.tipsBox{
	background: lightgray;
	opacity:0.9;
	margin-top:5px;
	margin-right:4px;
	border-radius:8px;
	-webkit-border-radius:8px; 
}

.tipsBoxHeader{
	color:darkblue;
	font: bold 14px Helvetica;
	text-align: center;
}

/*-------------> tipsTicker using BAROUSEL */
.tipsTicker
{
    position:relative;
    margin-bottom:0px;
    /*width:200px;*/
    height:60px;
    margin-top:5px;
    font: 12px Helvetica;
    
}

.tipsTicker_image
{
    position:absolute;
    z-index:10;
    width:100px;
    height:50px;
}

.tipsTicker_image img
{
    width: 100px;
	height: 50px;
    position:absolute;
    display:none;
}

.tipsTicker_image img.default
{    
    display:block;
}

.tipsTicker_image img.current
{
    z-index:10;
}

.tipsTicker_image img.previous
{
    z-index:5;
}

.tipsTicker_content
{
    position:absolute;
    padding-left:5px;    
    z-index:50;
    color:black;
    font-size:13px;
    /*width:230px;*/
    top:0px;
    line-height:13px;
    text-align:center;
}

.tipsTicker_content div
{
    display:none;    
}

.tipsTicker_content div.default
{
    display:block;  
}

.tipsTicker_content p
{
    font-size:11px;
    font-weight:normal; 
}

.tipsTicker_content p.header
{
    font-size:28px;
    font-weight:normal;
    line-height:28px;
    color:#fff55b;
}

.tipsTicker_content a,
.tipsTicker_content a:hover
{
    color:#fff55b;
    background-color:transparent !important;
}

.tipsTicker_nav
{
    position:absolute;
    padding:3px 3px 0px 0;
    height:23px;    
    background:#000;
    bottom:0;
    z-index:20;
    width:497px;
}

.tipsTicker_nav .counter
{    
    float:right;
    font-size:0.75em;
    color:#fff;
    margin:3px 5px 0 0;
}

.tipsTicker_nav ul
{
    float:right;
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li
{
    float:left;
    padding-left:3px;
    font-size:0;
    line-height:0;
    list-style:none;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li a
{
    display:block;
    width:25px;
    height:20px;
    background-color:#4d4d4d;
    font-size:0;
    line-height:0;
    text-decoration:none;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li a:hover
{
    background-color:#6e6e6e;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li a.current
{
    background-color:#fff55b;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li.prev a
{
    background-image:url(../images/barousel_link_previous.gif);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position:0 0;
}

.tipsTicker_nav li.next a
{
    background-image:url(../images/barousel_link_next.gif);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position:0 0;
}

.tipsTicker img.ajax_loader
{
    display:none;
    position:absolute;
    z-index:99;
    top:70px;
    left:135px;
}


/*--------------------------------------------------=> CONTENT LAYOUT */
/* unique */

/*--------------------------------------------------=> UTILITY CLASSES */
.floatLeft
{
    float: left;
}

.floatRight
{
    float: right;
}

.halfwidth
{
    float: left;
    width: 50%;
}

.halfwidth_right
{
    float: right;
    width: 50%;
}

.thirdwidth
{
    float: left;
    width: 33%;
    padding: 3px 0 10px 0;
}

.nodisplay
{
    display: none;
}

.nopadding_top
{
    padding-top: 0;
}

.nopadding_bottom
{
    padding-bottom: 0;
}

.nopadding_vertical
{
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}

.clearmargin
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.clearer
{
    clear: both;
    height: 0;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    font-size:0;
    line-height:0;
}

.spacer
{
    clear: both;
    height: 25px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}