.menu {
  background: url(assets/menu.jpg) no-repeat center top;    
	margin: 0 auto;
  margin-top: 20px;
	padding: 0px;
	font: 67.5% "Arial", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Trebuchet Unicode MS", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;  
  width: 800px;       
  
  }
  

.menu ul {
  color: #fff;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  list-style-type:none;
  height: 42px;
  line-height: 42px; 
}




.menu li, .menu li a, .menu li a:visited, .menu li a:hover {
  padding-left: 10px;
  padding-right: 10px;
  position: relative;
  float: left;
  line-height: 42px; 
}

/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
  font-size: 13px;
}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {background: #3e3e3e}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{background: #c9ba65;}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {background: #c9ba65}

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {
  visibility: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  top: 42px;
  left: 0; 
}


/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top: 45px;t\op: 45px;}

/* 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; border-collapse:collapse;} 

/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul li a:visited, .menu ul ul li a, .menu ul ul li a:link {
  background: #575757; 
  color: #fff; 
  line-height: 23px;
  text-decoration: none; 
  padding: 5px 15px;
  width: 250px;
  height: 23px;
  font-size: 12px;
  text-align: left;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #7f7f7f;
}

.menu ul ul li a:hover {
  background: #3e3e3e;
}


* HTML .menu ul ul li {
  padding: 0px; 
}

* HTML .menu ul ul li a:hover {
  padding-left: 15px;
  padding-right: 15px;
  line-height: 23px;
}

 
/* style the top level hover */


.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {color: #303032; background:#a9fc18; text-decoration: none;
}

.menu ul li a:link, .menu li a:visited{
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.menu a:hover, .menu ul a:hover {
  color: #303032; 
  background: #a9fc18;

}




/* 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; }
/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu 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;}