.menu {
	margin-top: 2px;
	padding-top: 2px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	padding-right: 5px;
	border: 0px solid #1c4759;
/*	have to set the border attribute to satisfy IE */
	background: #00b2ee; 	/* --- */
/*	background: #63b8ff; */	/*steelblue1 */
	background: #6988af; 	/*same as main navigation background */
	color:#333; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px
}