.menu, .menu ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	display: block;
}

.menu li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	display: inline;
	float: left;	/* move all main list items into one row, by floating them */
	position: relative;	/* position each LI, thus creating potential IE.win overlap problem */
	z-index: 5;		/* thus we need to apply explicit z-index here... */
}

.menu li:hover {
	z-index: 10000;	/* ...and here. this makes sure active item is always above anything else in the menu */
	white-space: normal;/* required to resolve IE7 :hover bug (z-index above is ignored if this is not present)
							see http://www.tanfa.co.uk/css/articles/pure-css-popups-bug.asp for other stuff that work */
}

.menu li li {
	float: none;/* items of the nested menus are kept on separate lines */
}

.menu ul {
	visibility: hidden;	/* initially hide all submenus. */
	position: absolute;
	z-index: 10;
	/*left: 0;	 while hidden, always keep them at the top left corner, */
	top: 0;		/* 		to avoid scrollbars as much as possible */
	
}

.menu li:hover>ul {
	visibility: visible;	/* display submenu them on hover */
	top: 100%;	/* 1st level go below their parent item */
}

.menu li li:hover>ul {	/* 2nd+ levels go on the right side of the parent item */
	top: 5px;
	left: 70%;
}





/* -- float.clear --
	force containment of floated LIs inside of UL */
.menu:after, .menu ul:after {
	content: ".";
	height: 0;
	display: block;
	visibility: hidden;
	overflow: hidden;
	clear: both;
}
.menu, .menu ul {	/* IE7 float clear: */
	min-height: 1px;
}
/* -- float.clear.END --  */

.menu ul {
	background-image: url(img/blind.gif);	/* required for sticky to work in IE6 and IE7 - due to their (different) hover bugs */
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;	
}


.menu ul ul {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	background-color:#e9efee;	
}