/* ############ BANNER ############ */

#banner {
	float:left;
	width:778px;
	height:198px;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
}

#bannerleft {
	float:left;
	width:430px;
	height:198px;
}
#bannercenter {
	float:left;
	width:170px;
	height:198px;
}
#bannerright {
	float:left;
	width:168px;
	height:198px;
}
.bannerspace{
	float:left;
	width:5px;
	height:198px;
}
#bannershadow{
	float:left;
	background-image:url(../images/design/main_shadow_top.jpg);
	width:8px;
	height:183px;
	margin-top:15px;
}


/* ############ MISSION ############ */

#mission {
	width:778px;
	height:85px;
	background-color:#676767;
	background-image:url(../images/design/bg_mission.png);
}

#newsticker
{
	width:778px;
	height:23px;
	background-image:url(../images/design/bg_newsticker.gif);
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#newsticker a
{
	text-decoration:none;
}

/*

#missionstatement {
	float:left;
	padding:20px 0px 0px 20px;
}

#missionlogo{
	float:right;
	background-image:url(../images/design/mission_logo_new.gif);
	margin-right:20px;
	margin-top:40px;
	width:282px;
	height:23px;
}
 */

/* ############ MAIN-MENU ############ */

.menutopitem{
	float:left;
	font-weight:bold;
	height:19px;
	margin-top:5px;
	margin-left:9px;
	font-size:14px;
}

#menucontainer {
	width:778px;
	//background-image:url(../images/design/snowflakes.png);


}
.menusection {
	float:left;
	padding:10px 0px 20px 0px;
}
.menuspace{
	float:left;
	width:1px;
	height:1px;
}

#centerbottom{
	background-image:url(../images/design/shadow_buttom.jpg);
	height:25px;
	width:786px;
}

#validation {
	width:360px;
	height:40px;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

#xhtmlvalidation {
	float: left;
	width:90px;
}

#tx-derirdfexport-pi1 {
	float: left;
	width:90px;
}

.newsletter_image {
	padding:10px 0px 0px 10px;
}