body {
  text-align: center; /* for browsers that ignore left,right auto margin */ 
  background-image:url(../images/background.jpg);
  background-repeat:repeat;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #505a5c; /* grey */
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
}
.light_blue {
  color: #7ba8d6;/* light_blue */
  font-size: 12px;
}
#center, #centerpad {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 804px;
  position: relative;
}
#header {
  margin: 0px;
  margin-top: 25px;
}
#header img {
  border: 0px;
}
#flash {
  position: absolute;
  left: 180px;
  width: 355px;
  height: 141px;
}
#main_image {
  float: right;
  position: relative;
  border-top-width: 0px;
  margin-right: 1px;
  border-left: 5px;
  border-right: 5px;
  border-bottom: 5px;
  border-color: #508ec9; /*darker blue*/
  border-style: solid;
}

.left_column {
  float: left;
  margin-top: 15px;
  margin-left: 55px;
  border: 2px solid #558dca;
  
}
.right_column {
  float: right;
  margin-top: 15px;
  padding-right: 25px;
  width: 385px;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#advocates a {
  width: 180px;
  height: 120px;
  margin-left: 0px;
  margin-right: 0px;
  background: url("../images/advocates.jpg");
}
#advocates a:hover {	
  background: url("../images/advocates_over.jpg") 0 0 no-repeat;
}

#page {
  position: absolute;
  background-image:  url(../images/background_page.jpg);
  width: 586px;
  padding-right: 12px;
  padding-left: 200px;
  top: 281px;
  border-right: 5px solid #558dca;
  z-index: -1;
  min-height: 370px; /* must clear navigation */
  height: auto !important; /* min-height compatibility */
  height: 370px; /* min-height compatibility */
}
#page a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #7ba8d6;/* light_blue */
}
#page a:link { color: #7ba8d6; }/* light_blue */
#page a:visited { color: #7ba8d6; }
#page a:hover { color: #505a5c;  }
#page a:active { color: #7ba8d6; }   

#footer {
  position: absolute;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  bottom: -106px;
  left: 0px;
  background: url(../images/banner_bottom.jpg);
  width: 812px;
  height: 106px;
}
#footer_text {
  top: 10px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0.5em;
  font-size: 8pt;
  text-decoration: none; 
  text-align: center;
  left: 270px;
  color: white;
}
#footer * {
  margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	outline: 0;
  line-height: 10pt;
}
#footer a:link { color: white; }
#footer a:visited { color: white; }
#footer a:hover { color: white;  }
#footer a:active { color: white; }   


#copyright {
  font-size: 7pt;
}


/*** v NAVIGATION v ****/

#navigation_location {
  color: #505a5c;
}
.navigation {
  font-family: Arial;
  font-size: 14px;
  display: block;
  list-style-type: none;
  position: absolute;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.navigation_indent {
  font-size: 11px;
}
.navigation_indent a {
  padding-left: 11px;
}
.navigation a {
  margin-left: 20px;
  margin-right: 20px;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: block;
}

.navigation a:link { color: #2768ac; }
.navigation a:visited { color: #2768ac; }
.navigation a:hover { color: #505a5c;  }
.navigation a:active { color: #2768ac; }

.plain_link {
  text-decoration: none;
  -moz-outline-style: none;
}

.navigation img {
  border-style: none;
}

.gap {
  height: 17px;
}

.button_spacer {
  background-image:  url(../images/navigation_background.jpg);
  width: 180px;
}
.button_top {
  background-image:  url(../images/navigation_button_top.jpg);
  width: 180px;
  height: 24px;
}
.button_bottom {
  background-image:  url(../images/navigation_button_bottom.jpg);
  width: 180px;
  height: 24px;
}
/*** ^ NAVIGATION ^ ****/
.preloaded_image {
  display: none;
}