/*this css is the LOOK and TYPE for the site*/
body {

	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
	color:#333333;
	
	background-image:url(../graphics/vert_lines.gif);
	background-position:center;
	background-repeat:repeat-y;

}

#pullquote {
 	float: left; 
	width: 150px; 
	margin-top: 10px; 
	margin-bottom: 10px; 
	margin-right: 10px; 
	padding-bottom: 10px; 
	font-family: Times, Georgia; 
	font-size: 1.5em; 
	line-height: 20px; 
	color: #2A4F00; 
	text-align: left;
	
	}

.logo{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	padding-top:10px;
}

.headerBG {
	background-image:url(../graphics/header_line.gif);
	background-position: 10px 10px;
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
}

/*---header image placement on inner pages*/
#imageHeader {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:100px; 
	width:969px; 
	overflow:hidden;
	text-align:left;
	
	z-index:99;
	
	
	}
/*---Home page header image placement*/
#indexHeader {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:195px; 
	width:969px; 
	overflow:hidden;
	text-align:left;
	
	z-index:99;
	
	
	}

.menuStyle {

	text-align:center;
	
	}


/*-----Lang Selectors---*/

#chinaLang {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:16px;
	height:50px;
	
	padding-left:625px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	background-image:url(../graphics/china.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:right;
	

}

#enLang {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:16px;
	height:50px;
	
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-top:10px;
	
	background-image:url(../graphics/u-k.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:right;
}

/*----- Search ---*/

#searchDiv{ 
	display:block;
	float:left;
	text-align:right;
	
	width:350px;
	height:20px;
	padding-top:10px;
	padding-left:315px;
	
	
	color:#999;

	}
	
.search {

	text-decoration:none;
	color:#999;
}	
	
.search:hover{

	color:#4483BB;

}	

.searchField {
	color:#999; border:#999 1px solid;

}

/*---END OF SEARCH STYLES--*/

/*---headline----*/

h1{
	color:#003366;
	font-size:1.5em;
	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding-bottom:0px;
	
}

#__tab {
	text-align:left;
}

	
/*-------------left side navigation items------------------*/	
#leftNav tr tr {
	display:block;
	float:left;
    width: 177px;
	border-bottom:#4483BB 1px solid;
	color:#003366;
	margin-top:2px;
}

#leftNav tr tr:hover {
	background-color:#efefef;
}	
#leftNav a, #leftNav:visited{
	color:#003366;
	text-decoration:none;
}

/*#leftNav{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:225px;
	height:24px;
	
	border-bottom:#4483BB 1px solid;
	padding:5px 0px 0px 2px;
	
	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#003366;
	text-decoration:none;
	
	margin-top:2px;
	}
	
	

#leftNavOn{
	display:block;
	float:left;
	width:225px;
	height:24px;
	
	border-bottom:#4483BB 1px solid;
	padding:5px 0px 0px 2px;
	
	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#003366;
	text-decoration:none;
	
	margin-top:2px;
	background-color:#efefef;
	
	}

 #leftNavOn a, #leftNavOn:visited{
 	color:#003366;
 	text-decoration:none;
 }
*/

/* News Date headline */

.postDate{
	color:#4483BB;
	font-size:2em;
	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial;
	font-weight:bold;
	
	
}

.postTime{
	color:#999999;
	font-size:0.85em;

}


/* News body */

.news {
color:#003366;

}

/*--------Footer Styles-----------*/
	
#footer a {
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#4483BB;
	line-height:3em;

}
#footer a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
	
}

.date {
	
	color:#999999;
	

}