@charset "UTF-8";

/*TEMPLATE */
body  {
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
	color: #000;
	background-image:url(images/bg_page.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
}
.thrColFixHdr #container {
	width: 980px;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: none;
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
	padding: 0px 10px;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #header {  
	padding: 0;
} 
.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: 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
}
.thrColFixHdr #sidebar1 {
	float: left;
	width: 160px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	padding: 0px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
}
.thrColFixHdr #sidebar2 {
	float: right;
	width: 160px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 0px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
}
.thrColFixHdr #mainContent {
	float:left;
	width: 640px;
	margin: 0px; /* the right and left margins on this div element creates the two outer columns on the sides of the page. No matter how much content the sidebar divs contain, the column space will remain. */
	padding: 0px;
} 
.thrColFixHdr #footer {
	width: 448px;
	padding: 0px;
	background-color: #89D7F5;
	float:left;
} 
.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 */
}


/*GENERAL */
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}

/* TEXT STYLES */
h1 {
	font-size: 22px;
}

h2 {
	padding: 3px 0px;
	color: #000;
	margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
	font-size: 18px;
}

p.q {
	padding: 10px;
	background-color: #c5e7f2;
	margin: 5px 0px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
	
p.a {
	padding: 10px;
	background-image: url(images/bg_light.gif);
	margin: 5px 0px;
}

a:link , a:visited {
	color: #45B9E8;
	text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover  , a:active {
	color: #45B9E8;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
p.date {
	color: #999;
	font-style:italic;
	margin: 0px;
}
p.blogItem {
	margin: 0px;
}

p.blogQuote {
	color: #666666
}

/* Nav Styles */
.navBg {
	background-image: url(images/headerBg.jpg);
}
	
a.navItem:link , a.navItem:visited {
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #ace0f5;
	text-decoration: none;
}

a.navItem:hover  , a.navItem:active {
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FFF;
	text-decoration: underline;
}