body {
	margin: 0; /* to prevent IE from screwing up 100% width */
	padding: 0; /* to prevent IE from screwing up 100% width */
	background: #CBAC6B url(images/bg.jpg) top center repeat-y ;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

p {
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding: 0;
}

td {
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.articletitle {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000000;
}	

#container {
width: 780px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
background-color: #fff;
border-top: 0px;
background-color: white;
}

#top {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;

}

#leftnav {
float: left;
width: 155px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#content {
margin-left: 155px;
width: 585px;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
padding: 0 18px;
}

/**************** menu coding *****************/
#menu {
width: 137px;
}

#menu ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#menu a { /*describes specifics of the look of 2nd tier since they all have links*/
font: bold 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 4px 5px;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #408850;
border-bottom: 1px white solid;
width: 180px;
}

#menu a:hover {  /*describes specifics of the look of 2nd tier */
color: #408850;
background-color: #CAE6CF;
}

#menu h2 {  /*nothing in h2 but 1st tier name with link, but needs margin: 0*/
	margin: 0;
}

#menu h2 a {  /*only need to specify attributes here that will be different from the standard <a> defined above*/
	font: bold 14px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding: 2px 5px;
	color: #003466;
	background-color: white;
	border-bottom: 0;
	width: 125px;
}
#menu h2 a:hover {	/*only need to specify attributes here that will be different from the standard <a: hover> defined above*/
	color: #408850;
	background-color: white;
}

#menu li {
position: relative;
}

#menu ul ul {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 100%;
width: 100%;
}

div#menu ul ul 
{display: none;}

div#menu ul li:hover ul 
{display: block;}

#footer {
clear: both;
margin: 0;
padding: 12px;
background-color: white;
border-top: 1px solid gray;
}

    #ticker-container {
        position:relative;
        overflow:hidden;
        width: 150px;
        height: 170px;
        background-color: white;
        background-repeat: repeat;
        padding: 2px;
        border:  none ;
    }
	
	#ticker {
		position:relative;
		width:150px;
	}
	
	#ticker ul {
		padding:0;
		margin:0;
		list-style-type:none;
	}
	#ticker ul li {
            display:list-item;
            margin-top: 1px;
            margin-bottom: 1px;
            padding-top: 1px;
            padding-bottom: 1px;
            font-family: arial;
            font-size: 12;
            font-weight: normal;
            color: #000000;
            padding-left: 2px;
	}
	
	#ticker ul li a {
            font-family: arial;
            font-size: 12;
            font-weight: normal;
            color: #000000;
            text-decoration: none;
            padding-left: 2px;
	}
        
    #ticker ul li a:hover {
            font-family: arial;
            font-size: 12;
            color: ;
            text-decoration: none;
            padding-left: 2px;
    }