body{ background-color:#ffffff; margin:0px; /*background-image:url(bg3.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;*/font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,Verdana;}
a{ color:#043882;text-decoration:none;}
a:hover{ color:#043882;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold}
a:visited{ color:#043882;text-decoration:none;}
a:active{ color:#043882; text-decoration:none;}
a.menu{color:#ffffff; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;}
a.news{color:#043882; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;}
a.languages{color:#043882; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;}

h3{color:#043882; margin-top:5px; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}


#contentcenter{width: 1000px;position: absolute;left: 50%;margin-left: -500px;}
#maincontent{width: 1000px;}
#bannerTop{position: absolute;border:solid 0px red; width:100%; height:200px;  }
#content{position: absolute;border:solid 0px green; width:100%;top:220px; }
#contentBox{position: absolute;border:solid 0px pink; width:650px; height:400px; top:0px; left:0px; }
#newsBox{position: absolute;border:solid 0px orange; width:310px;  top:0px; right:0px; border-left:  dotted 3px #043882; padding-left:10px;}

#menuBar{position: absolute;border:solid 0px blue; right:0px; height:90px; top:190px; z-index:10; /*color:#ffffff; background-color:#043882; padding-top:10px; */ }
#logo{position: absolute;border:solid 0px orange; width:200px; height:200px; top:0px; left:0px;}
#languages{position: absolute;border:solid 0px orange; width:200px; height:200px; top:180px; left:0px;}

#banner{position: absolute;border:solid 0px green; width:750px; height:200px; top:0px; right:0px; text-align:right;}

#claim{position: absolute;border:solid 0px pink; width:250px; height:80px; top:100px; left:175px; color:#043882; font-size:14pt; text-align:left;}
.newsDate{font-weight:bold;}
.newsSubHead{font-weight:bold;color:#043882;}

/*menu*/

ul#nav, ul#nav ul {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   list-style: none;
   }

ul#nav  li {
   position: relative;
   float: left;
  width:120px;
}
   
#nav li ul {
   position: absolute;
   margin-left: -999em; /* hide menu from view */
   top: auto;
   left:0;
}

/* Styles for Menu Items */
ul#nav  li a {
   display: block;
   text-decoration: none;
   color: #fff;
   background: #043882; /* IE6 Bug */
   padding: 2px;
   border: 1px solid #ccc;
      margin-bottom:-1px;
   min-height:0;
   }
/* commented backslash mac hiding hack \*/
* html ul#nav  li a {height:1%;   position:relative;}
/* end hack */

/* this sets all hovered lists to red */
#nav li:hover a,#nav  li.over a,
#nav li:hover li a:hover,#nav li.over li a:hover {
   color: #fff;
   background-color: #9BB2CF;}

/* set dropdown to default */
#nav li:hover li a,#nav li.over li a {
   color: #fff;
   background-color: #043882;
}
#nav li ul li a { padding: 2px 2px;   width:160px;} /* Sub Menu Styles */
#nav li:hover ul,#nav li.over ul {margin-left:0; } /* show menu*/