body {background-image:url(images/bg_page.gif); 
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;
height:100%; /* this is the key! */ 
width:100%;
}

A{
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #2E4763;
}

.text {
	font-family: Gills Sans, Verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	color: #2E4763;
}

.title {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 15px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000000;
}

.stitle {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #2E4763;
}
.stitlew {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #ffffff;
}



.side {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #2E4763;
}

.stext {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height: 12px;
	color: #2E4763;
}


.nav {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

A:hover { color: #D3E8FF}
A:link { color: #2E4763}
A:active { color: #D3E8FF}

a.text:hover { color: #D3E8FF}
a.text:link {color: #2E4763}
a.text:active {color: #D3E8FF}

a.side:hover { color: #D3E8FF}
a.side:link {color: #2E4763}
a.side:active {color: #D3E8FF}

a.nav:hover { color: #D3E8FF}
a.nav:link {color: #FFFFFF}
a.nav:active {color: #D3E8FF}


#big { 
position:relative; 
left:2px; 
top:0px; 
padding:0; 
width:780px; 
height:100%; /* works only if parent container is assigned a height value */  
background: #5988BA; 
}