* {  /* resets all default margin and padding to 0. better cross browser compatibility */
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

h1 {
	font-size: 2em;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 1.8em;
	color: #ffffff;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

h3 {
	font-size: 1.6em;
}

h4 {
	font-size: 1.4em;
}

h5 {
	font-size: 1em;
}

h6 {
	font-size: .8em;
}

p {
	font-size: 1.1em;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}

li{
font-size:1.2em;
font-style: italic;    
margin-left:35px;
    margin-bottom:5px;
    color: #444444;
    font-weight: bold; 
}

img {
	border: 0;
}


#container {
	width: 100%;
	min-width: 800px;
	height: 100%;
	background: #c0c0c0;
}

#header {
	width: 100%;
	height: 85px;
	margin-bottom: 40px; /* to clear logo image */
	background: #ffffff;
}

#header h1 {
	margin: 0;
}

.logo { /* to align logo with base of header */
	position: relative;
              padding-left: 15px;
	top: 23px;
}

/* navigation css */

#navigation {
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
}

#navigation h2 {
	font-size: 2.6em;
}

#portal { /*contains portal links, used to add top and bottom margin*/
	margin-top: 25px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.portallink {
	position: relative;
	display: inline;
	margin: 0 30px;
}

.portallink a {
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-style: italic;
}

.portallink a span {
	display: none;
	position: absolute;
	top: -100px;
	left: 8px;
}

.portallink a:hover span {
	display: inline;
    }

/* end navigation css */

#leftcolumn {
	float: left;
	width: 180px;
	height: 100%;
	padding-left: 25px;
}

#leftcolumn h2 {
	margin-top: 0;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
	font-style: italic;
}

.submitted{
    font-size: 1.3em;
    color: #444444;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: bold; 
}

.error{
    font-size: 1.3em;
    color: #444444;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: bold; 
}

form p { /* compensate for xhtml 1.0 strict surrounding p requirement */
	margin: 0;
	display: inline;
}

form textarea {
	overflow: auto;
}

.contactform { /* adjusts input fields */
	width: 100%;
	border: 0;
	color: #707070;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	background: #ececec;
}

.formsubmit {
	border: 0;
	height: 15px;
	padding-left: 16px;
	background: url(images/submitcancel.gif) no-repeat;
    margin-bottom: 20px; 
}

.formsubmit:hover {
	background-position: 0 -15px;
}

.formreset {
	border: 0;
	height: 15px;
	padding-left: 16px;
	background: url(images/submitcancel.gif) no-repeat;
    margin-bottom: 20px; 
}

.formreset:hover {
	background-position: 0 -30px;
}

.contactpara { /* to neaten contact details */
	font-size: .9em;
}

.contactem {
	font-weight: bold;
}

#middlecolumn {
	margin: 0em 20px 0em 220px;
	padding-left: 30px;
	padding-right: 30px;
}

#footer {
	clear: both;
	width: 100%;
	height: 20px;
	border-top: 2px #000000 solid;
	font-size: .7em;
	color: #c0c0c0;
	text-align: right;
	background: #333333;
}

#footer p {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 3px;
}

.valid {
	background: url(images/valid.gif) no-repeat;
	padding-left: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #c0c0c0;
}

.valid:hover {
	background-position: 0 -12px;
}