.menu{
	background:#147eb0 url(images/menu.gif) repeat;	
	border:none;
	border:0px;
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, "sans serif";
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
	
	/* so that the menu is placed all on one line even if the page width is less than the width of the menu (a scroll bar will then appear). If this value changes, see style.css and look for "important for the menu" */
	min-width:1000px; 
	width:1000px;
	width:auto !important;
	
	}
	
.menu ul{
	background:#147eb0 url(images/menu.gif) repeat;
	height:35px;
	list-style:none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	}
	.menu li{
		float:left;
		padding:0px;
		}
		
	.menu li a{
		background:#147eb0 url(images/menu.gif) repeat ;
		color:white;
		display:block;
		font-weight:normal;
		line-height:35px;
		margin:0px;
		padding:0px 13px;
		text-align:center;
		text-decoration:none;
		}

		.menu li a:hover, .menu ul li:hover a{
			/*	background:#b6dbed center; repeat  url("images/menu_hover.gif"); /*bottom center no-repeat;*/
			color:#FFFFFF;
			text-decoration:underline;
			}
	.menu li ul{
		background:#147eb0 url(images/menu.gif) repeat;
		display:none;
		height:auto;
		padding:0px;
		margin:0px;
		border:0px;
		position:absolute;
		width:auto;
		z-index:200;
		/*top:1em;
		/*left:0;*/
		}
	.menu li:hover ul{
		display:block;
		/*
		opacity:	0.9;
	filter:Alpha(style=0,opacity=90);
	*/
		
		}
	.menu li li {
		background:url('images/sub_sep.gif') bottom left no-repeat;
		display:block;
		float:none;
		margin:0px;
		padding:0px;
		width:auto;
		}
	.menu li:hover li a{
		background:none;
		
		}
	.menu li ul a{
		display:block;
		height:35px;
		font-size:12px;
		font:"Arial", "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Trebuchet Unicode MS", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		font-style:normal;
		margin:0px;
		padding:0px 10px 0px 15px;
		text-align:left;
		}
		.menu li ul a:hover, .menu li ul li:hover a{
			background:#b6dbed url('images/hover_sub.gif') center left no-repeat;
			border:0px;
			color:#ffffff;
			text-decoration:none;
			}
	.menu p{
		clear:left;
		}