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* { margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; font-size: 100%; }
html {  }
body { border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: rgb(246, 247, 247) url('bg-header.gif') repeat-x scroll 0pt 0pt; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 71%; line-height: 150%; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; color: rgb(85, 95, 106); text-align: center; }
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img { border: 0pt none ; }
div { margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; }
.clearing { clear: both; font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; }
.skipnav { display: none; }
.smallcaps { font-variant: small-caps; }
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p { margin-bottom: 1.1em; }
h1 {  }
h2 { font-family: arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 18px; text-transform: uppercase; }
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h4 { font-family: arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 140%; color: rgb(138, 165, 177); margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-transform: uppercase; }
h5 { font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; }
h6 { margin-bottom: 1em; }
a { color: rgb(85, 95, 106); text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { background: rgb(223, 238, 246) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; }
abbr { border: medium none ; }
sup { line-height: 100%; }
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#content h3 a { background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-decoration: none; }
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table tr { vertical-align: top; }
table td { padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0.2em; }
table th { padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0.2em; background: rgb(193, 196, 198) url('bg-th.gif') repeat-x scroll 0pt 100%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; }
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table p { margin: 0pt; }
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p.banner { margin: -18px -18px 18px; }
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#quicksearch label { padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 3px ! important; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(220, 223, 223); margin-right: 6px; cursor: pointer; }
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ul#submenu { margin: 0pt 0pt 24px; padding: 0pt; }
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label {  }
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