menu {
	background-image:url(../images/menu.jpg);
	background-position:top center;
	width:865px;
	position:absolute;
	bottom:0px;
	left:8px;
}
menu li{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	overflow: hidden;  /*--Important - Masking out the hover state by default--*/
	float: left;
	height:33px;
}
menu a, menu span { /*--The <a> and <span> share the same properties since the <span>  will be a duplicate of the <a> tag--*/
	padding-left:15px;
	padding-right:15px;
	float: left;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #fff;
	background: url(../images/bg-menu.jpg) repeat-x;
	cursor:pointer;
	clear: both;
	width: 100%;
	height: 33px;
	line-height: 33px; /*--Vertical alignment of text--*/
}
menu a , menu li.active  * { /*--This is basically the hover state of navigation--*/
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-position: left bottom;
}
menu span { /*--Default state of navigation--*/
	background-position: left top;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

menu a:hover  {
	color:#FFFFFF;
}