html, body
{ 
    background:#ffffff;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
}
* html, * html body 
{
    height:100%;
    overflow:hidden;
}



#header_container 
{
    position:fixed;
    z-index:3;
    top:0; left:0; right:0; margin:0;
    height:105px;
    padding-left:5px;
    background-image:url(../pics/top_bkgnd.jpg); 
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    border:none;
}
#footer_container
{
    position:fixed;
    z-index:3;
    bottom:0; left:0; right:0; margin:0;
    height:50px;
    background-image:url(../pics/bottom_bkgnd.jpg); 
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    border:none;
}
* html #header_container, 
* html #footer_container
{
    position:absolute;
    width:100%;
}


#content_container 
{
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
}
#content
{
    position:absolute;
    padding-left: 10em;
    padding-top: 115px;
    padding-bottom: 4em;
    padding-right: 1em;
    margin-left:1.5em;
    margin-right:0.5em;
    z-index:2;
}
#index_content
{
    position:absolute;
    padding-left: 30px;
    padding-right: 30px;
    padding-top: 125px;
    padding-bottom: 4em;
	margin:0em;
    z-index:2;
}
* html #content, 
* html #index_content 
{
    position:absolute;
    margin:0;
    top:0; 
    bottom:0; 
    left:0; 
    right:0;
    height:100%;
    width:100%;
    overflow:auto;
}


#menu
{
    position:fixed;
    width:9em;
    font: 14px 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; 
    text-align: left; 
    text-decoration: none; 
    color: #ffffff;
    top:115px;
    left:5px;
    margin:0;
    border: none;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0.5em;
    padding-bottom: 0.5em;
    z-index:3;
}
* html #menu
{
    position:absolute;
    width:10.5em;    
}


#menu li
{
    list-style: none;
    margin:0;
    padding:0.3em;
}
#menu li #active
{
    padding:0.5em;
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#menu a:link,
#menu a:visited
{
    display:block;
    background:#eeeeee;
    color:black;
    text-decoration:none;
    margin:0;
    padding:0.2em;;
}
#menu a:hover
{
    background:#4f4f4f;
    color:#ffffff;
    text-decoration:underline;
}