body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
line-height: 1.5em;
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #000000;
background-image: url('background.jpg');
font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
}

img {
border: 0;
font-size: 100%;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #000000;
font-family: Georgia, "Georgia Ref", "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
padding-top: 6px;
padding-bottom: 6px;
border-top: 2px solid #cc0000;
border-bottom: 2px solid #cc0000;
border-left: 2px solid #cc0000;
border-right: 2px solid #cc0000;
}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { text-align: center; }

h1 { font-size: 200%; }
h2 { font-size: 175%; }
h3 { font-size: 135%; }
h4 { font-size: 150%; text-align: center; }

a{color: #ff0000;  background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
a:visited{color: #cc0000; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
a:active {color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
a:hover {color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}

#maincontainer strong {
color: #00ff00;
background-color: transparent;
}

#toptext {
font-size: 120%;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
margin: 0;
color: #fff000; 
background-color: #000000; 
line-height: 1em;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#leftcolumn{
color: #fff;
background-color: transparent;
margin-top: 0;
padding-top: 0;
}
#leftcolumn a{color: #ffe838;  background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
#leftcolumn a:visited{color: #ff4900; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
#leftcolumn a:hover {color: #fff; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
#leftcolumn a:active {color: #fff; background-color: transparent;text-decoration: underline;}
#leftcolumn ul {
list-style-image: url(li-shroom.gif);
}

#footer{
font-size: 80%;
}
#footer a{
font-size: 150%;
}

.updatetitle {
font-size: 135%;
}

.fineprint {
font-size: 50%;
}

.rigveda {
color: #fff000;
background-color: transparent;
font-size: 90%;
line-height: 1em;
}

.notice {
line-height: 1em;
}

code {
font-family: "arial narrow", arial, "helvetica narrow", helvetica;
font-weight: bold;
}
.link2us {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 500px;
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #cc0000;
font-size: 100%;
line-height: 1em;
padding: 5px;
border-top: 2px solid #660000;
border-bottom: 2px solid #660000;
border-left: 2px solid #660000;
border-right: 2px solid #660000;
}

.special {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 435px; 
line-height: 1.25em;
background-color: #000033;
padding: 5px;
border-top: 2px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
border-left: 2px solid #000000;
border-right: 2px solid #000000;
}

.firstletter:first-letter {
font-size:175%; 
float:left;
}


blockquote {
font-size: 110%;
font-family: "Courier New", monospace;
line-height: 1em;
}
hr {
	height:2px;
	border-width:0;
	color:gray;
	background-color:gray;
}