.xnav_banner {
font: 70%/120% verdana, sans serif;
color: #fff;
background: #0B97C6;
padding: 4px 20px 5px;
margin:0 0 5px 0;
}

.xnav_banner a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
}

.xnav_banner a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}


/* updates
==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== */


#updates {
margin: 0 5px 20px 0px;
}

.udate {
clear: both;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #2664A3;
border-bottom: solid 0px #eee;
margin: 10px 0 0;
	/margin: 17px 0 0;     /*IE6*/
height: 5%;
padding: 0;
}

.udate_span {
font: 65%/100% verdana, sans-serif;
background: url(_images/arrow_blue.jpg) no-repeat -2px 0px;
padding: 0 0 0 12px;
margin: 0;
}

a.udate:hover { color: #48f; }

.udate img {
float: left;
border: solid 1px #888;
width: 89px;
height: 106px;
margin: 7px 13px 11px 0;
/margin-top: 0px;
}
.utitle {
display: block;
font: 70%/130% verdana, sans serif;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
margin: 2px 0 0;
	/margin: 1px 0 0;
}

.utopic {
font: 65%/100% verdana, sans-serif;
display: block;
color: #d3ab0e;
margin: 5px 0;
}



.rss {
clear: both;
margin: 20px 0 0;
}

.rss img {
vertical-align: -5px;
border: none;
}

.rss a {
font: 65%/100% verdana, sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
color: #2664A3;
}

.rss a:hover { color: #48f; }

/* recommended links
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#recommended_links { margin: 20px 0 0 14px}

#recommended_links img { border: none; vertical-align: middle;}

a.rec_link {
display: block;
font: 70%/120% verdana, sans serif;
text-decoration: none;
color: #2664A3;
background: url(_images/arrow_red.jpg) no-repeat -2px 2px;
padding: 0 0 0 13px;
margin: 13px 0 3px;
}

a.rec_link:hover { color: #48f; }

.rec_link_desc {
font: 70%/130% arial, sans serif;
color: #766;
}

.rec_link_desc a {
color: #766;
}