/*========================= TOP OF THE button CASCADE =========================*/
.button {
border:0 none;
clear:both;
display:block;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
left:0;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding:0;
position:relative;
top:0;
width:810px;
z-index:2;
}
.button a{
color:#ffffff;
}
.button a:hover{
color:#5F9CC7;
}
.button ul {
border:0 none;
line-height:1.5em;
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.button li {
background-image:url(../images/btnBase.jpg);
background-position:0 0;
float:left;
margin:0;
position:relative;
width:98.5px;
border-left: 1px solid #000000;
}
.button ul li {
height:33px;
padding:5px 0;

}
.button ul li:hover {
color:#5F9CC7;
}
.button ul li table {
border-collapse:collapse;
font-size:12px;
margin:0;
}
.button ul li ul {
display:none;
padding:1px;
}
.button ul li a, .button ul li a:visited {
color:#FFFFFF;
display:block;
float:left;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
font-size-adjust:none;
font-stretch:normal;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:normal;
font-weight:bold;
height:12px;
line-height:normal;
padding:5px 0 0 0;
text-decoration:none;
width:98.5px;
}
.button ul li:hover {
background-image:url(../images/btnHoverStrip.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
color:#5F9CC7;
height:33px;
padding:5px 0;
width:98.5px;
}

/*##################### Second Level of the Drop Down Menu #######################*/
.button ul li:hover ul, .button ul li a:hover ul {
display:block;
height:39px;
left:-1px;
margin:0;
position:absolute;
top:40px;
width: 170px;
z-index:3;
}
.button ul li:hover ul li, .button ul li a:hover ul li {
background-image:url(../images/btnHoverStrip.jpg);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
display:block;
height:12px;
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
width:170px;
text-indent:7px;
line-height:12px;
border-top:1px solid #cccccc;
background:undefined;
}
.button ul li:hover ul li a, .button ul li a:hover ul li a {
border:0 none;
display:block;
height:12px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
text-align:left;
width:170px;
line-height:12px;
color: #143753;
}
.button ul li:hover ul li:hover, .button ul li a:hover ul li:hover, .button ul li:hover ul li:hover a, .button ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {
background-image:url(../images/btnHoverStrip.jpg);
background-position:0 -20px;
background-repeat:repeat-x;
border-top:1px solid #cccccc;
color:#5F9CC7;
height:22px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
text-align:left;
width:170px;
line-height:21px;
}