body {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #333333;
	margin: 0px;
	background-color: #000000;
	/*background-image: url(grid_bkgrnd.gif);*/
}
#header {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0px;
	height: 89px;
}
#container {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	width: 100%;
}
#plain{
	background : transparent;
	background-color: transparent;
}
#plain td{
	background : transparent;
	background-color: transparent;
}
/* this is used to frame pages*/
.webpage {
	margin: 10px;
	width: 90%;
	float: center;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	border: 1px solid #000;
	clear: both;
}
/* the following 5 rules are used for left column navigation */
#navcontainer {
	float: left;
	width: 200px;
	height: 100%;
	/*background-color: #CCCCFF;*/
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
}
/* this is used for the regions & the topics on the knowledge maps */
#navcontainer p {
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding: 10px;
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
}
/* this is used for the regions & the topics on the knowledge maps */
#navcontainer ul {
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding: 2px 0px 0px 10px;
	list-style-type: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#navcontainer ul a {
	color: #333;
	margin: 0;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#navcontainer ul a:hover {
	color: #cc6600;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#navcontainer ul a:active {
	color: #0066CC;
}
#navcontainer ul li{
	padding: 2px;
}
#navcontainer ul li a {
	color: #333;
	margin: 0;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
	color: #cc6600;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/* the following 3 rules are used for the links in left column navigation */
#navcontainer ul ul {
	margin-left: 15px; 
	padding: 0;
	font-weight: normal; 
	list-style-type: none; 
}
#navcontainer ul ul  li a {
	color: #333;
	margin: 0;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#navcontainer ul ul  li a:hover {
	color: #cc6600;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
/* this is used for the right column in a 2 column layout */
#content {
	float: right;
	width: 70%;
	padding: 1em;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 10px 10px 10px 5px; 	
}