#giflink {
	position:absolute;
	left:100px;
	top:247px;
	width:813px;
	height:62px;
	z-index:1;
	margin-left: 78px;
	float: right;
}
body {
	margin:0px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 1em;
	color: #193094;
}

#container {
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-left: auto;
	clear: both;
	width: 960px;
}
.header {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	height: 144px;
	width: 960px;
}

#welcome {
	text-align: right;
	vertical-align: top;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 3.4em;
	color: #D5E8F6;
	padding: 0px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	float: right;
	position: relative;
	left: 75px;
	letter-spacing: .2em;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-right: 70px;
	clear: both;
}

/*main menu and nav style sheet*/

#mainMenu {
	width: 870px;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center;
	height: 32px;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px;
	border-top-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-top-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-top-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	clear: both;
	position: relative;
	padding: 0px;
	left: 75px;
	color: #666666;
}

#mainMenu ul {
	text-align: right;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0px;
	vertical-align: top;
	padding-top: 4px;
	line-height: 22px;
}

#mainMenu li {
	display: inline;
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #666666;
	margin-right: 2px;
	padding-left: 2px;
}

#mainMenu li a {
	color: #666666;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#mainMenu li a:hover {
	width: 928px;
	height: 32px;
	text-align: center;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

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

#nav{
	position:absolute;
	right: -1px;
	width: 682px;
	top: 2px;
}

#nav li li a {
	display: block;
	font-weight: normal;
	color:#666666;
	padding: 8px 10px 4px;
}

#nav li li a:hover {
	padding: 0.2em 5px;
	border: 5px solid #7d6340;
	border-width: 0 5px;
}

li {
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	text-align: center;
	cursor: default;
}

#news {
	width: 9em;
	left:-.5em;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-right-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-left-style: dotted;
	border-right-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	border-left-color: #929FC5;
}

#about {
	width: 90px;
	left:0.25em;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-right-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-left-style: dotted;
	border-right-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	border-left-color: #929FC5;
	padding-left: 4px;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	float: left;
	line-height: 8px;
	vertical-align: top;
}

#research {
	width: 11em;
	left:0.25em;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-right-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-left-style: dotted;
	border-right-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	border-left-color: #929FC5;
	text-align: left;
	padding-left: 3px;
	font-size: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 3px;
}

#activities {
	width: 14em;
	left:0.25em;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-right-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-left-style: dotted;
	border-right-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	border-left-color: #929FC5;
	text-align: left;
	font-size: 10px;
	padding-left: 4px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
}

li#dash {
	width: 1.3em;
	}

li ul {
	display: none;
	position: absolute;
	top: 100%;
	left: 0;

	font-weight: normal;
	background-color:#D5E8F6;
	padding: 0.5em 0 1em 0;
}

li>ul {
	top: auto;
	left: auto;
}

li li {
	display: block;
	float: none;
	background-color: transparent;
	border: 0;
}

li:hover ul, li.over ul {
	display: block;
}

/*body style sheet*/

#bodyContainer {
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 1em;
	line-height: 1em;
	color: #193094;
	text-decoration: none;
	width: 960px;
	text-align: left;
	clear: both;
	float: left;
	padding-top: 12px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	margin-top: 23px;
}

#leftimg {
	padding: 10px;
}


.linkLogos {
	border: none;
	vertical-align: middle;
	padding-left: 4px;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0px;
	width:120px;
	padding-right: 4px;
	clear: none;
	float: left;
	background-position: center;
	top: -8px;
}

.linkMembers {
	border: none;
	vertical-align: middle;
	padding-left: 4px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0px;
	width:580px;
	height:50px;
	padding-right: 4px;
	clear: both;
	float: left;
	background-position: center;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
}

/*login box*/

.membersLogin {
	width: 263px;
	color: #000066;
	background-image: url(images/membersLogin_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	height: 260px;
	position: relative;
	left: 0px;
	float: left;
}

.loginFormat {
	background-position: left;
	margin: 65px 0px 0px 70px;
	float: left;
	width: 70px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
}
/*news box*/

.latestNewsTOP {
	background-image: url(images/newsTOPBG.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center center;
	height: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	clear: both;
	margin: 0px;
}
.latestNewsBOTTBG {
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	background-image: url(images/newsBOTTBG.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center bottom;
	height: 12px;
	padding: 0px;
	clear: both;
	margin: 0px;
}

.latestNews {
	width: 300px;
	float:none;
	position: relative;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: center center;
	clear: both;
	margin-top: 12px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #193094;
	margin-right: 46px;
	background-image: url(images/newsBG.jpg);
	padding: 0px;
}

.newsContent {
	float:left;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #193094;
	text-decoration: none;
	line-height: 16px;
	padding-bottom: 8px;
	padding-left: 12px;
	padding-right: 12px;
	padding-top: 12px;
	margin: 0px;
	vertical-align: top;
}
.newsContent h1{
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-family: Arial;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	line-height: 10px;
}
.newsContent h2{
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	font-family: Arial;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: 440px;
}

.newsContent a{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #23A9DF;
}

.newsContent a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #23A9DF;
}

.newsContentFull {
	width: 590px;
	float:left;
	position: relative;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #193094;
	text-decoration: none;
	clear: both;
	left: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	padding-bottom: 8px;
}

.newsContentFull h2{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #173384;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	font-family: Arial;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.newsContentFull h3{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #173384;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	font-family: Arial;
}

.newsContentFull a{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #23A9DF;
	font-size: 11px;
}

.newsContentFull a:link{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #23A9DF;
}

.newsContentFull a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #23A9DF;
}

.newsContentFull a:visited{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #23A9DF;
}

.newsContentFull a:active{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #23A9DF;
}



.rightMainFeature {
	width: 285px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 12px;
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #28367F;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	line-height: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	float: left;
	margin-top:0px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	vertical-align: top;
}

.newsColumn h2 {
	width: 345px;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #D0D3D9;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #D0D3D9;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-align: left;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.newsColumn p {
	width: 329px;
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #3B5059;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-align: left;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	padding-top: 8px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 12px;
	background-color: F7F8FA;
	margin-top: 16px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	padding-right: 8px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	height: 195px;
	background-image: url(images/columnPix.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat;
}

.feature {
	text-align: left;
	vertical-align: top;
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 2.4em;
	color: #D5E8F6;
	padding: 28px 0px 28px 0px;
	text-decoration: none;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	left: 60px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	width: 800px;
	line-height: 0.9em;
}
.subHeading  {
	width: 825px;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	vertical-align: middle;
	background-position: center;
	height: 28px;
	font-size: 9px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px;
	border-top-width: thin;
	border-top-style: dotted;
	border-top-color: #929FC5;
	border-bottom-color: #929FC5;
	clear: both;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	padding: 12px 0px 0px;
	color: #163384;
	left: 75px;
}

.membersLogos {
	width: 850px;
	height:49px;
	text-align: left;
	vertical-align: middle;
	margin: 0px;
	float: left;

	clear:both
	position: relative;
	left: 75px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 75px;
}
.publication {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #193094;
}
.articleContent {
	width: 650px;
}
#headline {
	height: auto;
	width: 950px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-top: 25px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-align: center;
	background-attachment: scroll;
	text-transform: capitalize;
	padding-top: 10px;
	background-repeat: repeat;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
	border: thin groove #0099FF;
}
.lookatme {
	font-size: 17px;
	color: #51ACE1;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.headlinecontent {
	width: 650px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
}
.headlinecontent a:active {
	width: 650px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
}
.headlinecontent a:visited {
	width: 650px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
}
.headlinecontent a:link {
	width: 650px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
}
.headlinecontent a:hover {
	width: 650px;
	color: #0066FF;
	background-color: #E1EDF9;
}
#events {
	width: 340px;
	height: auto;
}
.xmas {
	font-family: "Century Gothic";
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #009933;
	text-decoration: blink;
}