a#home_link {
position: absolute;
top: -28px;
left: 0;
display: block;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
width: 170px;
cursor:pointer;
padding: 5px 0 5px 10px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 110%;
background-color: #BC0831;
height: 18px;
}

.menu {
	width: 180px;/* VERY IMPORTANT! Set this to appropriate value, either here on down in the design section */
}

ul.menu, .menu ul {	/* remove all list stylings */
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	display: block;
}

.menu li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	display: inline;
	position: relative;	/* position each LI, thus creating potential IE.win overlap problem */
	z-index: 10;		/* 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 ul {
	visibility: hidden;	/* initially hide all submenus. */
	position: absolute;
	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 */
	left: 180px;	/* and move them to the right of the item */
	top:11px;
}

.menu li a {
display: block;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
width: 165px;
cursor:pointer;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 110%;
z-index: 20;
}

.menu li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
background:#BBABCF url(../images/arrow_menu.gif) no-repeat 0 12px;
color:#222;
}

.menu li ul li a {
background-color: #BBABCF;
color:#222;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
z-index: 30;
}

.menu li ul li a.heeft_subitems {
background:#BBABCF url(../images/arrow_menu.gif) no-repeat 170px 12px;
}

.menu li ul li a:hover {
color: #fff;
background-color: #7B6DB7;
background-image: none;
}

.menu li ul li ul li a {
color: #fff;
background-color: #7B6DB7;
background-image: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #a499cf;
}

.menu li ul li ul li a:hover {
color: #222;
background-color: #BBABCF;
}

/* -- 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: 0;
}
/* -- float.clear.END --  */

/* sticky submenu: it should not disappear when your mouse moves a bit outside the submenu
	YOU SHOULD NOT STYLE the background of the ".menu UL" or this feature may not work properly!
	if you do it, make sure you 110% know what you do */
.menu ul {
	background-image: url('empty.gif');	/* required for sticky to work in IE6 and IE7 - due to their (different) hover bugs */
	padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
	margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
	/*background: #f00;*/	/* uncomment this if you want to see the "safe" area.
								you can also use to adjust the safe area to your requirement */
}