#menu_container {
    background:#000 url(../siteimages/navigation.png) repeat-x right top;
    width:950px;
    padding: 0;
	font: 0.9em "trebucht ms", tahoma, sans-serif;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
    border-bottom:1px dotted #ffffff;
    float: left;
}
		
.menu {
    padding:0; 
    margin:0; 
    background:#000 url(../siteimages/navigation.png) repeat-x right top;
    OLDbackground: red;
    width:950px; 
    list-style-type:none;
    white-space:nowrap;
}

.menu li {
    float:left;
    min-width:40px;
}
.menu a {
    position:relative;
    display:block; 
    text-decoration:none; 
    min-width:40px; 
    float:left; 
}
  
* html .menu a {
    width:40px;
}
  
.menu a span {
    display:block; 
    color:#ffffff; 
    background:#000 url(../siteimages/navigation.png) no-repeat left top;
    border:0px #000000; 
    border-width:2px 1px; 
    text-align:center; 
    padding:5px 8px; 
    cursor:pointer;
}
  
* html .menu a span {
  width:80px; 
  cursor:hand; 
  w\idth:40px;
  }
.menu a b {
    display:block; 
    min-height :27px; 
    margin: 0 0 0 0;
    text-decoration:none; 
    border-bottom:0px;
  }

.menu a u {
    display:block; 
    min-height :27px; 
    font-weight: bold;
    background-color:Red;
    margin: 0;
    text-decoration:none; 
    border-bottom:1px solid #cc3333;
  }

.menu a em {
  display:none;
  }
.menu a:hover {
  background:#cc3333;
    height:28px;
  }
.menu a:hover span {
  color:#fff; 
  background:#cc3333;
  }
.menu a:hover em {
  display:block; 
  overflow:hidden; 
  }