body
{
    background: url("images/bgheader.png") no-repeat top center; 
    font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;
    font-size: larger;
    /*width: 1100px;*/
    margin: 50px auto;
}

#container {
  background: #ffffff;
  width: 1100px;
  margin: 50px auto;
}
/*
#inner_container {
  /*background: #e6e9ff;*
  background: #00ff00;
  margin: 30px 0px;
}
*/
/* -------- MENU AREA --------- */

#menu
{
    /*position: absolute;*/
    /*z-index: 5;*/
    margin: 0;
    /*background: #36448a;*/
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    width: 1100px;
    height: 10px;
}


#menu ul
{
    list-style-type: none;
    margin:0;
    padding: 0;
    /*border: 0;*/
    /*height:60px;*/
}
#menu li
{
    color: #FF0000;
    float: left;
   /* background: url("images/inactive_menu.png") no-repeat top center;*/
/*    width: 300px;
    height: 60px; */
/*    margin: 0px 50px 0px 50px;*/
vertical-align: middle;
}

#menu li a
{
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 60px;
    width:200px;
    /*background: #0000FF;*/
    background: /*url("images/inactive_menu.png")*/ no-repeat top center; 
/*padding: 60px 0px;*/

display:table-cell;
    vertical-align:middle;
/*display:inline-block;*/
text-align: center;
}

#menu li a:hover
{
    color: #ffaa00;
}

#menu li a:active
{
    background: /*url("images/active_menu.png")*/ no-repeat top center; 
}
#menu li a.chosen
{
    background: /*url("images/chosen_menu.png")*/ no-repeat top center; 
}
#menu li a.chosen:active
{
    background: /*url("images/active_menu.png")*/ no-repeat top center; 
}

/* -------- SMALL MENU  (currently for publications) --------- */

.midimenu
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    /*width: 1100px;
    height: 60px;*/
}


.midimenu ul
{
    list-style-type: none;
    margin:0;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.midimenu li
{
    color: #FF0000;
    float: left;
    vertical-align: middle;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
}

.midimenu li a
{
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
/*    height: 60px; */
/*    width:275px; */
    margin: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
    background: #a6a9bf;
    display:table-cell;
    vertical-align:middle;
text-align: center;
}

.midimenu li a:hover
{
    color: #0000ff;
}

/*.midimenu li a:active
{
}
*/
.midimenu li a.chosen
{
    background: #c6c9bf;
}
/*.midimenu li a.chosen:active
{
    background: url("images/active_midimenu.png") no-repeat top center; 
}
*/
/* -------- CONTENT AREA --------- */


#content_area {
  margin: 0px 15px;
}

img.floating_left {
  float: left;
  margin: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
  }

img.floating_right {
  float: right;
  margin: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
  }

.clear_float {
  clear:both;
  }

hr.thick {
  margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
    border: 0;
    /*
    height: 12px;
    box-shadow: inset 0 12px 12px -12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    */
    height: 6px;
    box-shadow: inset 0 6px 6px -6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}