.menu {
 /* solve a Opera7/IE display bug */
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	display:block;
	width:905px; /* important for Opera7 */
	z-index:2;
	
}
.menu ul {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    position:absolute; /* important */
    display:block;
	z-index:2;
}

.menu li {
    display:block;
    list-style:none;
    margin: 0;
    padding:0;
	height:auto;
	display:inline;
    display/**/:block;
    float:none;
    float/**/:left;
	/* for mac ie5 */
	float: left;
	width:105px;
	/* for others, mac ie5 cant see it \*/
	width:auto;
	float: none;
	float/**/:left;
	/* end mac ie5 hack */
}

.menu li a {
    color: #ffffff;
    display:block;
    text-decoration:none;
	padding:0;
    margin: 0;
    font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    text-align: center;
   	font-weight:normal;
   /* for mac ie5 */
/* for others, mac ie5 cant see it \*/
/* end mac ie5 hack */
}

.menu li a:active, .menu li a:link, .menu li a:visited {
	font-weight:bold;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	height:auto;
	display: block;
}

.menu li a:hover {
	background-color: #044d87;
	font-weight:bold;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 0;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.left_menu {list-style-type: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.left_menu li a:link, .left_menu li a:active, .left_menu li a:visited {
background-image: url(../images/left_menu.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:left;
padding: 9px 5px 4px 16px;
margin: 0 0 1px 0;
display:block;
color:#fff;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;


}

.left_menu li a:hover {
background-image: url(../images/left_menu_on.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:left;
padding: 9px 5px 4px 16px;
margin: 0 0 1px 0;
display:block;
color:#fff;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;
}

.left_menu li#selected a:link, .left_menu li#selected a:visited, .left_menu li#selected a:active {background-image: url(../images/left_menu_on.gif); padding: 9px 5px 4px 16px;}