@charset "utf-8";
body  {
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #333333;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 85%;
	line-height: 150%;
	background-image: url(css/images/background.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: center 0px;
}

p, td, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {

	font-family: Arial, sans-serif;

	font-size: 13px;

	color: #000;

	line-height: 1.5;

	}
a img {
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
}

	

a:link, a:visited {

	font-weight: normal;

	color: #236EC3; 

	text-decoration: underline;

	background: transparent; 

	}



a:hover { 

	font-weight: normal;

	color: #A4222C;

	text-decoration: underline;

	background: transparent;

	}


#container {
	width: 980px;  /* using 20px less than a full 800px width allows for browser chrome and avoids a horizontal scroll bar */
	background: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
} 
#header {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	background-image: url(images/header_980.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height: 180px;
	padding-top: 0;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0;
	padding-left: 20px;
} 
#header h1 {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
	text-indent: -2000px;
	font-weight: normal;
}

#header #tagline {
	color: white;
	font-style: italic;
	width: 500px;
	margin-left: 460px;
	font-size: 9pt;
	margin-top: 86px;
	}
#header  #date  {
	font-size: 9pt;
	color: #000000;
	padding-top: 8px;
}

#sidebar1 {
	float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 200px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	/* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	background: #F5AE49;
	padding: 0;
}

#sidebar1 .navbutton {
	padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F5AE49;
	background-color: #FBDFB6;
	background-image: url(css/images/nav_button_back.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	}
	
	.navbutton a {
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 14px;
	text-decoration: none;
	display: block;
	line-height: 24px;
	width: 100%;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	}

	

.navbutton a:link {

	color: #000;

	text-decoration: none;

	}

	

.navbutton a:visited {

	color: #000;

	text-decoration: none;

	}

	

.navbutton a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	background-image: url(css/images/nav_button_back_over.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	}

	

.navbottom {

	background: #002F55;

	line-height: 7px;

	}

	

.join {

	text-align: center;

	font-size: 14px;

	font-weight: bold;

	letter-spacing: 0.1em;

	font-variant: small-caps;

	color: #002F55;

	background: #F9CE92;

	padding: 10px 10px 0 10px;	

	}

	

.mailinglist {

	text-align: center;

	background: #F9CE92;

	padding: 6px 10px 5px 10px;

	}

	

.seagull {

	text-align: center;

	padding: 20px 0 20px 0;

	}

/* end of sidebar////////////////////////////// */
#sidebar2 {
	float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 176px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding-top: 15px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
#mainContent {
	font-size: 85%;
	line-height: 150%;
	border-right-width: 1px;
	border-right-style: dotted;
	border-right-color: #F6B251;
	width: 530px;
	margin-top: 20px;
	margin-right: 210px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-left: 215px;
	padding-top: 0;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0;
	padding-left: 10px;
} 

#mainContent h1 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 22px;
	color: #184777;
}
#mainContent h2 {
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #002F55;
}


#footer { 
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background:#DDDDDD;
} 
#footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
	font-size: 8pt;
	text-align: center;
}
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}