ul.nice-menu,
ul.nice-menu ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0 5px;
  margin: 0 5px;
  border: 0;
}

/* regular non selected, with no sub-menu */
ul.nice-menu li {
  margin-right: 5px;
  padding-left: 0;
  border: 0; 
  float: left; 
  color: #333;
  font-size: 1.05em;
}


/* the regular non-selected, non-hovered top level menu items */
ul.nice-menu a {
  padding: 0.3em 10px 0.3em 10px;
  color: #333;
  background:  #ccc;
  height: 2.4em;
  line-height: 2.4em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-shadow: 0 1px #EEE;
  -khtml-border-radius-topleft: 8px;
  -khtml-border-radius-topright: 8px;
  -moz-border-radius-topleft: 8px;
  -moz-border-radius-topright: 8px;
  -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 8px;
  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 8px;
  border-top-left-radius: 8px;
  border-top-right-radius: 8px;
}

/* Second level menu items */
ul.nice-menu ul {
  /* top: 1.8em; */
  left: 50px; /* LTR */
  border-top: 10px solid black; 
  border-bottom: 10px solid black;
  color: #333;
}

/* the regular non-selected, non-hovered menu item -- dropdown items only*/
ul.nice-menu ul li {
  width: 12.5em;
  color: #333;
}

ul.nice-menu ul li a{
  -khtml-border-radius-topleft: 0px;
  -khtml-border-radius-topright: 0px;
  -moz-border-radius-topleft: 0px;
  -moz-border-radius-topright: 0px;
  -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px;
  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px;
  border-top-left-radius: 0px;
  border-top-right-radius: 0px;
}

  /* When you hover with mouse over an item */
  ul.nice-menu li a:hover { 
    color: #333; 
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); 
  }
  
  /* This is the currently selected item */
  ul.nice-menu li a.active { 
    color: #333; 
    background: white;
  }