.maincontainer{
width: 860px;
padding-left: 5px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
background-color: white;
border: 2px solid #e0e0e0;
border-width: 0 2px;text-align:left;
}

* html #.maincontainer{ /*IE only */
width: 845px; /*IE 5*/
w\idth: 860px; /*IE 6*/
}


.header{
font-size: 120%;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.comment{
background-color: #ececec;
width: 460px;
padding: 10px;
}

.commentfooter{
background: url(arrow.gif) 20px 0 no-repeat;
padding-left: 58px;
padding-top: 1px;
margin-bottom: 2em;
font-size: 90%;
color: #4A4A4A;
}

/* ######### Top Section ######### */

#topbar{
background-color: black;
color: black;
background: #ecf0fc url(topgradient.jpg) top left repeat-x;
}


#toprightdiv{
width: 350px;
font: bold 11px arial, sans-serif;
float: right;
text-align: right;
margin: 10px 8px 0 0;
}


#toprightdiv a{
text-decoration: none;
color: navy;
margin-right: 4px;
letter-spacing: 0.1pt;
}

#toprightdiv a:hover{
color: blue;
}

#toprightdiv #topform{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

#toprightdiv #keywords{
border: 1px solid gray;
width: 210px;
background: #FBFCFA;
font: 12px verdana, sans-serif;
color: #443;
padding: 5px;	outline: none;
margin-right: 5px;
}

#toprightdiv #keywords:focus{
border: 1px solid black;
}

#toprightdiv #topformbutton { cursor:pointer;  margin-top:5px;  border:outset 1px #ccc; background:#999; font-size: 13px; color:black; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 8px;  background:url(topbar3.jpg) repeat-x left top; padding:1px; }



/* ######### Left column ######### */

#leftcolumn{
background-color: white;
clear: left;
width: 158px;
margin-right: 5px;
float: left;
margin-top: 1em;
}

.ddmarkermenu{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
margin-bottom: 8px;
padding: 0;
}

.ddmarkermenu li{
padding-bottom: 2px;
}

.ddmarkermenu li a{
color: #aa2716;
background: url(arrowbullet.png) no-repeat center left;
display: block;
padding: 2px 0;
padding-left: 19px;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom: 1px solid #dadada;
font-size: 90%;
}

.ddmarkermenu li a:visited{
color: #aa2716;
}

.ddmarkermenu a:hover{
background-color: #F3F3F3;
color: #aa2716;
}



#leftcolumn .titlebar{
font-weight: bold;
background: #105BC6;
color: white;
border-bottom: 1px solid #7b9bc4;
margin: 1em 0;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 2px;
padding-left: 10px;
}

/* ######### Middle column ######### */

#middlecolumn{
background-color: transparent;
width: 497px;
float: left;
border-left: 1px solid #C3C3C3;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 10px;
margin-top: 1em;
padding-bottom: 1em;font-size:1.2em;
}


.headers{
border: 1px solid #BBB;
width: 99%;
 
margin-left: 0;
padding: 2px 0 2px 5px;
text-align: left;
font-size: 120%;
}

.headers img{
float: right;
margin-right: 5px;
padding-top: 5px;
}


.headers span, .headers a.bar{
padding: 5px 0;
padding-left: 0;
}

.headers a.bar{
/*background: transparent url(arrowbullet2.gif) no-repeat center right;*/
text-decoration: none;
/*padding-right: 18px;*/
color: #273565;
}

.headers a:visited, .headers a:active{
color: #273565;
}

.headers a:hover{
color: blue;
}



#blogcontainer{
font-size: 90%;
border-bottom: 1px solid #D8D8D8;
}

#blogcontainer .title{
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#blogcontainer .info{
color: gray;
margin-top: 1px;
}

#blogcontainer p{
margin: 8px 0;
}

div.info + p:first-letter{
font-size:;
float:left;
font: bold 180% Arial;
margin-right: 3px;
}


/* ######### Right column ######### */

#rightcolumn{
background-color: white;
width: 170px;
float: left;
margin-top: 1em;
}

#middlecolumn .titlebar, #rightcolumn .titlebar{
font-weight: bold;
margin: 1em 0;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 1.5pt;
color: #686868;
font-size: 110%;
padding-left: 18px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #dadada;
background: white url(squarebullet.png) center left no-repeat
}

#rightcolumn .titlebar{
margin-top: 10px;
}

#rightcolumn .newscontainer{
border: 1px solid #dadada;
background-color: lightyellow;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding: 5px;
font-size: 90%;
}


/* ######### Site Footer ######### */

#contentfooter{
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana;
padding-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 173px;
clear: both;
}

#footerarea{
clear: left;
background: #ecf0fc url(footer.jpg) top left repeat-x;
padding-top: 15px;
text-align: center;
height: 50px;
}


#footermenu{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
float: right;
font-size: 90%;
}

#footermenu ul{
margin: 0;
padding-left: 0;
float: left;
font-weight: bold;
border: 1px solid #DFDFDF;
border-width: 1px 0;
}

#footermenu ul li{
display: inline;
}


#footermenu ul li a{
float: left;
color: gray;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 2px 6px 4px 6px;
text-decoration: none;
background: #f3f5fb url(menudivide.gif) top right repeat-y;
}

#footermenu ul li a:hover{
color: #565656;
background-color: #F3F3F3;
border-bottom: 4px solid gray;
padding-bottom: 0;
}


.clearfix:after{ /*Clear floats hack: http://positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html*/
content: "."; 
display: block; 
height: 0; 
clear: both; 
visibility: hidden;
}

.clearfix {display: inline-table;}
/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
* html .clearfix {height: 1%;}
.clearfix {display: block;}
/* End hide from IE-mac */