body{
	/*behavior: url(ie_fix.htc); */
	/*behavior: url(assets/css/ie_fix.htc); */
	padding:0px;
	margin:0px;
	background: #ECECEC;
	font: 1em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

table
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: #000000;
}
.leftNavi		/* updated 7/15/2009 */
{
    background-color: #609191;
}
.leftNavitext	/* updated 7/15/2009 */
{
    color: #FFFFFF;

}
td.leftNavi
{
    xxwidth: 190px;
    vertical-align: top;
    text-align: center;
}
td.rightNavi
{
    width: 20%;
    background-color: #cccccc;
    text-align: left;
    vertical-align: top;
}
td.main5
{
    width: 98%;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 15px;
}
td.main0
{
    width: 98%;
    background-color: #ffffff;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 0px;
}

p
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: #000000;
}

p.indented
{
    color: #000000;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
}

p.links
{
    color: #006699;
}

p.rightNavi
{
    text-align: left;
    margin-top: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
	color: #000000;
}

span
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 10pt;
    color: #000000;
}

span.purple_buttons
{
    border-right: #330033 1px solid;
    border-top: #CC99FF 1px solid;
    border-left: #CC99FF 1px solid;
    border-bottom: #330033 1px solid;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
}
span.green_buttons
{
    background-color: #00685b;
    border-right: #999999 1px solid;
    border-top: #ffffff 1px solid;
    border-left: #ffffff 1px solid;
    border-bottom: #999999 1px solid;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
}

span.printonly
{
    display: none;
    visibility: hidden;
}

span.dropcap
{
    font-size: 150%;
    font-weight: normal;
    /* color: #006A5B;  */
    color: #0e2626;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
}

/***** Ordered List *****/

ol
{
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
}

ol li
{
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

/***** Definition List *****/

dl
{
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

dl dt
{
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: italic;
    background: url(  "/images/dot_purple_sm.jpg" );
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0% 30%;
    padding-left: 14px;
}

dl dd
{
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-left: 20px;
}

/***** Green Un-Ordered List *****/
ul.green
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

ul.green li
{
    background-image: url(/Images/dot_green_sm.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0px 10px;
    padding-left: 14px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

ul.green li ul
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

ul.green li ul li
{
    list-style: none;
	background-image: url(/Images/dot_purple_sm.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0px 10px;
    padding-left: 30px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

/***** blue Un-Ordered List (1 level only) *****/

ul.blue
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

ul.blue li
{
    list-style: none;
	background-image: url(/Images/dot_blue_sm.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0px 10px;
    padding-left: 14px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

/***** Purple Un-Ordered Lists (level 1 purple; level 2 green)*****/
ul.purple
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

ul.purple li
{
    background-image: url(/Images/dot_purple_sm.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0px 10px;
    padding-left: 14px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

ul.purple li ul
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

ul.purple li ul li
{
    list-style: none;
	background-image: url(/Images/dot_green_sm.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 0px 10px;
    padding-left: 14px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

/***** Page heading style ***/

h1
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 200%;
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
}

h1.blue
{
    color: #006699;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

h1.printonly
{
    display: none;
    visibility: hidden;
}

h2
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 125%;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
}


h2.blue_img
{
    color: #006699;
    text-align: left;
    padding-left: 30px;
    margin-bottom: 3px;
    background-image: url(/Images/waveball.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 10px 50%;
}

h2.blue
{
    color: #006699;
    text-align: left;
    padding-left: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 3px;
}

h3
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 100%;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: left;
}

h3.blue
{
    color: #006699;
    padding-left: 35px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

h3.indented
{
    color: #000000;
    padding-left: 35px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 0px;
}

/***** All LINKS *****/

a
{
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    xxfont-size: 10pt;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #006699;
}

a:visited
{
    color: #006699;
}

a:hover
{
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/***** Toolbar Navigation Links *****/

a.tool
{
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

a.tool:visited
{
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

a.tool:hover
{
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

/***** Navigation Links *****/

a.nav
{
    color: #F9F9FF;
}

a.nav:visited
{
    color: #F9F9FF;
}

a.nav:hover
{
    color: #F9F9FF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/***** Purple Links *****/

a.purple
{
    color: #85226C;
    font-weight: bold;
}

a.purple:visited
{
    color: #85226C;
    font-weight: bold;
}

a.purple:hover
{
    color: #85226C;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/***** Text in search results *****/
.u
{
    color: #008000;
}

.whitebold10
{
    color: white;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.whitebold12
{
    color: white;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.whitebold18
{
    color: white;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.black10
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
}
.black11
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial;
    font-size: 11px;
}
.black12
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
}
.black14
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 14px;
}

.black18
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 18px;
}

.blackbold10
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.blackbold11
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.blackbold12
{
    color: black;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
}


.blue10
{
    color: #006699;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
}
.blue11
{
    color: #006699;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 11px;
}
.blue12
{
    color: #006699;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
}

.blue18
{
    color: #006699;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 18px;
}

.bluebold12
{
    color: #006699;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.gray10
{
    color: #808080;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
}
.gray11
{
    color: #808080;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 11px;
}
.gray12
{
    color: #808080;
    font-family: verdana, Arial, helvetica;
    font-size: 12px;
}
.tdFooter2	
{
	margin:10pt;
	padding:10pt;
	background:#333333 url(/images/road-stripe66.gif) center left repeat-x;
}
.pFooter2	
{
	color:#cccccc;
	font-size:8pt;
	text-align:center;
}
.pFooter2 a
{
	color:#cccccc;
	text-align:center;
}
.tdFtrStripBG1
{
background-color:#5f3065;
}	


/* ------------------------ Basic Body CSS Starts -------------------------   */
/* body (moved to top)   */
.tdBoxHead2 
{
	padding:5px; 
	font-size: 10pt;
	line-height:100%;
	color: #ffffff;
	border: solid 2pt #CCCCCC; 
	border-bottom: solid 2pt #FFFFFF; 
	background: #5f3064 url(/az2/bg-tabs2.jpg) repeat-x;
}

.tdBoxHead2 a, .tdBoxHead2 a:active, .tdBoxHead2 a:visited, .tdBoxHead2 a:hover
{
	font-size: 10pt;
	line-height:100%;
	color: #ffffff;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tdHomeBoxHead 
{
	padding:5px; 
	font-size: 10pt;
	line-height:100%;
	color: #ffffff;
	border: solid 2pt #CCCCCC; 
	border-bottom: solid 2pt #FFFFFF; 
	background: #0d6966 url(/az2/bg-tabs1.jpg) repeat-x;
}
.tdHomeBox
{
	padding:5px 15px 5px 0px; 
	border: solid 2pt #CCCCCC; 
	border-top: none; 
	border-bottom: none; 
	background: #eaeaea;
	vertical-align: top;
	font-size: 10pt;
}
.tdHomeBox a
{
	font-size: 9pt;
	text-decoration: none;
	border: none;
}
.tdHomeBox a:visited
{
	font-size: 9pt;
	text-decoration: none;
	border: none;
}


.tdHomeBox a:hover
{
	font-size: 9pt;
	text-decoration: underline;
	border: none;
}

.tdHomeBox ul
{	list-style-type: square;

	}
.tdHomeBox li
{ margin-bottom: 9px;
	line-height:1.1em; 
	color: #5f3064; 
	}
.tdHomeBoxMore
{
	padding:2px 10px 2px 2px; 
	text-align: right;
	font-size: 8pt;
	border: solid 2pt #CCCCCC; 
	border-top: none; 
	background: #D5D5D5 url(/images/more-BG.gif) repeat-y top right; 
	color: #0d6966 
}
.tdHomeBoxMore a
{
	font-size: 8pt;
}
.tdHomeBoxSpacer
{
	padding:0; 
	border-bottom: none; 
	border-top: none; 
}
img {
	border:none;
}
.printwrapper  {
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;

}

#mock_footer {
	text-align: center;
	font-size: .8em;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #666666;
	background: url(/az2/footer_back.jpg) repeat-x left top;
}
.content_wrapper{
	width: 980px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
}
#mock_footer a {
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-left: 10px;
}

#main1 {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	background:#FFFFFF url(/az2/left.gif) repeat-y left top;
		}
#main2 {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	background:url(/az2/right.gif) repeat-y right top;
		}
#left_column {
	float:left;
	width:12em;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
		}
#right_column {
	float:right;
	width:12em;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	color: #FFF;
		}
#middle_column {
	background:#FFFFFF;
	margin-top: 0;
	margin-right: 12em;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-left: 12em;
		}
.middle_content {
	margin:0;
	padding-top: 0.5em;
	padding-right: .5em;
	padding-bottom: 0.5em;
	padding-left: .5em;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	color: #333333;
		}
#middle_column .breadcrumb {
	font-size: .7em;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #999999;
}
#middle_column .breadcrumb a {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #333333;
}
#mccont {
	display: block;
	height: 100%;
	}
#mccont p {
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top: 0.5em;
	margin-right: 0em;
	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
	margin-left: 0em;	
	
	}
#lccont {
	display: block;
	height: 100%;
	clear: both;
	}
#lccont p {
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top: 0.5em;
	margin-right: 0em;
	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
	margin-left: 0em;	
	
	}
#mccont h1 {
	font-size: 1.1em;
	padding: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #666666;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	margin-left: 0px;
}
.right_content {
	margin:0;
	padding-top: 0.5em;
	padding-right: .5em;
	padding-bottom: 0.5em;
	padding-left: .5em;
	font-size: .9em;
		}
.left_content {
	margin:0;
	padding-top: 0.5em;
	padding-right: 0.5em;
	padding-bottom: 0.5em;
	padding-left: 0.5em;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	color: #FFF;
		}
.block {
		clear:both;
		height:1px;
		font-size:1px;
		border:none;
		margin:0; padding:0;
		background:transparent;
		}
/* -------------------------- Basic Body CSS Ends  ---------------------------*/
/* -------------------------- Banner CSS Starts  ----------------------------*/
#helpmenu{
	width: 100%;
	height: 1.5em; /*Height of top frame div*/
	overflow: hidden;
	xbackground: #FFFFFF;
	text-align: right;
	display: table;
	xfont-weight: bold;
	color: #999;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	xfont-size: 0.9em;
	font-style: normal;
	}

#helpmenu a{
	color: #666;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	}

#headerTop{
	font-size: .85em;
}

#MinWidthContainer {
	/* padding-left:790px;  */
	height: 136px;
	/* height: 135px;  */
}
#MinWidthContainer #PageContainer {
	height: 1px;
}
#MinWidthContainer #PageContainer #PageContentContainer {
/*  margin-left:-790px;  */
xxposition: relative;
height: 1px;
}
.hidden_link {
	display: none;
	visibility: hidden;
}

#searchbar {
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	float: right;
	margin: 0px;
	padding-top: 0px;
}
#searchbar form {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

.search{
	width: 25em;
	margin-right: -0.3em;
	border: 1px none #FFFFFF;
	background: #FFFFFF no-repeat left center;
	}
.search:hover{
	background: #FFFFCC url(none);
	}
.search:active{
	background: #FFFFCC url(none);
	}

.searchbutton{
	color: #000000;
	background: #999999;
	width: 5em;
	height: 2em;
	border: 1px solid #333333;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	vertical-align:bottom;
	}
	
.searchbutton:hover {
	background: #666;
	cursor: pointer;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#azlogo{
	height: 75px;
	float: left;
	width: 302px;
	text-align: left;
	margin-right: -20em;
	background: url(/az2/azagency_logo.jpg) no-repeat;
	}

.seal{
	float: right;
	background: url(/az2/azlogo.jpg) no-repeat left;
	height: 75px;
	width: 302px;
	text-align: right;
	margin-left: -20em;
	}

#bnr_wrapper {
	background: #333333 url(/az2/bnr_back.jpg) repeat-x left top;  
	white-space: nowrap;
	min-width:800px;
	display: table;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
	/* height: 7em;  */
	height: 95px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #333333;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	z-index: 20;
}
#bnr_center{
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 1.7em;
	line-height: 1.1em;
	text-shadow: #000 2px 2px 2px;
	height: 75px;
	width: 950px;
	background: url(/az2/bnr_mid_back.jpg) no-repeat;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
}
#bnr_center .bnr_text {
	width: 350px;
	padding-top: 0.8em;
	text-align: center;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	white-space: normal;
	padding-left: 10px;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	font-weight: 900;
}
#bnr_wrapper #slogan { /*
	float: left;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	margin-top: 3px;
	padding-left: 20px;  */
}

#bnr_wrapper #bnr2_wrapper {
	width: 980px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	background:#333 url(/images/road-stripe.gif) repeat-x center left;
	/* background:#333 url(/images/road-stripe.gif) top left repeat-x;  */
}

/* ------------------------- Top Drop Menu Begins --------------------------- */
.topmenu_wrapper {
	background: #333 url(/az2/bnr02.jpg) no-repeat left bottom;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: center;
	height: 20px;
	display: table;
	white-space: nowrap;
	}

.topmenu {
	color:#FFFFFF;
	/* border: solid 1 white; */
	/* 80em was original; 85 em extra tab; no longer or it will wrap for lower res settings */
	width: 85em;  
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	/* position: relative;  */
	white-space: nowrap;
	}

#nav li:hover ul.sub
{
	left:0em;
	top:1.5em;
	background: #062233;
	/*  width:53em;  */
	height:5.3em;
	z-index:100;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-align: left;
	overflow: auto;
	position:absolute;
	/*  border: 1px solid #A24500;  */
	/* for IE */
  filter:alpha(opacity=90);
	/* CSS3 standard */
  opacity:0.9;
	padding: 1px;
}


#nav {
	margin:0;
	list-style:none;
	z-index:500;
	padding: 0;
	xxwidth: 44em;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#nav li.top {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	white-space: normal;
	
}
#nav li.top:hover {

	
}
#nav li a.top_link {
	line-height:1.5em;
	display:block;
	float:left;
	color:#FFF;
	text-decoration:none;
	cursor:pointer;
	margin-top: 0;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	padding-right: 20px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	background: url(/az2/tab_corner.gif) no-repeat left top;
}
#nav li a.top_link:hover {
  color:#FFFFFF;
  cursor:pointer;
  	
}

#nav li a.top_link span {float:left; display:block;}
#nav li a.top_link span.down {float:left; display:block; color:White;}
.down:hover {
	
}

#nav li:hover a.top_link {color:#FFFFFF; }
#nav li:hover a.top_link span {color:#FFFFFF; }
#nav li:hover a.top_link span.down{
	
}

#nav li:hover {
	z-index:400;
	background: #5f3064;
	color:#FFFFFF;	

}

#nav li:hover ul.sub li
{
	xxposition:relative;
	float:left;
	font-weight:normal;
	color:#FFF;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-color: #666666;
	margin-right: 5px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	white-space: normal;
}
#nav li:hover ul.sub li:hover
{
	background: #5f3064;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}
#nav li:hover ul.sub li a
{
	display:block;
	font-size:1em;
	width:14em;
	color:#FFF;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding-left: 1px;
}
.topmenu_wrapper .topmenu #nav .fly {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	line-height: 1.8em;
}


#nav ul, 
#nav li:hover ul ul,
#nav li:hover li:hover ul ul,
#nav li:hover li:hover li:hover ul ul,
#nav li:hover li:hover li:hover li:hover ul ul
{position:absolute; left:-9999px; top:-9999px; width:0; height:0; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none; color:#FFFFFF; }
#nav li:hover li:hover a.fly,
#nav li:hover li:hover li:hover a.fly,
#nav li:hover li:hover li:hover li:hover a.fly,
#nav li:hover li:hover li:hover li:hover li:hover a.fly
{color:#FFFFFF; } 
.viewall{
	background: #A24500;
	text-align:center;
}

/* ---------------------------- Top Drop Menu ENDS---------------------------- */
/* -------------------------- Banner CSS ENDS  ----------------------------*/

/* --------------------------- left Menu Begins  ---------------------------- */

.nextlevel {
	background-color: #062233;
	 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}
.nextlevel a {
	color:#0F9;
}


#menu {
	width: 170px;
	/* position: fixed;
	top: 10em; */
}

#menu ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color:#FFFFFF;
}

#menu a, #menu h2 {
	font: bold 80% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	display: block;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px 2px 2px 5px;
	color: #FFF;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #666;
}

#menu a {
text-decoration: none;

}

#menu a:hover {
	color: #FFF;
	background: #A24500;
	
}

#menu li {
	xxposition: relative; 
}

#menu ul ul ul {
	
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 100%;
	width: 100%;
	/* for IE */
  filter:alpha(opacity=95);
	/* CSS3 standard */
  opacity:0.95;
	border: 1px solid #CCC;
}
#menu ul ul ul a {
	color:#FFF
}
#menu li:hover {
	background: #A24500;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

div#menu ul ul ul,
div#menu ul ul li:hover ul ul
{
	display: none;	
}

div#menu ul ul li:hover ul,
div#menu ul ul ul li:hover ul
{display: block;}


#menu ul li {float: left; width: 100%; }
#menu ul li a {height: 1%; color:} 


.arrow {
	background: url(/az2/arrow.gif) no-repeat right center;
}
/* ---------------------------- left Menu Ends  ---------------------------- */

	/* BEGIN HIDDEN PRINT DIVS   */
	
.printwrapper {
	visibility:hidden;
	display:none
}

/* END HIDDEN PRINT DIVS   */
/* BEGIN NEWS RELEASE HEADER   */

#NewsRelHdr td {padding: 0px;}  /* for listing page */
.NewsRel-Mid {width: 95%; background: #ffffff url(/CCPartnerships/GovDelivery/Images/header-Email-NewsRelease-2Mid.jpg) repeat-x top left;}

#NewsRelsHdr td {padding: 0px;}  /* for individual releases */
.NewsRels-Mid {width: 95%; background: #ffffff url(/CCPartnerships/GovDelivery/Images/header-Email-NewsReleases-2Mid.jpg) repeat-x top left;}

/* END NEWS RELEASE HEADER   */