body, div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, fieldset, input, textarea, p, blockquote, th, td {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

.linklanguage { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #ffffff; line-height: 12px; text-decoration:none;}
a.linklanguage:link { color: #ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
a.linklanguage:visited { color: #ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
a.linklanguage:active { color: #ffffff; text-decoration:none;}
a.linklanguage:hover { color: #ff521e; text-decoration: underline;}





/* ------------------------------------------------------------------menu------------------------------------------------------------------ */

.ddsmoothmenu{
  font: bold 12px Verdana;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0 0 0 200px;
	background-image:  url(../images/menu_bg.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
line-height:19px;
padding: 5px 10px;
border-right: 0px solid #778;
color: #2d2b2b;
text-decoration: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: #0054a2;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background: #00b4ff; 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background: #00b4ff; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: white;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: normal 12px Verdana;
width: 165px; /*width of sub menus*/
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #3dc1ff;
border-left: 1px solid #3dc1ff;
border-right: 1px solid #3dc1ff;
background: #ffffff;
filter:alpha(opacity=90)
}


/* ######### CSS classes applied to down and right arrow images  ######### */

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 18px;
right: 15px;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background: silver;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.8;
}