body {
	margin:0px 0px 5px;
	padding:0px 0px 5px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: small;
	min-width:500px;
	}

#bluearea {
	position: absolute;
	top: 190px;
	left: 10px;
	width: 200px;
	}
.blueareaitem {
	clear: both;
	margin: 10px;
	width: 100%;
	height: auto;
	border: 2px solid #9B9B9B;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	}
.blueareatext {
	padding: 10px;
	}

#bluearea p { 
	font-size:10px;
	font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
	}
/* boxes on the right side of the screen */
#twoarea {
	position: absolute;
	top: 30px;
	right: 1px;
	width: 282px;
	}

#rightad {
	position: absolute;
	top: 245px;
	right: 20px;
	width: 282px;
	}
/*
.rightaditem {
	clear: both;
	margin: 0px;
	width: 100%;
	height: auto;
	border: 2px solid #9B9B9B;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	}

.rightadtext {
	padding: 1px;
	}

#rightad p { 
	font-size:10px;
	font-family:verdana, sans-serif;
	}
*/


#centerstuff {
	min-height: 500px;
	margin-left: 240px;
	margin-right:200px;
	voice-family: "\"}\"";
	voice-family: inherit;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: right bottom;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	border-top: 2px #EEEEEE;
	border-right: 2px solid #EEEEEE;
	border-bottom: 2px #EEEEEE;
	border-left: 2px solid #EEEEEE;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	min-width:300px;
	z-index:-100;
	}
/* how wide the colums are on either side of the blog */
html>body #centerstuff {
	margin-left: 240px;
	margin-right:685px;
	}
/*
h3 {
	width:500px;
}
*/
body>html #rightcontent {
	left:500px;
	right:auto;
}

#toplogo {
	background:url(banner.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	height:148px;
	border-top:3px #FFFFFF;
	border-right:3px #FFFFFF;
	border-left:3px #FFFFFF;
	voice-family: "\"}\"";
	voice-family: inherit;
	border-bottom-width: 2px;
	border-bottom-color: #99CCFF;
	min-width:500px;
	}


/*menu bar gradient for jizzing*/
#menu {
	min-width:760px;
	background-image: url(menu.png);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	height: 29px;
	padding-top:7px;
}

div#menu a {
	font-size: small;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding-top: 7px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 6px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	color: #333333;
}

div#menu a:hover {
	font-size: small;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/*this is the highlighted backround for news*/

.main_menu_selected {
	font-size: small;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	background-image: url(selected_menu.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: center center;
}

#footer{
	position:absolute;
	center bottom;
	font-size: xx-small;
	color:#999999;
	text-align: center;
	display: block;
}
#sponsor_banner {
	position:absolute;
	left:339px;
	top:9px;
	width:471px;
	height:66px;
	z-index:1;
	vertical-align: bottom;
	display: block;
}
/*
.news_title{
	font-weight: bold;
	display: block;
	padding: 3px;
	font-size: medium;
	color: #333333;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
.news_timestamp{
	font-size: x-small;
	color: #999999;
	display: block;
	margin-bottom: 5px;

}
.news_content{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-align:justify;
}
.news_item{
	margin-bottom: 20px;	
}
.news_link a{
	font-size: small;
	color: #999999;
	text-align: right;
}