@charset "utf-8";
body  {
	font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	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: #FFFFFF;
	background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-color: #5f92d2;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.thrColFixHdr #container {
	width: 780px;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 1px solid #ffd700;
	text-align: left;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #container #sidebar1 img {
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	cursor: help;
}

.thrColFixHdr #header {
	padding: 0px 10px 0 10px;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	background-image: url(images/header_background.jpg);
	border: 1px;
	font-size: 16px;
	border-color: #ffd700;
	border-style: solid;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent img {
	border: medium groove #FFFF00;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #header h1 {
	color: #FFFF00;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #header img {
	border: medium ridge #FFFF00;
}


.thrColFixHdr #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 */
	font-size: 70px;
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
}
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent h2 {
	font-size: large;
	font-style: italic;
	color: #FFFF00;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #mainContent p {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #mainContent table {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 12px;
}


.thrColFixHdr #container #sidebar1 h3 {
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
	font-size: 22px;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: normal;
	color: #FFFF00;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-style: normal;
	text-align: left;
	text-indent: 10px;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
}


.thrColFixHdr #sidebar1 {
	float: left; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px;
	width: 150px;
	border: 1px solid #ffd700;
	border-left: none;
	border-top: none;
}
.thrColFixHdr #sidebar2 {
	float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 160px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	border: 1px solid #ffd700;
	border-right: none;
	border-top: none;
}
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent {
	margin-right: 200px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-left: 200px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0;
	padding-left: 10px;
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-left-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #ffd700;
	border-right-color: #ffd700;
	border-bottom-color: #ffd700;
	border-left-color: #ffd700;
	padding-top: 10px;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #footer {
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background:#000080;
	border-top: 2px solid #ffd700;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #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 */
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #mainContent h1 {
	font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 24px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #footer a {
	color: #FFFFCC;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #footer td {
	font-size: 9px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container #mainContent a {
	color: #CCFFCC;
}
/* begin styles for RSS Feed */

.rss_box {
	 margin: 10px 5%;
	 padding: 4px 8px;
	 width: 330px;
	 border: none;
}

.rss_title, rss_title a {
	font-family: "American Typewriter", "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 0;
	letter-spacing: 1px;


}

.rss_items {

       list-style:none;

       margin:0;

       padding:0;
  
}

.rss_item  {
  font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight : bold; 
  margin: 8px 0;
  color : #FFFFFF;
 
}

.rss_item a:link, .rss_item a:visited, .rss_item a:active {
	text-decoration : none;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #FFFF00;
	color: #FFFF00;
	}

.rss_item a:hover { 
	text-decoration : none;
	color: #FFFF00;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #FFFF00;
	}
	
.rss_date {
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight : normal;
	color: #F60;
	}