.menu{
    position:absolute;
    top:0em;
    left:1em;
    /* solve a Opera7/IE display bug */
    width:152px;
    width/**/:150px;
    border-top: 1px #000 solid;
    border-left: 1px #000 solid;
    border-right: 1px #000 solid;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    font-size: 10px;
    }
    
.menu span{
    display:none;
    }
    
.menu ul{
    border-top: 1px #000 solid;
    border-left: 1px #000 solid;
    border-right: 1px #000 solid;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    position:absolute; /* important */
    width:152px;
    width/**/:150px;
    }
    
.menu li ul{
    visibility:hidden;
    }
            
.menu li ul{
    margin-left:150px; /* be careful */
    /*margin-top:-24px;*/
    margin-top:-20px;
    }
    
.menu a{
    text-align:center;
    background-image : url('../images/menuleft_bg.gif');
    background-repeat : repeat-y;
    color:#000;
    text-weight:bold;
    display:block;
    width:150px;
    border-bottom: 1px #000 solid;
    text-decoration:none;
    margin:0;
    padding:2px 0 2px 0; /* em units can creat little graphic bug in mozilla */
    }
    
.menu a:hover{
    background-image : url('../images/menuleft_bg_act.gif');
    background-repeat : repeat-y;
    }
    
/* for a mozilla better display with key nav */
.menu a:focus{
    background-color: #ffffff;
}

.menu span{
    /* hide some accessibility stuff */
    display:none;
    }
        
.menu li{
    width:150px;
    display:block;    
    float:left;  
    list-style:none;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    }
    
/* IE PC selector */
* html .menu li {
    display:inline; /* solve a IE PC list bug */
    float:none; /* solve a IE5 clav nav bug */
    }