.selected {
color:#fff; 
background:#51b233;
text-align:center;
vertical-align:middle;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:95%;
height:36px;
line-height:36px;
}


.menu {
width:988px; 
/* font-size:75%; */
position:relative;
z-index:100;
}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
padding:0;
font-weight: 400;
margin:0;
list-style-type:none;
}
.menu ul ul {

width:247px;
}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {
float:left;
width:247px;
position:relative;
}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
text-align:center;
vertical-align:middle;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
display:block;
font-size:95%;
text-decoration:none; 
color:#000000; 
width:247px; 
height:36px; 
border:1px solid #fff; 
border-width:0 0 0 0; 
background:#c6eaa9 url(/images/menu_grad_left.jpg) left no-repeat; 
line-height:33px;

/* =========== list-style-image: url(/images/bullet2.gif);  */

}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
w/idth:247px;
}
/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {
font-weight:bold;
font-size:80%;
visibility:hidden;
position:absolute;
height:0;
top:36px;
left:0; 
width:247px;
margin:0;
}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {
margin:0;
top:36px;
t/op:36px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul{
left:247px; 
top:0;
width:247px;
}
/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left {
left:-247px;
}

/* 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;}

/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {
border-bottom:1px solid #bcd5b4;
background:#e4f1d9; 
color:#429626; 
height:auto; 
line-height:14px; 
padding:5px 10px; 
width:227px;
/width:247px;
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
}
* html .menu ul ul a{
width:247px;
w\idth:247px;
}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover{
color:#fff; 
background:#51b233;
}
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {
color:#fff;
background:#51b233;
}

/* 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;
}