/*========================= TOP OF THE MENU CASCADE =========================*/

.menu
{
	z-index:2000;
	position:relative;        /* establish a menu-relative positioning context */
	float:left;                                     /* play nicely with others */
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	border:0;
	height:30px;                                  /* the menu's overall height */
	width:100%;         /* we always want our menu to fill the available space */
	background:transparent;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;         /* this (and also below) sets the menu's font size */
}
.menu_border {
	border-top: 2px solid #111;
	border-radius: 2px;
}

.menu img {
	vertical-align: top;      /* prevent images from being pushed down by text */
	display:none;
}

.menu a.base {
	background-position: top left;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-color: transparent;
	width:168px;
	height:30px;
	margin-right:1px;
}
.menu a.base:hover {
	background-position:bottom left;
}

.menu a.base div.baseText {
	line-height: normal;
	margin-top: 2px;
	padding: 0;
	width:168px;
	height:28px;
	color: #b4b4b4;
	font-size: 14pt;
	text-align: center;
	vertical-align: middle;
	cursor:pointer;      /* IE tries to switch back to an I-beam, don't let it */
	cursor:hand;           /* IE5 only knows about "hand", so set it both ways */
}
.menu a.base:hover div.baseText {
	color: #ffffff;
}

.menu ul
{
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	border:0;
	list-style-type:none;          /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
	line-height:1.5em;           /* globally set the menu's item spacing. note */
}                               /* this must be 1.0 or 1.5 or 2.0 for Mozilla */
.menu li
{
	float:left;    /* this creates the side-by-side array of top-level buttons */
	position:relative;    /* create local positioning contexts for each button */
	margin:0;
}
.menu ul li table
{
	margin:-1px 0;              /* IE5 needs -1px top and bottom table margins */
	margin:0;               /* re-zero the table margins for everyone but IE5 */
	border-collapse:collapse;      /* IE5 needs this for the sub-menus to work */
	font-size:12px;        /* this sets the base font size for our entire menu */
}

.drop
{
	display:block;
	padding:0px 0.33em;	       /* this sets the l/r margins for our menu item */
	margin:0;
	text-align:right;   /* this right alignment goes with the float:left below */
	cursor:pointer;      /* IE tries to switch back to an I-beam, don't let it */
	cursor:hand;           /* IE5 only knows about "hand", so set it both ways */
}
.drop span
{        /* this simultaneously left and right aligns the text and */
	float:left;       /* the >> in the drop-down menus which link to sub-menus */
}
.rightmenu
{
	position:relative;  /* establish a local positioning context for YAH label */
	float:right;                  /* and right-align it at the top of our page */
}

#research
{            /* this rightmost "Research" button must be positioned */
	position:absolute;       /* absolutely so that the YAH (you are here) text */
	top:0px;               /* label will slide underneath it under Opera v8.54 */
	left:364px;    /* which has a z-order sequencing bug with abs-pos elements */
}

/*======================== TOP LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li ul
{
	display:none;                  /* initially hide the entire list hierarchy */
	padding:0px;                               /* this is our box border width */
}

.menu ul li a,
.menu ul li a:visited
{                    /* unselected top-level menu items */
	display:block;
	float:left;
	text-decoration:none;
	height:30px;
}

.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
	background-color:transparent;
	height:30px;
}

/*======================== 2ND LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 2nd level drop-down box */
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	z-index:201;
	margin:0;
	top:30px;              /* place us just up underneath the top-level images */
	left:-1px;       /* left-align our drop-down to the previous button border */
	height:auto;      /* the drop-down height will be determiend by line count */
	width:168px;
	color:black;                        /* this sets the unselected-text color */
	background:black;         /* this sets our menu's effective "border" color */
}

.menu ul li:hover ul.leftbutton,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.leftbutton {/* our first dropdown should not be skewed */
	left:0px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny {             /* 2nd level skinny drop-down box */
	width:168px;   /* with a 12px default font, this is 97px width (97/12) */
}

.menu ul.rightmenu li:hover ul,
.menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {    /* 2nd level neighborhood drop-down box */
	left:auto;
	right:0;         /* nudge the right menu right to line up under the border */
}

* html .menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {         /* IE5/6 needs a tweak here */
	right:-1px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {                   /* 2nd level unselected items */
	border:0;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	height:auto;
	color:#ccc;               /* this sets the unselected drop-down text color */
	background:#2e2e2e;       /* this sets the drop-down menu background color */
	width:168px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 2nd level selected item */
	background:#111;
	color:#fff;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny li a,
.menu ul li:hover ul.skinny li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.skinny li a:hover {     /* 2nd level un+selected items */
	width:168px;
}

/*======================== 3RD LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul li ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a ul {             /* hide inactive 3rd-level menus */
	visibility:hidden;
}
     
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {             /* 3rd level drop-down box */
	visibility:visible;
	position:absolute;
	margin-top:-1px;	      /* bring the top edge of the 3rd level menu up one */
	top:1px;
	left:168px;
	width:14em;
	z-index:202;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a {     /* 3rd level unselected items */
	width:14em;
	background:#2e2e2e;
	color:#ccc;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a.heading,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a.heading
{     /* 3rd level unselected items */
	background:#444 url(../images/bg.menu.heading.png) no-repeat 153px 3px;
	color:#fff;
	border-bottom:1px solid #999;
	border-top:1px solid #999;
	cursor:default;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {    /* level3 selected items */
	width:14em;
	background:#111;
	color:#fff;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a.heading:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a.heading:hover
{    /* level3 selected items */
	background:#444 url(../images/bg.menu.heading.png) no-repeat 153px 3px;
	color:#fff;
	border-bottom:1px solid #999;
	border-top:1px solid #999;
	cursor:default;
}

#text {           /* the Mac's standard Safari browser will not see this code */
	height:1.215em;#           /* ...  but every other browser will and should */
} /* Safari barfs on the illegal pound sign (#) after the rule's property val */