div#content_main{
	position: relative;
	top: 2px;
	left: 10px;
	background:url(../images/bgHomePage.jpg) repeat-y;}
}
#flash_container{
	position: relative;
	width: 591px;
	height: 342px;
}


div#hot_topics{
	position: relative;
	width: 827px;
	height: 32px;
	background: #c8e7e0;
	margin: 0;
	float:left;
}
div#hot_topics .hot_topics_title{
	position: absolute;
	top: 8px;
	left: 20px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font: 18px "Times", serif;
	color: #226b5b;
}
div#hot_topics .hot_topics_news{
	position: absolute;
	top: 8px;
	left: 180px;
	font: 11px "Verdana", sans-serif;
	color: #171a16;
}
span.hot_topics_news ul li{
	font-size: 15px;
	font-family: "Times", serif;
}
span.hot_topics_news ul li a{
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
span.hot_topics_news ul li a:hover{
	text-decoration: none;
}

.featuredPostWrapper {background:#d6fff7; padding:10px; border-bottom:10px solid #b4fff1;}
.featuredPostWrapper a img{float:left; width:200px; height:auto;}
.featuredPostWrapper a, .postWrapper a {color:#1f7d6e; text-decoration:none;}
.featuredPostWrapper h2 a, .postWrapper h2 a {text-decoration:underline;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post {float:left; width:360px; margin:0 0 0 10px;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post h2, .postWrapper .post h2 {padding:10px 0 0 0; font-weight:bold;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post small, .postWrapper .post small {color:#1f7d6e; font-size:10px;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post .entry, .postWrapper .post .entry {padding:5px 0 5px 0;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post p.postmetadata, .postWrapper .post p.postmetadata {color:#1f7d6e; font-size:10px;}
.featuredPostWrapper .post p.postmetadata a, .postWrapper .post p.postmetadata a {text-decoration:underline;}
.postWrapper {padding:10px; border-bottom:1px solid #e7e1d9;}
.postWrapper a img {float:left; width: 105px; height:auto;}
.postWrapper .post {float:left; width:430px; margin:0 0 0 10px;}

#hero_container {margin: 0 auto; width: 591px; height: 230px;	padding: 0;	overflow: scroll;}
#hero_container ul {list-style: none;	width: 1500px;	margin:0;	padding: 0;	position: relative;}
#hero_container li {display:inline; float:left;}
#hero_container ul li img {width:591px; height:267px;}
.mainColumn .thumbs {right:0px; top:194px; position:absolute!important;}
.textholder {text-align:left; font-size:17px; font-style:italic; font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif; padding:6px; width:381px!important; height:66px!important; bottom:27px!important; background:url(../images/bgTextHolder.png) repeat-x!important; line-height:18px; display:none;}
.btnHero {width:591px; height:38px; background:url(../images/btnHero.png) no-repeat; position:absolute; bottom:0px;}
.btnHero a {display:block; height:38px; text-indent:-9999px; float:left;}
h3.featured {padding:0 0 10px 0; font-weight:bold; color:#1F7D6E; font-size:14px;}
.hidethis {display:none!important;}