.header {

text-align: left;
clear: both;
width:  732px;
height: 60px;
background-color: transparent;
overflow: visible;
padding: 0px;
margin-top:  0px; 
font-size: 25px;
font-weight: 600;
background-image:url('../../images/v_white_strip.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;

}

.header_left {

overflow: visible;
clear: left;
float: left;
width:  400px;
height: 60px;
line-height: 26px;
background-color: transparent;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px; 
text-align:left;
font-size: 28px;
display: block;
font-weight: 800;

}

.header_right {

clear: none;
float: right;
width:  330px;
height: 60px;
background-color: transparent;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px; 
text-align:left;
font-size: 25px;
display: block;
font-weight: 600;

}

.header img {

float: left;
margin-right: 8px;
}

.searchform {

float: right;
margin-right: 6px;
}

.searchbox:active  {color: #000000;background-color: #FFFF00;}

.top_menu {

    clear: both;
    float: none;
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    width: 728px;
    height: 22px;
    margin-bottom:  6px;
    padding: 0px;
    border:   2px solid #00206F;
    background-image:url('../../images/bluestrip.jpg');
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

.top_menu a
{
    padding: 0px 6px 0px 6px;
	margin-left: 0px;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
    width: auto;
	height: auto;
    background-color: #0000FF;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-align: center;
	text-decoration: none; 
    float: left;
	border-left:   1px solid #8080FF;
	border-top:    1px solid #8080FF;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
	border-right:  1px solid #000000;
}

.top_menu a:link    {color:  #FFFFFF;background-color: transparent;}
.top_menu a:visited {color: #FFFFFF;background-color: transparent;}
.top_menu a:active  {color: #00FFFF;background-color: transparent;}
.top_menu a:hover   {color: #000000;background-color: #EEBB00;}

.google_ads {

    clear: both;
    float: none;
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    width: 728px;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom:  6px;
    padding: 0px;
    border:    0px solid #000000;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

.main_content {

clear: both;

width:  700px;
height: auto;
margin-left: 25px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
 border-right:  0px solid #000000;
}

.main_content a:link      {color: #0000FF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.main_content a:visited {color: #0000FF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.main_content a:active   {color: #0000FF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.main_content a:hover    {color: #000000;background-color: #FFFF00;text-decoration: none;}

.left_panel {

margin-top: 6px;
float :left;
width:  540px;
height: auto;
text-align: left;
font-size: 14px;
line-height:16px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border: 0px solid #000000;

}

.left_panel h1 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
        padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.left_panel h2 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 16px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
        padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.left_panel h3 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
        padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.left_panel p {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height:16px;
	margin: 0px;
        padding: 10px 5px 0px 5px;
}

.left_panel h2 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 16px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}

.right_panel {

clear: right;
float :left;
width:  147px;
font-size: 14px;
height: auto;
background-color:  transparent;
border-top:    0px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 0px solid #000000;
border-right:  0px solid #000000;
border-left:   0px solid #000000;
margin-left: 10px;
}

.right_panel a
{
	margin-left: 10px;
    font-size: 15px;
    display: block;
    width: auto;
	height: auto;
    background-color: transparent;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-align: center;
	text-decoration: none; 
    float: left;
}

.right_panel a:link    {color: #0000FF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.right_panel a:visited {color: #8F00FF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.right_panel a:active  {color: #000000;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.right_panel a:hover   {color: #000000;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: none;}

.footer1 {

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

clear:  both;
width:  700px;
height: auto;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color:transparent;
border:   1px solid #000000;
background-image:url('../../images/bluestrip.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-y;
border-top:   2px solid #000000;
border-right: 2px solid #000000;
padding: 8px 4px 8px 4px;
line-height: 16px;
font-size:   12px;

}

.footer1 a:link      {color: #FFFF00;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer1 a:visited {color: #FFFF00;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer1 a:active   {color: #00FFFF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer1 a:hover     {color: #00FFFF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: none;}


.footer2 {

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
clear: both;
width:  700px;
height: auto;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color:transparent;
border:   1px solid #000000;
background-image:url('../../images/bluestrip.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-y;
padding-top:    2px;
padding-bottom: 2px;

}

.footer2 a:link      {color: #FFFF00;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer2 a:visited {color: #FFFF00;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer2 a:active   {color: #00FFFF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
.footer2 a:hover     {color: #00FFFF;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: none;}


ul { 

list-style-type: square; 

}

.cat_chart {

  clear: both;
  display: inline;
  width:  140px;
  height: 140px;
  background-color: transparent;

}  

.cat_chart a
{
	
	margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px;
    font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
    width:  25px;
	height: 24px;
    background-color: transparent;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-align: center;
	text-decoration: none; 
    float: left;
    border:    0px outset #000000;
    padding: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.cat_chart a:link    {color: #000000;background-image:url('../../images/catbut.gif');text-decoration: none;}
.cat_chart a:visited {color: #FFFFFF;background-image:url('../../images/catbut1.gif');text-decoration: none;}
.cat_chart a:hover   {color: #FFFFFF;background-image:url('../../images/catbut1.gif');text-decoration: underline;}
.cat_chart a:active  {color: #000000;background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}

.pop_searches {

  clear: both;
  display: block;
  width:  auto;
  height: auto;
  background-color: transparent;
  text-align: center;
}  

.pop_searches a {text-align:left;}


.adspace {

  margin-top: 20px;
  clear: both;
  display: block;
  width:  auto;
  height: auto;
  background-color: transparent;
}  

.article_adspace_left {

  float: left;
  width:  250px;
  height: 250px;
  margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px;

}  

.article_adspace_right {

  float: right;
  width:  280px;
  height: 280px;
  margin: 10px 0px 10px 20px;

}  

p.top:first-letter { margin-left: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: x-large; background-color: #EEEEFF;}

p:first-letter { margin-left: 0px; }