html {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
#wrapper1 {
	width: 960px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	padding-bottom: 10px;/*----added thickness*/
	color: #013847;
	text-align: left;
}
/*----added thickness*/
#banner {
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;	
}

/*page headings*/

.page_heading {
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	
}
/*Styling Contact Page*/
.address {
	float: right;
	width: 30%;
}
.contact_form {
	float: left;
	
}

.contact_page {
	width: 650px;
	
}


#wrapper2 {
	background-color: #FFF;
	width: 960px;/* the width of the banner*/
	float:left;
	margin: -3px 0 0 0px;
	padding: 0 0px 20px 0px; /* the right margin was changed from 20px to 30px*/
}		
/* language icons location*/
	
#mainNav {
	float: right;
	margin-top: 20px;
	
}

*html #mainNav {
	display: inline;
	}

#verticalNav {
	float: left;
	width: 230px;/* fixing margin issue in IE6 was 178px*/
	/*margin-top: 55px;*/
	margin-top: 20px;/* the left margin was changed from 20px to 30px*/
	background-color: #FFF;
}

*html #verticalNav {
	display: inline;
	}
	 
#mainbox {
	float: right;
	width: 72%;/* fixing margin issue in IE6 was 65%*/
	background-color: transparent;
	margin: -10px 20px 20px 0; 
}


	
#editable_area	{
	float: left;
	width: 90%;
	margin-top:-20px;
	}
	
#footer {
	float: left;
	width: 100%;
	background: #fff url("images/layout/yellow_stripe.gif")repeat-x;
	border-top: 4px solid #FFCC4D;
	color: #000;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	
}

#footer p {
	
	margin-right: 30px;
	
}

/*sticky notes boxes and Heading

.news {
background-color: #FFF398;
float: right;
width: 48%;
margin: 10px -20px 10px 10px;
padding: 15px;
	}
*/

#announce_heading {
	margin: 10px;
	
}

.news_1,.news_2{
	width: 22%;
	min-height: 120px;
  background-color: #FFFF99;
  border: 2px solid #DEE184;
  text-align: left;
  margin: 1em 0;
  padding: 1em;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 5px 2px 5px #BFBFBF;
  -moz-box-shadow: 5px 2px 5px #BFBFBF;
 
  filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(color=#BFBFBF, offx=3, offy=3);
   box-shadow: 5px 2px 5px #BFBFBF;
  font-family:'Ariel Narrow',ariel,san-serif;
}
.news_1 {
	float: left;
}
.news_2 {
	float: right;
}