/* the following lines attempt to clear the css palette */

a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, area, b, base, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, body, br, button, caption, cite, code, col, colgroup, dd, del, dfn, dir, div, dl, dt, em, fieldset, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, head, hr, html, i, iframe, img, input, ins, isindex, kbd, label, legend, li, link, map, menu, meta, noframes, noscript, object, ol, optgroup, option, p, param, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, style, sub, sup, table, tbody, td, textarea, tfoot, th, thead, title, tr, tt, u, ul, var {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: none;
	text-decoration: none;
	list-style: none;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: black;
	background-color: transparent;
}

q:before, q:after {
	content: "";
}

/* standard HTML tags */

body {
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: small;
	line-height: 1.3;
	background-color: #99CCCC;
}

h1 {
	font-size: 160%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 150%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

h3 {
	font-size: 140%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

h4 {
	font-size: 130%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

h5 {
	font-size: 120%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

h6 {
	font-size: 110%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

a{
	color: blue;
}

p {
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

ol {
	
}

ol li{
	
}

ul {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

ul li{
	list-style-type: disc;
	list-style-position: outside;
	text-shadow: #000000 0px 0 0;
	margin-left: 20px;
}

strong {
	font-weight: bold;
}

em {
	font-style: italic;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* attribute selectors do not work on IE6 */

input[type="text"] {
	border: 1px black solid;
}

input[type="password"] {
	border: 1px black solid;
}

/* this is a fix for IE6 see above, put input[type=text] in this class */

input.tinput {
	border: 1px black solid;
}

textarea {
	border: 1px black solid;
}

select {
	border: 1px black solid;
}

button {
	border: 2px gray outset;
	padding: 2px;
}

button:hover {
	color: blue;
}

button:active {
	border: 2px gray inset;
	color: blue;
}


hr{
	background-color: #99CCCC;
	height: 1px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

/* handy classes */

.hidden {
	display: none;
}

.centered {
	text-align: center;
}

.bold {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.right{
	text-align: right;
}

.base {
	clear: both;
}

.comment{
	background-color: #fcffb4;
}

/* site specific stuff below */

#container {
     width: 800px;
     margin-right: auto;
     margin-left: auto;
     background-color: white; 
}

#banner {
     height: 140px;
     text-align: center; 
}

#banner img#logo{
     margin-top: 5px;
}


#main {
     background-color: #002147; 
}

#menu {
     width: 110px;
     float: left; 
}

#menu ul {
     margin-left: 5px;
     margin-top: 5px; 
}

#menu ul li{
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#menu li a {
     color: white;
     font-weight: bold;
     display: block;
     padding-top: 5px;
     padding-bottom: 5px;
     padding-left: 5px;
}

#menu a:visited {
     color: white; 
}

#menu a:hover {
     text-decoration: none;
     background-color: #2E4C6F; 
}

#content {
     margin-left: 110px;
     padding-right: 10px;
     background-color: white;
     padding-left: 10px;
     padding-bottom: 10px; 
}

#content ul{
	padding-bottom: 5px;
}

#content ul li{
	list-style-type: disc;
	list-style-position: outside;
	margin-left: 20px;
}

#columns{
	
}

#columns #left{
	width: 490px;
	float: left;
}

#columns #right{
	width: 180px;
	float: right;
}

#copy {
     font-size: 9px;
     text-align: center;
     clear: both;
     background-color: #9E9E9E;
     padding-top: 5px;
     color: white;
     padding-bottom: 5px; 
}

#credit {
     font-size: 9px;
     text-align: right;
     clear: both;
     padding-top: 5px;
     background-color: #99CCCC; 
}

#credit a {
     color: white; 
}

#credit a:visited {
     color: white; 
};