.ddsmoothmenu{
	font: bold 8pt Verdana;	
	background-image: url(../picts/menu-background2.gif);
	background-color: #354D50;	 /*background of menu bar 71A924(default state) was 414141 blue:0060a8 yellow:fbf1a0*/
	width: 100%;
	height:25px;

	

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:30;/*100*/
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;

}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
	display: block;
	background-image: url(../picts/menu-background2.gif);
	 /*background of menu items (default state) was 414141*/
	color: #8FAEB3;
	padding: 6px 8px;
	border-right: 1px solid #444444;
	text-decoration: none;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: #8FAEB3;
font-weight: bold;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
	background-image: url("../picts/menuon.gif");
	background: #516A6E; /*navy background of menu items during onmouseover black (hover state)*/
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-weight: bold;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
font-weight: bold;
}

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

/*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: bold 8pt Verdana;
	width: 170px; /*width of sub menus*/
	padding: 4px 10px;
	margin: 0;
	border-top-width: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #444444; /*grey*/
}


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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;
}

.rightarrowclass{
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: transparent; /* was silver*/
}

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