#midstrip {
	margin: 0px auto;
	width: 879px;
}
.blue {
	background-image: url(../images/blue_strip.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.mountains {
	background-image: url(../images/mountain_scene.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.green {
	background-image: url(../images/green_strip.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.grass {
	background-image: url(../images/grass_scene.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.ltblue {
	background-image: url(../images/ltblue_strip.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.coast {
	background-image: url(../images/coast_scene.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;

}
#contain {
	margin-top: 250px;
}
#contain td {
	width: 250px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
}
#contain p {
	padding-right: 28px;
	padding-left: 28px;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #999999;
	font-style: italic;
	text-align: center;
}

.button {
	background-image: url(../images/intro_button.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width: 170px;
	height: 26px;
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #000000;
	padding-top: 7px;
	padding-left: 15px;
}
.button:hover {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	background-image: url(../images/intro_button_over.gif);
}
#message {
	background-image: url(../images/welcome_message.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height: 115px;
	filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='rv/images/welcome_message.png', sizingMethod='crop');
	_background: none;
}
body {
	background-color: #ffffff;
	margin: 0px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}


/************* STYLES FOR THE MULTILINGUAL PORTION *******************/

#flag_back{
background-image:url(../../images/trans-top.png);
width:772px;
margin:auto;
padding-top:5px;
height:28px;
font-size:11px;
text-align:center;
/*/* for IE 
filter:alpha(opacity=60);
/* CSS3 standard 
opacity:0.6;*/
}

#flag_back a{
padding-right:30px;
padding-top:3px;
background-position:right;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
color:#000000;
text-decoration:none;
margin:0px 5px;
height:15px;
display:inline-block;
_position:relative;
}

#german{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/german.gif);
}
#spanish{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/spain.gif);
}
#dutch{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/netherlands.gif);
}
#italian{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/italian.gif);
}
#chinese{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/china.gif);
}
#french{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/france.gif);
}
#irish{
background-image:url(../../images/flags/irish.gif);
}