a {
  color: #999999;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
  color: black;
}
a:active {

}
a:visited {

}


body {
  background-color: #999999;
  margin: 0;
}

#container {
  position: relative;
  width: 996px;

  margin: auto auto;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  border-color: black;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-top-style: none;
}

#banner {
  width: 996px;
  height: 94px;
}

#below_banner {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

#horiz_line {
  position: absolute;
  top: 173px;
  left: 100px;
  height: 1px;
  width: 800px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #D86E20;
}

#thumb_title_box {
  position: absolute;
  top: 148px;
  left: 90px;
  height: 24px;
  border: 1px solid #D86E20;
  background-color: #FAF8F4;
  overflow: hidden;
  font-family: serif;
  font-size: 17px;
  font-weight: bold;
  padding: 3px;
  padding-bottom: 0;
  padding-top: 0;
  color: #D86E20;
}

#leftCol {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 200px;
  width: 116px;
  border-color: black;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style: none;

  border-top-style: none;
}

#menu_left {
  font-family: serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: black;
}

#menu_left ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  padding-left: 5px;
  margin-left: 0;
}

#menu_left li {
  padding: 5px;
  padding-left: 3px;
  padding-right: 3px;  
}

#middleCol {
  margin: 0;
  margin-left: 116px;  
  width: 585px;
  height: 2800px;
  border-color: black;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-top-style: none;
  border-bottom-style: none;
}

#menu_top {
  width: 579px;
  height: 20px;
  border-color: black;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-left-style: none;
  border-right-style: none;
  padding: 3px;
  font-family: serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: black;
  font-weight: bold;
}

#menu_top ul {
  list-style: none;
  display: inline;
  padding: 0;
  padding-left: 10px;
  margin-left: 0;
  color: #999999;
}

#menu_top li {
  display: inline;
  border-right: 1px solid black;
  padding-left: 6px;
  padding-right: 6px;  
}

#menu_top a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #999999;
}
#menu_top a:hover {

  text-decoration: underline;
}
#menu_top a:visited {

}
#menu_top a:active {

}



#menu_top li.firstitem {
  padding-left: 0;
}

#menu_top li.lastitem {
  padding-right: 0;
  border-right-style: none;
}


#main_content {
  position: relative;
  padding: 30px;
  padding-top: 100px;
  font-family: serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: black;
  width:524px;
	text-align: center;
}

#rightCol {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50px;
  right: 0;
  width: 293px;
  background-color: red;
}

#rightCol_middle {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  background-color: red;
}

#thumbnail_box {
  position: absolute;
  top: 123px;
  left: -115px;
  width: 230px;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-color: #D86E20;
  border-style: solid;
  background-color: #F9F8F0;
}

#thumbnail_box_header {
  width: 100%;
  height: 32px;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-color: #D86E20;
  border-style: none;
  border-bottom-style: solid;
  background-color: #EEE2D0;
}

#thumbnail_box_content {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px;

}

#preview_gallery_image {
  padding: 0;
  padding-left: 14px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.thumb_img {
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  border-style: none;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.topic_description {
  display: inline;
  float: right;
}

.medium_image {
  display: inline;
  float: left;
}

.image_subtext {
  font-size: 12px;
}


/* begin links page stuff */

  div.links_container {
    position: relative;
    width: 500px;
/*    padding-top: 10px; */
    border-top: 1px solid black;
    text-align: left;
  }

  div.links_container div.link {
/*    float: left;
    clear: both; */
    padding: 20px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid black;
  }

  div.links_container div.url {
/*    float: left; 
    clear: both; */
    width: 200px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
  }

  div.links_container div.description {
/*      float: left; */
    width: 278px;
    padding-left: 20px;
  }

/* end links page stuff */