aside ul.menu li { 
	list-style:none; 
 height:auto;
	text-align:left;
 border:1px solid #9eb4ca;
 margin:0 0 5px 0;padding:2px;
 background:#c9dbec;
}
aside ul.menu li:first-child {}
aside ul.menu li:hover {
 background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(right, #FFFFFF 0%, #CFE7F0 100%);
 background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(right, #FFFFFF 0%, #CFE7F0 100%);
 background-image: -o-linear-gradient(right, #FFFFFF 0%, #CFE7F0 100%);
 background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, color-stop(0, #FFFFFF), color-stop(1, #CFE7F0));
 background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(right, #FFFFFF 0%, #CFE7F0 100%);
 background-image: linear-gradient(to left, #FFFFFF 0%, #CFE7F0 100%);
}
aside ul.menu li a {
 padding:4px 5px;
 font-family:arial,tahoma,verdana,sans-serif;
 font-size:9pt;
 font-weight:normal;
 color:#18405e;
 text-decoration:none;
 text-transform:uppercase;
 text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #ffffff;
}
aside ul.menu li a:hover {text-decoration:underline; }
aside ul.menu li.active {
 background:#0f4467;
 border:1px solid #183046;
}
aside ul.menu li.active:first-child {   }
aside ul.menu li.active a {	color:#ffffff;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #000000;}
aside ul.menu li.active a:hover { 	text-decoration:underline; }