.menu{float:left;position:relative; z-index:999;  height:41px; width:100%;}

.ddsmoothmenu{width:1180px; margin:0 auto; color:#444}



.ddsmoothmenu ul{

z-index:100;

margin: 1px 0 0 0;

padding: 0;

list-style-type: none;

}



/*Top level list items*/

.ddsmoothmenu ul li{

position: relative;

display: inline;

float: left;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top1{background:#16509d;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top1 ul{background:#16509d;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top2{background:#f47320;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top2 ul{background:#f47320;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top3{background:#2d9922;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top3 ul{background:#2d9922;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top4{background:#e31e24;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top4 ul{background:#e31e24;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top5{background:#ffbb00;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top5 ul{background:#ffbb00;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top6{background:#c21789;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top6 ul{background:#c21789;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top7{background:#0094da;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top7 ul{background:#0094da;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top8{background:#48b59f;}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top9{background:#c54a43;}


.ddsmoothmenu ul li.menu_top8 ul{background:#48b59f;}







/*Top level menu link items style*/

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{

display: block;

padding:9px 18px !important; margin-top:-1px; font:600 15px/1.5em 'Open Sans', sans-serif;

color: #fff; text-transform:uppercase;

text-decoration: none; text-align:left

}



.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.l{background:none;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.f{}



* 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: #fff;

}



.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/

text-shadow:none;

color: #fff;

}



.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{

color: #000;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.active1

{

color: #fff;

}



/*1st sub level menu*/

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{

position: absolute;

left: 0;

display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/

visibility: hidden;

background:#e31e24; background-image:none; z-index:999; top:39px !important

}



/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{

display: list-item;

float: none;

background:none!important;

}



/*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:normal 14px 'Open Sans', sans-serif;

width: 220px; /*width of sub menus*/

padding: 5px;

margin: 0;

color:#fff!important;

border-top-width: 0;

border-bottom: 1px dotted #fff; background:none

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover{

color:#000 !important

}



/* Holly Hack for IE \*/

* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/





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



.downarrowclass{

position: absolute;

top: 17px;

right: 7px;

}



.rightarrowclass{

position: absolute;

top: 6px;

right: 5px;

}



/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */



.ddshadow{ /*shadow for NON CSS3 capable browsers*/

position: absolute;

left: 0;

top: 0;

width: 0;

height: 0;

background: silver;

}



.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity for NON CSS3 capable browsers. Doesn't work in IE*/

opacity: 0.8;

}