body {margin: 0; padding: 0; background: #ffffff;}

* {margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; font-family:  arial, helvetica, sans serif;}

/*----------Basic styles-------------------------*/

h1 {
font-family: courier new, serif; 
margin: 15px 0 0 5px; 
color: #ffffff; 
font-weight: normal; 
text-decoration: none;
}

h2, h3, h4 {
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans serif; 
margin: 15px 0 10px 10px; 
color: #E65505; 
font-weight: normal; 
text-decoration: none;
}

/* italicize */

h1 em {
font-family: courier new, serif; 
font-weight: normal;
}

h2 em, h3 em, h4 em {
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans serif; 
font-weight: normal}  

h1 {position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 20px; font-size: 1.75em; letter-spacing: 0.07em; line-height: 1.00em; padding-left: 30px}
h1:first-letter {font-family: courier new, serif; font-size: 2.0em} 
/* lg first letter */

h2 {font-size: 1.30em; letter-spacing: 0.05em}

p, ul, ol {margin: 10px 10px 0 7px; font-size: .85em; line-height: 1.70em; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.05em}

p#center {
text-align: center;
}

code {font-family: monospace; font-size: 1.20em; color: #E20000}

p span {font-size: 1.50em; font-weight: bold} /* shouting words */

a:link, a:visited {color: #ff9900;}

a:hover, a:active {color: #fff; border-color: #fff}

ul {list-style: inside square}

acronym {font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px dashed #000; cursor: help}

/*------------------Layout-------------------*/

#container {  /* keeps everything together */
position: relative; 
margin: 0 auto; 
width: 700px; 
}

#hdr {  /* div containing h1, nav, and image of sky */
float: left; 
width: 700px; 
height: 280px; 
/*border-left: 9px solid #4F2D22; */
background: url(imgs/ropedsky3.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat #fff;
}

#lftcol {   /* left column */
position: absolute;
left: 50px;
top: 40px;
margin-left: 0px;  /* leave this so that background image lines up with edge of this div */
width: 300px; 
background: transparent;
}

#rgtcol {float: right; width: 450px; padding-bottom: 30px; background: transparent; }  /* right column */

#maintxt {   
	float: left;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	padding: 10px 0px 10px 10px;
	width: 690px;
	text-align: left;
	background: #F1EBDF;	
	border-top: 5px solid #C1AAA4;
	border-bottom: 5px solid #C1AAA4; 
	}

/*copyrt info*/
#bttmbar {
float: right; 
text-align: right; 
font-size: 0.70em; 
height: 4em; 
line-height: 4em; 
	padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
width: 700px; 
background: #fff; 
border-top: 
1px solid #fff;}

/*W3 Validator info*/
#btmbanner {float: right; text-align: right; font-size: 0.70em; height: 4em; line-height: 4em; width: 700px; background: #fff; }

/*----------------Main Navigation-------------------------*/

p#nav {   /* navigation list */
	margin: 53px 0 20px 0; /* the 53px is where the nav begins (margin top) */
	padding: 0;
}
	
p#nav  {float: left;	/*display: block*/}

p#nav a {
	width: 150px;
	margin: 3px 0 0 0;  /* a little top margin */
	border: 0;
	border-left: 3px solid #333333;
	padding: 2px 10px;
	font-family: helvetica, sans serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #333333;
}

p#nav a#current {color: #ffffff; border-color: #ffffff;}   

p#nav a:hover {color: #ffffff; border-color: #ffffff;}