.menuitem
{
    background-image: url(images/silver_gradient_links138x25.jpg);
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-align: left;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
}
.submenuitem
{
    background-image: url(images/silver_gradient_links138x25.jpg);
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-align: left;
    font-size: small;
    color: black;
    font-family: Verdana;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
}    

.menuitemhover
{
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    text-align: left;
}
.submenuitemhover

{    
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    text-align: left;
}

.recent_up
{
    background-position: center center;
    background-image: url(images/gradient_green_links.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.recent_down
{
    background-position: center center;
    background-image: url(images/gradient_silver_depressed.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.links_up
{
    background-position: center center;
    background-image: url(images/gradient_blue.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
 .links_down
{
    background-position: center center;
    background-image: url(images/gradient_silver_depressed.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.menubottom
{
    border-top: black 1px solid;
}
.menutop
{    
    border-bottom: black 1px solid;
}
.menubottomlinks
{
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: dimgray;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: Tahoma;
}