.drop_down_menus * {
	margin:0; padding:0; /* remove the default margins and padding on the menu elements */
	}
.outermenu {
    background-color: #2F5C8F; 
}
.drop_down_menus {
	behavior:url(csshover.htc);
	font-family: Arial,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-weight: normal;
	float:left; /* make the div enclose the ul */
	margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;
}
.drop_down_menus ul  {   
	width: 917px;
	float:left; /* make the ul enclose the li's */
    display:inline;	/* fixes margin-doubling bug in IE6 */
}
.drop_down_menus li  {   /* this div represents the container (left column, perhaps) that you drop the menu into - the menu will expand horizontally to fill the space available */
	list-style-type:none; /* removes the bullet off each list item */
	float:left; /* make the list items sit side by side */
 	position:relative; /*positioning content for the nested ul (the drop-down) */
    background-color: #1268D4;
}
.drop_down_menus li:first-child  {
	border-left:none; /* no divider needed to the left of the first list items */
	}
.drop_down_menus a {
	display:block; /* make the link fill the list item correctly */
	padding: 0.3em 15px 0.3em 15px;
 	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.drop_down_menus a:link {
    color:#FFFFFF;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration:none; 
}
.drop_down_menus a:visited {
    color:#FFFFFF;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration:none;
}
.drop_down_menus a:hover {
    color:  #2F5C8F;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration:none;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.drop_down_menus a:active {
    color:#2F5C8F;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration:none;
}
.drop_down_menus li ul {
	position:absolute; /* positions the drop-down relative the parent li positioning context */
	display:none; /* hides the drop-down (revealed when hovered - see below) */
	width:20em; /* set the width of the drop-down was 7em*/
	left:-1px;
}
.drop_down_menus li:hover ul {
	display:block; /* display the menu when hovered */
}
.drop_down_menus li ul li {
	width:100%;  /* makes each li the width of the ul and therefore stack */
}
.drop_down_menus li ul li:first-child {
/*	border-left:1px solid #990000;   overrides the removal of top level left border */
}

/* added for multi level menus ....*/
.drop_down_menus ul li ul li ul  {
    border-top:1px solid #CCB;     /* set the border-top of levels 3 and 4 of a horizontal menu - set to 0px to remove - for a vertical menu, you will set this for levels 1 - 4 below */
    top: -1px; /* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment -set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove! */
 } 
.drop_down_menus li li li { 
    background-color:#ffffff;          /* background color of the level 3 menu */
 }
  /* the drop-downs starts here */
.drop_down_menus ul li ul { 
    position:absolute;     /* positions the drop-down ul in relation to its relatively positioned li parent */
    border:0;         			/* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */
    margin-left:0px;        /* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */
 }
.drop_down_menus ul li ul li {
    width:100%;
    padding:0; /* stops inheritance */
    border-left:0; /* stops inheritance */
    border-right:0; /* stops inheritance */
 }
.drop_down_menus ul li ul {display:none;} /* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */
.drop_down_menus ul li:hover ul {
	display:block; /* shows the drop-down when the menu is hovered */
	z-index:1000; /* Safari needs this to display menu on top of other page elements */
	} 
/* pop-outs starts here */
body .drop_down_menus ul li ul li ul  {
    position:absolute; /* associated menu with parent li positioning context */
    visibility:hidden; /* ensures that level 3 menu is not reveal when level 2 is reveled */
    left:100%;
    top:-1px; /* aligns level 3 and 4 pop-out with previous level */
 }
.drop_down_menus ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* shows level 3 menu when associated level 2 li is hovered */
/* second and third level popouts here*/
.drop_down_menus ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;} /* ensures that level 4 is not reveal when level 3 is reveled */
.drop_down_menus ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;}  /* shows level 4 menu when associated level 3 li is hovered */
/* the drop-downs end here */

/* inevitable hacks for IE6  and < */
/* a hack for IE 6 - doesn't understand first-child \*/
* html .drop_down_menus li ul {
	border-top:1px solid #990000; /* adds a top border to the drop-downs in IE6 */
}
/* inevitable hacks for IE6  and < */
* html .drop_down_menus {
    z-index:1; /* IE6 won't respect high z-index on abs-pos'd child (ul li ul) without this on its parent rel-pos'd element */
 }				/* see http://www.last-child.com/conflicting-z-index-in-ie6/ */
* html .drop_down_menus ul li ul {
    z-index:400; /*ensures menu is on top of other page elements */
 }
* html .drop_down_menus a {
/* cannot find a way to get the top level 'a' to fill the unwidthed menu choices without drop-down in IE : ( */
} 
* html .drop_down_menus ul ul a { /* second level of horiz menu */
    zoom:100%;  /* now IE 'haslayout" - IE now makes background hot in horizontal menus */
 }