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

.menu {
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
font-weight:900;
width:100%;
height:30px;
position:relative;
font-size:11px; font-weight:bold;
background: url(../../images/plymouth/bullets_etc/menu_grad.gif) repeat-x;
z-index: 100;
}
/* 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; width:14.2%;
}
/* style the links to be 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; 
text-align:center; 
text-decoration:none; 
/* width:106px; */
height:30px; 
color:#006295;
background:url(../../images/plymouth/bullets_etc/menu_grad.gif) repeat-x;
border:1px solid #fff;
margin-top:-1px;
border-width:1px 0 0 1px; 
line-height:30px; 
font-size:11px;
z-index: 101;
}

.menu ul li ul li:hover a.menu_here, .menu ul li ul li a.menu_here, .menu ul li a.menu_here, .menu ul li:hover a.menu_here {color:#fff; background:#231f20;text-decoration:none;/*background:#FFa340;*/}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff; 
background:#bd2031;
}
/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
text-decoration:none;
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:31px;
width:100%;
z-index:102;

/* width:105px; */

}
.menu ul li:hover ul li {width:100%; position:relative}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
background:url(../../images/plymouth/bullets_etc/menu_grad.gif) repeat-x;
color:#006295;
width:100%;
/* width: 97px; */
padding:5px 0; text-align:left; line-height:150%; height:auto;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#006295; 
color:#fff;
text-decoration: none;
}