div.multi_drop_menus * {
	margin:0; padding:0;     /* removes margin and padding off all list elements */
 	}
/* SET YOUR PREFERENCES!!! */
/* set your menu's font and colors here - the MENU MECHANICS  follow below */
div.multi_drop_menus {
	behavior:url(../_javascript/csshover.htc);/* you must link to the hover.htc file for this menu to work in IE6 and earlier */
/* need a copy? go to http://www.xs4all.nl/~peterned/htc/csshover.htc - copy the code into a text file and save it as csshover.htc */
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;   /* font family for menu */
	font-size:0.8em; /* size of menu's type relative to parent element */
	margin:0;
	background-color:#ccf;    /* colors the div - div fills the parent element for a horizontal menu - set to background-color:transparent; if not needed */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul {
 	border-left:0px solid #c93;   /* creates dividing line to left of level 1's first menu item, revealing div color to left of menu */
	display:inline;						/* fixes margin-doubling bug in IE6 */
 	}
div.multi_drop_menus li {
	background-color:#ccf;         /* background color of the level 1 menu items */
	border-left:0px solid #c93;   /* creates dividing lines to left of each horiz level 1 menu item *//* set to 0px to remove */
	}                						    /* border-right is automatically removed from vert menu below  */
div.multi_drop_menus li:first-child {
	margin-left: 0px;
	border-left: 0px solid #c93;   /* removes left border from first level 1 menu item */
	}		
div.multi_drop_menus li:hover {
	background-color:#fff;      /* background color of hovered menu items */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus a {
	color:#630;                     		/* sets the color of all menu type */
	padding:.5em 1.5em;           		/*creates space top/bottom and left/right respectively around each menu item's text - set vert height in ems   */
	font-weight: bold;
	}
div.multi_drop_menus a:hover {
	color:#630;        				 /* type color of a hovered menu choice */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
	width:15em;   						/* sets the width of menu levels 2 - 4 */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus li li { 
	background-color:#ccf;        /* background color of the level 2 menu */
	border-bottom:1px solid #c93; /* lines between menu choices - set to 0px if not wanted */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus li li:first-child {
	border-top:1px solid #c93;
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul  {
	border-top:1px solid #c93;     /* 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:-3px; /* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment -set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove! */
	} 
div.multi_drop_menus li li li { 
	background-color:#99c;          /* background color of the level 3 menu */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus li li li li { 
	background-color:#ccf;         /* background color of the level 4 menu */
	}
  /* Want transparency on your menus? add the class 'transparent' to the multi_drop_menus div */
div.multi_drop_menus.transparent ul ul li {
 /* note: the lower the value, the greater the transparency */
	opacity:0.9; /* CSS3 - range 0 to 1 */     
	-moz-opacity:0.9; /* Firefox- range 0 to 1  */
	filter:alpha(opacity=90);  /* IE- range 0 to 100  */
	}

/* END MENU PREFERENCES */
 
/* YOU ARE STONGLY ADVISED NOT TO MODIFY THE CODE THAT FOLLOWS : ) */
/* the menu mechanics start here */
div.multi_drop_menus {
	float:left;
 	width:100%;
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul {
	float:left; /* makes ul wrap li */
	font-size:1em; /* prevents inheritence from main text style sheet */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus li {
	float:left;  /*causes the list to align horizontally instead of stack */
	list-style-type:none; /* removes the bullet off each list item */
	position:relative; /* positioning context for the absolutely positioned drop-down */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus a {
	display:block; /* makes link fill li so entire area is "hot" */
	text-decoration:none;  /* removes the underlining from the links */
	}
/* the horizontal menu ends here */
/* the drop-downs starts here */
div.multi_drop_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 */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li {
	width:100%;
	padding:0; /* stops inheritance */
	border-left:0; /* stops inheritance */
	border-right:0; /* stops inheritance */
	}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
	display:none; /* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */
	}
div.multi_drop_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 div.multi_drop_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 */
 }
div.multi_drop_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*/
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;} /* ensures that level 4 is not reveal when level 3 is reveled */
div.multi_drop_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 */
 
/* END MENU MECHANICS */
 
/* inevitable hacks for IE6  and < */
* html div.multi_drop_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 div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
	z-index:400; /*ensures menu is on top of other page elements */
	}
* html div.multi_drop_menus a {
/* cannot find a way to get the top level 'a' to fill the unwidthed menu choices without drop-down in IE : ( */
	} 
* html div.multi_drop_menus.vertical a {
/* now hasLayout in IE - works on the vert menu as container has width */
	zoom:100%;
	} 
* html div.multi_drop_menus ul ul a { /* second level of horiz menu */
	zoom:100%;  /* now IE 'haslayout" - IE now makes background hot in horizontal menus */
	} 
  /* info on haslayout: 
  http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2041209&postcount=24
  http://onhavinglayout.fwpf-webdesign.de/hack_management/
   */
/* END OF LIST-BASED MENU */