/*////////////////////////////////////////
//    SETS UP THE MENU 
////////////////////////////////////////*/

/* SETS UP THE MENU BUTTONS */
.menu li
{
  display: block;
  float: left;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 5;
}
/* POSITIONS THE TEXT ON THE BUTTONS */
.menu a .t
{
  position: relative;
  padding: 10px 10px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  line-height: 0px;
  text-align: center;
  top: -5px;
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}
/* COLOR AND SIZE OF BUTTON TEXT ON MOUSEOVER */
.menu li:hover a .t
{
  color: #0231b3;
  font-size: 12pt;
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}
/* COLOR AND SIZE OF BUTTON TEXT */
.menu a.active .t
{
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 12pt
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}
.menu a.
{
  color: #000000;
  font-size: 15pt
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}

/*/////////////////////////////////////////
//    END MENU SET UP 
/////////////////////////////////////////*/





/*////////////////////////////////////////
//    STYLES THE MENU IMAGES 
////////////////////////////////////////*/

.menu a
{
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  overflow: visible;
  height: 20px; /* button size when moused over */
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}
/* STYLES THE BG IMAGE FOR THE BUTTONS*/
.menu a .r, .menu a .l
{
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  z-index: -1;
  height: 25px; /* height of button */
  width:95%;
  background-color: #E7EDF1;
  left: -2;
  right: 0px;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

/* POSITION OF BUTTON BG IMAGE WHEN MOUSED OVER */
.menu li:hover a .l, .menu li:hover a .r
{
  top: -11px;
  background-color: #9FCCE9;
}
/* POSITION OF THE BUTTON IMAGE*/
.menu a.active .l, .menu a.active .r
{
  top: -10px;
}

/*///////////////////////////////////////
// END MENU IMAGES 
///////////////////////////////////////*/





/*///////////////////////////////////////
//    BEGIN MENU DROPDOWN BOX 
//////////////////////////////////////*/

/* HIDES AND POSITIONS THE DROPDOWN */
.menu ul
{
  visibility: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  padding: 20px 30px;/* Top,,,Left*/
  margin: -15px 0px 0px -25px;
}
/* VISIBILITY OF THE DROPDOWN BOX WHEN HOVERED OVER*/
.menu li:hover>ul
{
  visibility: visible;
  top: 100%;
}

/* DISPLAYS AND STYLES THE DROPDOWN BACKGROUND*/
.menu ul a
{
  display: block;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  height: 30px;
  width: 200px;
  overflow: hidden;
  line-height: 30px;
  background-color: #DCDCDC;
  left:5px;
  top:-5px;
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  border-width: 0;
  border-style: solid;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

/* STYLES THE TEXT IN THE DROPDOWN BOX */
.menu ul a, .menu ul a:link, .menu ul a:visited, .menu ul a:hover, .menu ul a:active, .nav ul.menu ul span, .nav ul.menu ul span span
{
  text-align: left;
  text-indent: 12px;
  text-decoration: none;
  line-height: 20px;
  color: #000000;
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  font-size: 13pt;
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}

/* MOUSEOVER TEXT COLOR FOR DROPDOWN BOX */
.menu ul li:hover>a
{
  color: #000000;
  background-position: 0 -20px;
  font-family: Times New Roman;
}

/*////////////////////////////////////
//     END OF DROPDOWN BOX 
////////////////////////////////////*/