-index:1001;
}
.menu ul li {
float:left;
position:relative;
z-index:1002;
}
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
height:18px;
display:block; 
text-decoration:none; 
color:#d2e5fa;
border:0;
background:none;
padding:6px 11px 6px 12px;
margin:0;
font-weight:normal;
}
* html .menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
}
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
z-index:1003;
}
.menu table {
margin:-1px; 
border-collapse:collapse;
font-size:1em;
}
.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color:#f6eece;
background: url(../images/index_17.png) no-repeat top center;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:19px;
margin-top:11px;
left:7px;
border-right:1px solid #e6dec0;
border-bottom:0;
border-left:1px solid #e6dec0;
border-top:0;
background:transparent;
}
/* style the drop down links with no hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
background:transparent url(../images/opaque.png);
border:0;
margin:0;
color:#000;
font-weight:normal; 
font-size:0.9em;
height:auto;
width:236px;
padding:4px 0 4px 8px;
border-bottom:1px solid #bbb;
}
/* style the drop down menu links when hovered */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#fff; 
color:#000;
}

/* special styling for IE5.5 and IE6 - transparency is non validating */
.menu ul li a:hover ul {
background:transparent filter: alpha(opacity=80);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=80);
opacity:0.8;
margin-top:10px; /* for IE5.5 faulty box model */
marg\in-top:11px; /* for IE6 */
}
/* IE5.5 hack for faulty box model in drop down menu */
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {
background:#ddd;
width:92px; /* for IE5.5 faulty box model */
w\idth:86px; /* for IE6 */
}
.menu span {
background: url(../images/index_19.png) no-repeat center right;
padding-bottom:5px;
padding-right:10px;
}