body  {
	background: #014636;
	margin: 0px; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0px;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
}


#container {
	background: url(../../img/public/body_bg.png) top left no-repeat #DAE2AF;
	/*margin: 0 auto;  the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page if needed */
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
}  
#header {
	background: url(../../img/public/header_bg.jpg) top left repeat-x;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	height: 183px;
	position: relative;
} 
#header h1 {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding: 10px 0;
}

#sidebar1 {
	float: left;
	width: 16em; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */
	font-size:10px;
}
#sidebar2 {
	float: right; 
	width: 11em; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	background: #EBEBEB; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 0; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */
}

#mainContent {
 	margin: 0 0 0 17em; /* the right margin can be given in ems or pixels. It creates the space down the right side of the page. */ 
	padding: 0 2em 0 2em; /* padding here creates white space "inside the box." */
	width:650px;
}
#footer {
	padding: 0 10px 0px 20px;
	background:#014636;
	font-size: 10px;
	margin-top:20px;
} 
#footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 7px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}

/* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}