* { margin: 0; padding: 0; outline: 0; }

body  {
    color: #000000 ;
	background: #ffffff url('columnbackground.png')  center;
	}

#container {
    background-color: #ffffff; 
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
	padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
	border: solid 1px #ccc; 
	border-radius: 8px;
	width: 700px 
	}
	
#container2	{ 
	background-color: #ffffff; 
	margin: 10px 30px; 
	padding: 10px; 
	border: dotted 2px #ccc 
	}

a {
    color: #1E407F;
	text-decoration: none;
	} 

a:link {
    color: #1E407F;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
a:visited {
    color: #1E407F;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
a:hover {
    color: #99CC66;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
a:active  {
    color:#1E407FF;
    text-decoration: none;
    }
	
h1{
    font: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px; 
	font-weight:bold;
	text-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	margin: 30px;
	text-align:center; 
	line-height: 20px;
	}
	
h2{
    font: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 16px; 
	font-weight:bold;
	text-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	margin: 17px;
	text-align:left; 
	line-height: 20px;
	}
	
p{
    font: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px; 
	margin: 19px;
	text-align:center;
	line-height: 24px;
	}
	
#text p{
	text-align:left;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
}

#reference p{
	text-align:left;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-style: italic;
	line-height: 15px;
	margin: 4px;
}

#text p:first-letter{
	font-size: 1.1em;
}

.centering{
display:block;
margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;
text-align:center;
}

#nav {
	font: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px; 
	font-weight:bold;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	word-spacing: 20px;
	margin: 15px;
	text-align:center;
	line-height: 30px;
}

.button{
    padding: 0.1em 0.5em;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-size: 1.0em;
	text-align: center;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0.2em;
	-moz-border-radius: 0.2em;
	border-radius: 0.2em;
    background: #D1D1D1;
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #ECECEC 50%, #D1D1D1 100%);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ECECEC 50%, #D1D1D1 100%);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ECECEC 50%, #D1D1D1 100%);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ECECEC 50%, #D1D1D1 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(top, #ECECEC 50%, #D1D1D1 100%);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), inset 0 1px 0 #FFF;
}

.button:hover{
    color: #296CC9;
	text-shadow: 0 0 8px #fff;
}

hr.style-one {
    border: 0;
    height: 1px;
    background: #333;
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #ccc, #333, #ccc);
    background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(left, #ccc, #333, #ccc);
    background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(left, #ccc, #333, #ccc);
    background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(left, #ccc, #333, #ccc);
}

blockquote {
  font-style: italic;
  margin-top: 10px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  margin-left: 50px;
  padding-left: 15px;
  border-left: 2px solid #ccc;
  } 

#footer {
	font: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 15px; 
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#787878;
	text-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	margin: 15px;
	text-align:center;
	line-height: 30px;
}