html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    outline: 0;
    background: transparent;
}

body {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    background: #e7ebeb;
    color: #333;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
}

.clearer {
    clear: both;
}

img {
    vertical-align: top;
}

input:focus {
    outline: none;
}

a {
    color: #466782;
    text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#container {
    width: 1022px;
    margin: 0px auto;
    text-align: left;
}

#shadow_box {
    background: url("../images/main_shadow.png") repeat-y left top;
    padding: 0px 31px 0px 31px;
    width: 960px;
    position: relative;
}

* html #shadow_box {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/main_shadow.png', sizingMethod='scale');
}

#bottom_shadow {
    background: url("../images/bottom_shadow.png") no-repeat left top;
    height: 27px;
}

* html #bottom_shadow {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/bottom_shadow.png', sizingMethod='crop');
}

#top {
    padding: 30px 0px;
    position: relative;
}

#logo {
    float: left;
}

#top_links {
    float: right;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #466782;
    padding-top: 35px;
}

#top_links a {
    margin-left: 15px;
}

#social_bookmarks {
    position: absolute;
    right: -48px;
    top: 0px;
}

#navigation_row {
    background: url("../images/nav_bg.gif") repeat-x left top;
    height: 30px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    zoom: 1;
}

#navigation_row .left_round, #navigation_row .right_round {
    display: block;
    width: 5px;
    height: 30px;
    font-size: 0px;
    z-index: 1;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
}

#navigation_row .left_round {
    background: url("../images/nav_left_round.gif") no-repeat left top;
    left: 0px;
}

#navigation_row .right_round {
    background: url("../images/nav_right_round.gif") no-repeat right top;
    right: 0px;
}

#nav_search_form {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 5;
    float: right;
    padding: 6px 6px 0px 0px;
}

#nav_search_form input {
    float: left;
    margin-left: 4px;
}

#nav_search_form .search_input {
    background: url("../images/search_input.gif") no-repeat left top;
    border: none;
    width: 73px;
    height: 13px;
    padding: 3px 5px 2px;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-family: Arial;
    color: #333;
}

#navigation {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 5;
    float: left;
    list-style-type: none;
}

#navigation li {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    padding-right: 1px;
    background: url("../images/nav_dots.gif") repeat-y right top;
    height: 30px;
    position: relative;
    zoom: 1;
}

#navigation li a {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    height: 30px;
    line-height: 30px;
    font-size: 14px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #466782;
    position: relative;
    cursor: pointer;
}

#navigation li a span {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0px 5px;
}

#navigation li.first_item a span {
    padding-left: 10px;
}

#navigation li a:hover, #navigation li a.active, #navigation li.hover a {
    background: url("../images/nav_bg_hover.gif") repeat-x left top;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#navigation li.first_item a:hover span, #navigation li.first_item a.active span,  #navigation li.first_item.hover a span {
    background: url("../images/nav_left_round_hover.gif") no-repeat left top;
}

#navigation ul {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0px;
    top: 30px;
    width: 180px;
    display: none;
    zoom: 1;
}

#navigation ul ul {
    left: 180px;
    top: 0px;
}

#navigation ul li {
    float: none;
    background: #87a5be;
    height: auto;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
}

#navigation ul li.first_item {
    background: #87a5be url("../images/submenu_shadow.gif") repeat-x left top;
}

#navigation ul li.bottom_round {
    background: url("../images/subnav_bottom.png") no-repeat left top;
    height: 8px;
    font-size: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    overflow: hidden;
}

* html #navigation ul li.bottom_round {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/subnav_bottom.png', sizingMethod='crop');
}

#navigation ul li a {
    float: none;
    padding: 7px 12px;
    font-size: 13px;
    height: auto;
    line-height: 14px;
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: none;
    border: none;
    zoom: 1;
}

#navigation ul li a:hover, #navigation ul li.hover a {
    background: #f5b700 url("../images/submenu_hover.gif") repeat-x left top;
}

#navigation .submenu_arrow {
    position: absolute;
    right: 5px;
    top: 50%;
    margin-top: -5px;
}

.blue_box {
    background: #87a5be url("../images/blue_box_bottom.gif") no-repeat left bottom;
    color: #fff;
    margin-bottom: 25px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
    zoom: 1;
}

.blue_box .title {
    background: #96a8b8 url("../images/blue_box_title.gif") no-repeat left top;
    height: 29px;
    line-height: 29px;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.blue_box .title_left, .blue_box .box_left_column {
    width: 450px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    float: left;
}

.blue_box .title_right, .blue_box .box_right_column {
    width: 450px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    float: right;
}

.blue_box .box_left_column, .blue_box .box_right_column {
    padding-top: 7px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#homepage_slides {
    width: 460px;
    height: 250px;
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

#homepage_slides .slide {
    background: #87a5be;
    position: relative;
    width: 460px;
    height: 250px;
}

#homepage_slides .slide .overlay {
    background: url("../images/slide_overlay.png") repeat;
    position: absolute;
    width: 459px;
    left: 0px;
    bottom: 1px;
}

* html #homepage_slides .slide .overlay {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/slide_overlay.png', sizingMethod='scale');
    zoom: 1;
}

#homepage_slides .slide .overlay_content {
    padding: 7px 12px;
}

#homepage_slides .slide h1 {
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: normal;
}

#homepage_slides .slide h1 a {
	text-decoration:none;
}

#homepage_slides .slide a {
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.advertisement_text {
    padding: 10px 0px;
    color: #fff;
    line-height: 15px;
}

#slides_controller .controller {
    padding-bottom: 18px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

#slides_controller .controller .image {
    float: left;
}

#slides_controller .controller .text {
    width: 340px;
    float: right;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 13px;
}

#slides_controller .controller .text big {
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 15px;
}

.align_right {
    text-align: right;
}

#slides_controller .controller .text a {
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#slides_controller .controller .text a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.blue_button {
    display: inline-block;
    padding-left: 5px;
    background: url("../images/blue_button_left.gif") no-repeat left top;
    height: 20px;
    line-height: 20px;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.blue_button span {
    display: inline-block;
    padding-right: 5px;
    background: url("../images/blue_button_right.gif") no-repeat right top;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.blue_button span span {
    padding: 0px 3px;
    background: url("../images/blue_button_bg.gif") repeat-x left top;
}

.two_columns {
    background: url("../images/v_dots.gif") repeat-y center top;
    position: relative;
}

.two_columns .column {
    background: url("../images/h_dots.gif") repeat-x left top;
    width: 464px;
    padding: 15px 0px;
    line-height: 18px;
    font-size: 13px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
}

.two_columns.columns_first_row .column {
    padding-top: 0px;
    background: none;
}

.two_columns .middle_erase {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 20px;
    height: 30px;
    background: #fff;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -15px;
    left: 50%;
    margin-left: -10px;
    z-index: 5;
}

.left_side {
    float: left;
}

.right_side {
    float: right;
}

.published_date {
    color: #666666;
    font-size: #999;
    text-align: right;
}

.published_date small {
    font-size: 11px;
}

h1 {
    color: #466782;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 22px;
}

h2 {
    color: #333;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#pager {
    display: none;
}

.orange_bullets {
    list-style-type: none;
}

.orange_bullets li {
    padding-left: 12px;
    background: url("../images/orange_bullet.gif") no-repeat left 6px;
}

.column_image {
    float: left;
}

.brown_box {
    background: #e1ded2 url("../images/brown_box_bottom.gif") no-repeat left bottom;
    width: 301px;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 19px;
}

.brown_box .box_content {
    padding: 10px;
}

.brown_box.last_box {
    float: right;
    margin-right: 0px;
}

.h290 {
  height: 290px;
}

.brown_box .title {
    height: 29px;
    line-height: 29px;
    background: #cfccbc url("../images/brown_box_title.gif") no-repeat left top;
    color: #4f6e86;
    padding: 0px 10px;
    font-size: 14px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.tags {
    padding: 10px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 18px;
}

.tags a {
    color: #666;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.tags a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.font10 {
    font-size: 10px;
}

.font11 {
    font-size: 11px;
}

.font12 {
    font-size: 12px;
}

.font13 {
    font-size: 13px;
}

.font14 {
    font-size: 14px;
}

.font15 {
    font-size: 15px;
}

.centered {
    text-align: center;
}

.bottom_images {
    padding-top: 35px;
}

.bottom_images img {
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.bottom_images .left_side img {
    margin-right: 40px;
}

.bottom_images .right_side img {
    margin-left: 40px;
}

.breadcrumbs {
    font-size: 11px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    color: #a0a0a0;
}

.breadcrumbs a {
    color: #a0a0a0;
}

.left_column {
    width: 180px;
    float: left;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
}

.side_nav {
    list-style-type: none;
}

.side_nav li {
    background: #87A5BE;
    display: block;
    line-height: 14px;
}

.side_nav li.top_round {
    font-size: 0px;
    height: 7px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: url("../images/subnav_top.png") no-repeat left top;
}

* html .side_nav li.top_round {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/subnav_top.png', sizingMethod='crop');
}

.side_nav li.bottom_round {
    font-size: 0px;
    height: 7px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: url("../images/subnav_bottom.png") no-repeat left top;
}

* html .side_nav li.bottom_shadow {
    background: none;
    filter:progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.alphaimageloader(src='../images/subnav_bottom.png', sizingMethod='crop');
}

.side_nav a {
    padding: 7px 12px;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 14px;
    color: #fff;
    text-transform: none;
    display: block;
    zoom: 1;
}

.side_nav a:hover, .side_nav a.active {
    background: #f5b700 url("../images/submenu_hover.gif") repeat-x left top;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.side_nav ul {
    list-style-type: none;
}

.side_nav ul li {
    background: #476682;
    padding-left: 8px;
}

.main_column {
    width: 760px;
    float: right;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 18px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
}

.teaser_item {
    background: url("../images/h_dots.gif") repeat-x left top;
    padding: 12px 0px 15px;
    zoom: 1;
}

.teaser_item .image {
    float: left;
}

.teaser_item .text {
    float: right;
    width: 580px;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 18px;
    padding-right: 5px;
}

.main_column p
{
	margin:7px;
}

.main_column img
{
	margin-left:10px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}


.main_column ol
{
	margin-left:40px;
}
.main_column ul {
    list-style-type: none;
	margin-left:40px;
}

.main_column ul li {
    padding-left: 12px;
    background: url("../images/orange_bullet.gif") no-repeat left 6px;
}






blockquote {
	margin: 1em 2em;
	border-left: 1px dashed #999;
	padding-left: 1em; 
	background-color:#f3f8fe;
	padding-top:10px;
	}
blockquote p:first-letter {
	float: left;
	margin: .2em .3em .1em 0;
	font-family: Verdana, "Monotype Corsiva", "Apple Chancery", fantasy;
	font-size: 220%;
	font-weight: bold; }
blockquote p:first-line {
	font-variant: small-caps; }