.menu {
background:url(menu-bg.jpg) no-repeat scroll left top transparent;
float:left;
height:37px;
margin:0;
padding:5px 0 0 0;
position:relative;
text-align:center;
top:0;
width:1000px; 
}


.ddsmoothmenu{
text-align:center; /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
/*padding:0 0 0 65px;*/ 
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none; 
}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block; text-decoration:none; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#fff; font-weight:normal;
padding: 9px 15px 11px 15px;  
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block; font-weight:normal; padding:0px; margin:0px; 
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: white; 
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
color: white; font-weight:normal;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;

}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none; font-weight:normal;
}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top:0;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; color:#fff; font-weight:normal;
width: 185px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 12px 5px 0px 10px;
height:25px;
line-height:25px;
text-align:left;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom:1px solid #123a66;
}

/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/


/* ######### CSS classes applied to down and right arrow images  ######### */

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 7px;
background:none;
}

.rightarrowclass{
background:none;
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background: silver; 
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.8; 
}