/* makes things easier :-) */
* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

img {
  border: none;
}

strong {
  font-weight: bold;
}



/* links */
a:link, a:visited {
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #4D68B6;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #999999;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:active {
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #526968;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
}

html {
  background-color: White;
  color: Black;
}

/*  Establish general layout parameters */
body {
  background-color: White;
  color: Black;
  border: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  /* IE compatibility hack (for XHTML 1.1 only) */
  text-align: center;
}

/* the outermost container :-) */
#backgroundContainer {
  border: none;
  background-repeat: repeat-y;
  margin: 20px auto 15px auto;
  width: 660px;
  /*border: 1px solid green;*/
}

/* header with (default) image */
#header {
  height: 300px;
  background-image: url(/static/images/header-13.jpg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: 0px 25px;
  margin: 0px 3px 0px 5px;
}

/* footer */
#footer {
  color: #666666;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Georgia, sans-serif;
  border: 0;
  margin-top: 50px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  font-size: 9pt;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 0.7em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #E2E2E7;
  display: none;
}

#footer a {
  /*color: #666666;*/
  color: #4D68B6;
  font-size: 8pt;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Georgia, sans-serif;
  font-weight: normal;
  text-align: center;
}

#footer span {
  /*border: 1px dashed green;*/
  /*color: #7D0D00;*/
  font-size: 8pt;
  margin-right: 15px;
  margin-left: 15px;
}


/*  headings */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
  /*font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Arial Unicode MS", arial, helvetica, verdana, lucida, sans-serif;*/
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Georgia, sans-serif;
  font-weight: normal;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  margin-top: 15px;
  text-align: left;
  line-height: 110%;
}

h1 {
  /*color: #CC3300;*/
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #7D0D00;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 19px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

h2 {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Georgia, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12pt;
  font-weight: bold;
  /*color: #49495F;*/
  color: #7D0D00;
  color: #4d68b6;
}

acronym {
  cursor: help;
}


/* comprises content areas (main and side), not header and footer */
#pagecontent {
  background-color: inherit;
  color: #444444;
  text-align: left;
  font-size: small;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Verdana, Georgia, sans-serif;
  clear: both;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 0px 20px 10px 20px;
  /*border: 1px solid green;*/
}


/* nice images as list bullets */
ul.imageBullets1 {
  list-style-image: url(/static/images/list-bullet-1.jpg);
  margin-left: 25px;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  /*font-size: 10pt;*/
  font-size: 13px;
}

/*  main navigation */
#mainMenu {
  /* CSC menu background */
  background-color: transparent;
  /* add shade below menu */
  /*background-image: url(/static/images/menu-shadow-2.png);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
  background-position: 0px 30px;*/
  padding-bottom: 4px;
  border: none;
  height: 30px;
  margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
  /*border: 1px solid green;*/
}
#mainMenu a:active {
  /*background: #CC6600;*/
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

#mainMenu ul {
  border: 0;
  clear: left;
  list-style-type: none;
  text-align: left;
}
#mainMenu ul li {
  /*margin-top: 130px;*/
  float: left;
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
}

/* the individual menu items */
#mainMenu ul li a {
  border: none;
  /*color: #D0D0D0;*/
  color: #494949;
  display: block;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  /*font-size: 10pt;*/
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 30px;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: left;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: none;
  /* required for IE6 */
  width: 2%;
  height: 30px;
  margin-right: 40px;
  /*border: 1px dashed gray;*/
}

/* adjust width of one menu element to fit into surrounding container */
/*#mainMenu ul li#contactMainMenuItem a {
  min-width: 300px;
}*/

#mainMenu ul li a:hover {
  color: #624c4f;
}


