body {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.logo {
	position: absolute;
	height: 65px;
	width: 630px;
	top: 29px;
	left: 20px;
	z-index: 2;
}

.bigPic {
	position: absolute;
	width: 740px;
	height: 366px;
	top: 60px;
	left: 53px;
	background: url("../images/homepage_mainpic.gif") no-repeat 100px 10px;
	border-bottom: 1px #999 solid;
	
}

.sticker {
	position: absolute;
	width: 113px;
	height: 112px;
	top: 300px;
	left: 595px;
	background: url("../images/homepage_sticker.gif") top left;
}

.bigPicCaption {
	font-size: 0.7em;
	position: absolute;
	top: 430px;
	left: 290px;
	width: 500px;
	text-align: right;
}

.hide {
	display: none;
}

.nav {
	position: relative;
	top: 98px;
	left: 50px;
	height: 320px;
	width: 95px;
	background-color: #fff;
	z-index: 3;
}

.nav ul {
	list-style-type: none;
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	margin-right: 0px;
}

.nav li {
	margin-bottom: 8px;
}	


/* deutsch english french  etc links */

.langLinks {
	position: absolute;
	width: 603px;
	top: 47px;
	left: 185px;
	text-align: right;
	padding-top:0px;
	border-top: 1px #D0D0D0 solid;
	z-index: 4;
}

.langLinks ul, .langLinks li{
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	display: inline;
}

.langLinks a {
	font-size: 0.85em;
	color: #036;
	margin-left: 10px;
}


.mainContainer {
/*enables us to get columns and a footer that moves up and down according to the height of the content*/
	position: relative;
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding-top: 140px;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
}

.mainContainer h2 {
	font-family : "Arial Narrow", Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	color: #000;
	padding: 3px 0 3px 2px;
	background-color: #F6F6F6;
	border-top:  1px #999 solid;
	border-bottom: 1px #999 solid;
}

/* left column with articles*/
.leftColumn {

	/*position: relative so footer gets positioned ok */
	position: relative;
	margin-left: 52px;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	width: 358px;

}

.leftColumn h3 {
	font-size: 0.8em;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}

.leftColumn p {
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
}

p.more {
	padding-left: 20px;
	background: url("../images/furniture/arrow.gif") no-repeat 0 3px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	
}

.w3cComply {
	font-size: 0.7em;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
}


.rightColumn {
	position: absolute;
	left: 435px;
	width: 358px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	top: 140px;
}

.rightBg {
	background-color: #F6F6F6;
	border-top: 1px #999 solid;
	border-bottom: 1px #999 solid;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	padding: 9px 2px 10px 5px;
}

.rightBg h2 {
	border: 0;
	background-color: transparent;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.rightColumn h2 {
	margin-top: 0px;
}

.rightColumn ul {
	font-size: 0.8em;
	padding-left: 0px;
	list-style-image: url("../images/furniture/small_bullet.gif");
	margin-left: 20px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
}

.rightColumn li {
	margin-top: 0px;
	padding-top: 0px;

}

.rightColumn p {
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
}

.lab h2 {
	padding-left: 4px;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
	border: 0;
	background-color: transparent;
}

.lab p {
	border: 1px #999 solid;
	padding-bottom: 6px;
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 0px;
	width: 156px;
}

.newProject {
	border: 1px #000 solid;
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}

.newProject h2 {
	font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color: #ccc;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	padding-left: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	border: 0;
}

.newProject p {
	padding-left: 5px;
	margin-top: 8px;
}


.newProject img {
	float: right;
	border-right: 1px #666 solid;
	margin-left: 3px;
}

.newProject div {
	clear: both;
	border-bottom: 1px #666 solid;
}

.footer {
	position: relative;
	left: 55px;
	width: 738px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	text-align: center;
	background: url("../images/furniture/border_bottom_hp.gif") repeat-x left top;
}





