body {
	margin:0em;
	padding:0;
	height:100%;
	background-color: #21316b ;
	background:url('img/mpbg.gif');
	color:#ffffff;  
	text-align:center;
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
	font-size:14px
}

/*	THE MID-COL DIVISION  */
#mid-col { 	
	margin:0 auto;
	padding-top:17px;
	padding-bottom:17px;
	width:900px;/*38em;*/
	text-align:left;
	vertical-align: middle;	
	background:url('img/pbg.gif') repeat-y; 
	padding-left:28px; padding-right:28px
}

#mid-col h2 {
	margin:0 0px 0px 0;
	padding:20px 0px 3px 0;
	font-size:20px;
	color:#00ceff;
	font-family:Kristen itc, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
	font-weight:300;
}

/*	THE HEADER BAR CLASSES  */
#header {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	background:url('img/fbg_blank.gif');
	width:900px;
	height:200px
}

#header h1 {
	margin:0 0 -.8em 0;
	padding:1em 0 0 1em;
	font-size:3.0em;
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
	font-weight:lighter;
}

#header h2 {
	margin:1em 0 0 1.5em;
	padding:2em 0 0 1.75em;
	font-size:2.0em;
	font-weight:lighter;
	letter-spacing:0.08em;
}

.sbar { height:162px; }

.box1 {width: 325px; float:left;padding:7px; border: 1px solid #21316b;}
.box2 {width: 485px; float:right;padding:7px; border: 1px solid #21316b;}

/*	THE FOOTER RELATED DIVISIONS AND CLASSES  */
#footer {
	padding:0px;
	text-align:center;
	font-size:.8em;
	background:url('img/fo_bg.gif') repeat-x; 
	vertical-align:middle; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:2.5em; margin-bottom:0
}

#footer, .ftop, .fbot { width:900px; overflow:hidden; }	
/* 	FTOP AND FBOT ARE USED TO HANDLE THE CURVY CORNERS OF THE FOOTER PART	*/
.ftop { background:url('img/fo_tm.gif'); height:8px }
.fbot { background:url('img/fo_bm.gif'); height:7px }

/*	THE CONTENT DIVISION	*/
#content {
	display:block;
	width:900px;
	border:0px solid blue;
	margin-top:25px;
}


/* THE CONTENT TOP AND BOTTOM CURVY STYLES  */
.ct, .cb, .cbody { margin:0px; padding:0px; }
.ct { height:30px; width:900px; background:url('img/breadbar.gif'); clear:none; overflow:hidden; text-indent:18px }
.cb { display:block; height:30px; width:900px; background:url('img/co_bot.gif'); overflow:hidden}
.cbody { background:url('img/body_bg.gif') repeat-y; width:860px; padding:20px; display:block; overflow:hidden }

/* THE BREADBAR LINK STYLES */
.ct a 
{
	font-size:10px;
	vertical-align:middle;
	line-height:30px;
	color:#639cff;
}

.spl_link { color:#FFFFFF; }

/* 		THE TOP NAVIGATION BAR STYLE CLASSES		*/
.tbar {
	text-align:left;
	font:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
	font-size:17px;
	padding:8px;
	padding-top:9px;
	padding-left:40px;
	height:16px;
}
.tbar a {
	font:13px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding:10px;
	padding-bottom:9px;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.tbar a:hover {
	color:#00ffff;
}
/* THE ACTIVE PAGE EFFECT IN THE TOP NAVIGATION BAR  */
a.current { background:url('img/alink_bg.gif') repeat-x; color:#639cff }


/* THE STYLES OF SEARCH BOX IN THE TOPBAR */
.searchbox form { padding:0; margin:0; display:inline; }
.searchbox form p { padding:0; margin:0; display:inline; }
.searchbox input { background:transparent; border:0px solid #639cff; color:#ffffff; font-size:10px;}
.searchbox { border:0px solid #639cff; float:right; margin-right:30px; font-size:11px; }

/*	AN SEO CLASS - IS USED TO ENHANCE THE KEYWORD OPTIMIZATION */
.seo { position:absolute; left:-100px; top:-100px; right:0; }

/*	SOME GENERAL PURPOSE CLASSES	*/
.noul { text-decoration:none; }
.bbg { background:#666666 }
.fleft { float:left; clear:left; }
.fright { float:right; }

/*  THIS CLASS HANDLES THE LINKS WITH SOME DISCRIPTION - LIKE  THE LINKS IN THE SIDEBAR OF THE TEMPLATE */
.links-with-desc { color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px; }
.links-with-desc li { padding-bottom:6px; }
.links-with-desc a { color:#66FFFF; font-size:15px; font-weight:lighter; text-decoration:none; }
.links-with-desc a:hover { color:#3100de; }

#float-col .links-with-desc a:hover { color:#3100de; }
#float-col .links-with-desc a { color:#00ceff;  text-decoration:none; }


/* TAGS STYLES */
div { border:0px solid blue; } /* debuggin the layout divs */
p { margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:5px; padding:0; }

a { color:#639cff; }
a:hover {  color:#00ffff; text-decoration:underline }


img{
	padding:2px;
	margin:3px;
	border:0px solid #ffffff;
	display:block;
}

blockquote {
	margin:1em;
	padding:.5em;
	border-top:1px solid #cccccc;
	border-bottom:1px solid #cccccc;
	color:#00ceff;
}

blockquote p {
	margin:.2em;
}

/* IMAGE ALIGNMENT CLASSES */
.img-left{
	float:left;
	clear:left;
	margin-left:0;
}

.img-right{
	float:right;
	margin-right:0;
}

/* TEXT HIGHLIGHTING CLASS */
.hl { color:#00ffff; }