a@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */


* 
{ 
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0; 
	 
}  

body
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
background: url('../images/bg_1.gif') repeat-x;
font-size:12px;
font-family: "Lucida Grande",Verdana,"Bitstream Vera Sans",Arial,sans-serif;
text-align:center;
}
/* homepage */
#NewsArea
{
margin-top:-94px;
position:relative;
width:919px;
padding:24px;

}

#pageholder
{
		margin:0 auto 0 auto;
		margin-top:0px;
		margin-bottom:0px;
		padding:0px;
		width:957px;  	
		text-align:left;

}


#HomepageArea
{
padding:0px;
min-height:266px;
height:266px;
width:100%;
background:url('../images/page_top.gif') 0 0 no-repeat;
}

table,tr,td
{
font-size:1em;
}

#ContentArea
{
padding:19px;
font-size:.95em;
width:920px;
margin:0px;
background:url('../images/page_middle.gif') 0 0 repeat-y;



}

#UpdatesArea
{
font-size:.95em;
border:1px solid #c4d3db; 
padding:19px; 
height:300px;
min-height:300px;
}

.subheading {color: #004e77; font-weight: bold; }


#footer
{
width:100%;
margin:0px;
background:url('../images/page_bottom.gif') 0 0 no-repeat;
width:100%;
font-size:.9em;
padding-left:54px;
padding-top:30px;
}


#sub_left
{
width:190px;
margin-right:20px;
float:left;
}


p
{
margin-bottom:2.5em;
line-height:130%;
}

h1
{
font-size:2.1em;
margin-top:-6px;
margin-bottom:15px;
font-weight:normal;
color:#003f62;
padding-bottom:3px;
border-bottom:1px solid #b4cad7;
}

ul
{
margin-top:15px;
}

li
{
list-style-type:square;
margin-left:15px;
margin-bottom:5px;
}

a, a:active, a:visited, a:link
{
color:#004e77;
}

a:hover
{
color:#006699;
}

.bio_photo
{
padding:15px;
background-image:url('../images/photo_bg.gif');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:0px 0px;
width:150px;
height:130px;
position:relative;
}

.header_img
{
margin-left:29px;margin-top:-10px;
}

.menu_bar
{

position:relative;
left:20px;
top:5px;
width:918px;border:0px solid #fff;right:0px;height:26px;min-height:26px;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:1px;
height:68px;
z-index:600;
}

.bio_tag
{
position:absolute;
top:-32px;
background-color:#003f62;
color:#fff;
padding:2px;
font-size:11px;
font-weight:bold;
display:none;
}



a.mnu_highlight, a.mnu_highlight:active, a.mnu_highlight:visited
{
	color:#003f62;	
	font-weight:normal;
}

.mnu_header
{
/*background-color:#003f62;*/
padding-top:5px;
padding-right:5px;
padding-bottom:5px;
padding-left:25px;
display:block;
border:1px solid #fff;
color:#003f62;
font-weight:bold;
margin-bottom:4px;
background-image:url('../images/logo_icon.gif');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left center;


}

.mnu_footer
{
/*border-bottom:4px solid #003f62;*/
display:block;
}

hr
{
color:#CCCCFF;
margin-bottom:20px;
margin-top:10px;
}