html, body {
margin: 2px; padding: 0;
height: 100%;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
text-align: center;
background:#b5bedc;

}
/* ie hack  - layout REQUIRES a height here to work */
/* (1% will do) if no min-height is required*/
/* this it where it fails in Strict Mode */
* html #wrapper {height: 90%;} 

#footer {
position: relative;
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #444444; 
min-width: 600px; /* to match wrapper div */
color: #FFFFFF;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
#footer p {
font-size: 12px;
color: #FFFFFF;
background: #444444;
}
#footer a, #footer a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
background: #444444;
  }
#footer a:hover {
color: #C0C0C0;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
background: #444444;
  }
#footer1 p {
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:left;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #FF8040;
align:left;
border-left:  1px solid #939393;
padding: 5px;
height:80px;
}
#footer1 a, #footer a:visited {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:left;
align:left;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
#footer1 a:hover {
color: #C0C0C0;
font-size: 12px;
text-decoration: underline;
text-align:left;
align:left;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
#Copyright p {
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:center;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #F7F7F7;
}
#strapline {
width: 100%;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: center; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #333333; 
height:20px;
padding: 5px;
}

#right { 
    background: #FFFFFF; 
    border-left:  1px solid #dce3ee;
    padding: 5px;
    font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    width: 260px;
}
#right p {
margin: 0px; 
border: 0px solid #004080; 
font-size: 14px; 
color: #000000;
line-height:15px;} 

#right a:link{
color: #004080;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}

#right a:visited{
color: #004080;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}

#right a:hover{
color: #B30000;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}

#right a:active{
color: #004080;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}
#POD{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: left; 
font-weight: bold; 
color: #4d4d4d; 
background: #dce3ee;
width:250;
height:20px;
padding: 5px;
}
#PODLOW{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: center; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #333333; 
background: #ececff;
height:230px;
text-decoration: none;
border-left:  1px solid #dce3ee;
display:block; 
}
#PODLOW a, #menu a:visited{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: center; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none;
}
#PODLOW a:hover {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: center; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none;
  }
/* bringing the center content into position (clear the sides)
is best using a wrapper div to avoid more IE Box Model issues */
#contentwrap {
position: relative; 
width: 500px;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}
#left {
padding-top: 0px;
padding-left: 2px;
font-size: 14px; 
background-color: #FFFFFF; 
border-right-width: 0px; 
text-align: left;
align: left;
width: 180px;
font-weight: normal;
text-decoration : none;
}
#left_panel {
padding-top: 0px;
padding-left: 2px;
font-size: 14px; 
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: left;
text-align: center;
width: 180px;
font-weight: normal;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.1em;
color: #135cae;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}
.menu a, #menu a:visited{
  text-align:left; 
  text-decoration:none; 
  color:#135cae; 
  display:block; 
  line-height:25px;
  font-size: 14px;
  background: #dce3ee;
  text-indent: 2px;
  margin-bottom:2px; 
}
.menu a:hover {
  color:#fff;
  background-color:#004080; 
  }
#left_panel {
padding-top: 0px;
padding-left: 2px;
font-size: 14px; 
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: left;
text-align: center;
width: 180px;
font-weight: normal;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.1em;
color: #135cae;
font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}
#left_panel a, #left_panel a:visited{
  text-align:left; 
  text-decoration:none; 
  color:#135cae; 
  line-height:25px;
  font-size: 14px;
  text-indent: 2px;
  margin-bottom:2px; 
}
#left_panel a:hover {
  color:#C0C0C0; 
  }
#searchLeft{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: left; 
font-weight: bold; 
color: #135cae; 
background: #dce3ee;
border: solid 1px #C0C0C0;
height:60px;
padding-bottom:5px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
#searchLeft p{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: left; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #135cae;
}
#memberLeft{
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: left; 
font-weight: bold; 
color: #333333; 
background: #ececff;
border: solid 1px #C0C0C0;
padding:2px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
#memberLeft p{
font-family:Comic Sans MS;
font-size: 14px; 
text-align: left;
line-height:25px; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #333333;
}
#memberLeft a, #memberLeft a:visited{
  text-align:left; 
  text-decoration:none; 
  color:#333333; 
  line-height:16px;
  font-size: 14px;
  text-indent: 2px;
  margin-bottom:2px; 
}
#memberLeft a:hover {
  color:#C0C0C0; 
}
#advertLeft{
text-align: center;
height:180px;
}
/* IE/Win Hack for peekaboo bug */
/* hide from IE/Mac \*/
* html #content {height: 1%;} 
/* end hide */

/***** General formatting ****/

h1, h2, h3 {margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: #97B1D4;}

h1 {font-size: 1.2em; color: #97B1D4;}
h2 {font-size: 1.1em;}
h3 {font-size: 1em;
}
#header {
position: relative;
background: #FFFFFF;
min-width: 600px; /* to match wrapper div */
height: 70px;
}
#logostrip{ 
	background: #3860BB url(../img/branding_bg.png);
	height: 136px;
}
#logostrip_text{
    position:absolute;
    right:250px;
    top:23px;
    color: #333333;
	font-size: 14px;
}
#logographic{
	background: transparent url(../img/logo2.png) no-repeat left;
	height: 136px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#borderwrap{
    width: 960px;
    align: center;
    border-right-width: 1px;
    border-right-style: solid;
    border-right-color: #418def;
    border-left-width: 1px;
    border-left-style: solid;
    border-left-color: #418def;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #418def;
    border-left-width: 1px;
    border-left-style: solid;
    border-left-color: #418def;
margin-right: auto;	margin-left: auto; 
    background: #FFFFFF;
}
#submenu{ 
background-color: #ccd8e9;
background-position: 0% 0%;
font-size: 12px;
border-bottom-width: 3px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #4d4d4d;
border-top-width: 2px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #4d4d4d;
padding-left: 10px;
height: 31px;
margin-top: 0pt;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0pt;
}

.ipb-top-left-link,
.ipb-top-right-link
{
	background-color: #ccd8e9;
	float: right;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal; 
	letter-spacing: 0.5px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 7px 0 7px 0;
	width: auto;
	border-left:  1px solid #dce3ee;
    border-right:  1px solid #dce3ee;
}

.ipb-top-left-link
{
	float: left;
	border-left: 0px;
	border-right: 1px solid #dce3ee;
}

.ipb-top-left-link a:link, 
.ipb-top-left-link a:visited,
.ipb-top-right-link a:link, 
.ipb-top-right-link a:visited
{ 
	background: transparent; 
	color: #444444;
	padding: 0 6px 0 6px;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.ipb-top-left-link a:hover, 
.ipb-top-left-link a:active,
.ipb-top-right-link a:hover, 
.ipb-top-right-link a:active
{
	background: transparent; 
	color: #000000; 
}
.ad_link,
.ad_link
{
	background-color: #ccd8e9;
	float: right;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal; 
	letter-spacing: 0.5px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 7px 0 7px 0;
	width: auto;
	border-left:  1px solid #dce3ee;
}

.ad_link
{
	float: left;
	border-left: 0px;
	border-right: 1px solid #dce3ee;
}

.ad_link a:link, 
.ad_link a:visited,
.ad_link a:link, 
.ad_link a:visited
{ 
	background: transparent; 
	color: #444444;
	padding: 0 6px 0 6px;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.ad_link a:hover, 
.ad_link a:active,
.ad_link a:hover, 
.ad_link a:active
{
	background: transparent; 
	color: #444444; 
}
#top_news h3{
	margin: 0;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	color: #135cae;
	padding-left: 5px;
	text-align: left;
}
#top_newsL h3{
	margin: 0;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	color: #135cae;
	padding-left: 5px;
	text-align: left;
}
#top_newsL{
    border-right:  1px solid #dce3ee;
}
#top_rally-news{
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.1em;
color: #135cae;
text-align: center;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
#top_rally-news h3{
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 14px;
color: #800000;
text-align: left;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
#right_column_top{ /* to color small gap bewtween rally news and top right column */
width: 280px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.1em;
color: #135cae;
text-align: left;
background: #F0F0FF;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
.rssincl-itemtitle a:link{
color: #135cae;
padding-left:10px;
line-height:18px;
margin-top: 0px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: left;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
.rssincl-itemtitle a:visited{
color: #135cae;
padding-left:10px;
line-height:18px;
margin-top: 0px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: left;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
.rssincl-itemtitle a:hover{
color: #8080FF;
padding-left:10px;
line-height:18px;
margin-top: 0px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: left;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
.rssincl-itemtitle a:active{
color: #135cae;
padding-left:10px;
line-height:18px;
margin-top: 0px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: left;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
}
form{margin:0;padding:0}
 
#searchField #fieldContainer {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
#searchField #fieldContainer #myField{
	margin-left:-1px;
	margin-top:-1px;
	height:18px;
	float: left;
	width: 160px;
	color: #666666;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	background-position: left top;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 3px 0px 0px 0px;
}
#searchField #fieldContainer #googleSearch{
	height:20px;
	width:auto;
	overflow:hidden;
	float:left;
}
#searchField #fieldContainer #leftCurve {
	float: left;
	background-image: url(../img/bg_searchbar_left.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:15px;
	height:20px;
	background-position: left top;
}
#searchField #fieldContainer #mySearch {
	float: left;
	background-image: url(../img/bg_searchbar_right.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:23px;
	height:20px;
	background-position: left top;
	display:block;
	margin-left:-1px;
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	border:none;
	color:#fff;
	font-size:1px;
}