#blog div.blog_item {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/blog-item-background-normal.gif) repeat-y 50% top;
  position: relative;
  color: #757575;
}
#blog div.blog_item h2 {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/blog-item-background-top.gif) no-repeat 50% top;
  padding: 40px 180px 10px 40px;
  font: 1.8em Georgia, Times;
  margin: 0;
  color: #2c2c2c;
}
#blog div.blog_item h2 a {
  color: #2c2c2c;
  text-decoration: none;
}
#blog div.first h2 {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/blog-item-background-top-first.gif) no-repeat 50% top;
}
#blog div.blog_item p.comments_count {
  position: absolute;
  top: 40px;
  right: 40px;
}
#blog div.blog_item_abstract p {
  line-height: 1.6em;
}
#blog div.blog_item p.author {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/dotted-line.gif) repeat-x top left;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  font: .96em "Lucida Grande", Verdana;
}
#blog div.blog_item p.continue_reading a {
  color: #dd7d00;
  text-decoration: none;
  font: 1em "Lucida Grande", Verdana;
}
#blog div.last {
  padding-bottom: 0;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
#blog div.blog_item_info {
  padding: 0 40px;
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/dotted-line.gif) repeat-x top left;
}
#blog div.blog_item_info h3 {
  margin: 0 0 10px 0; 
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: normal;
}
#blog div.blog_item_info p {
  margin: 0 0 20px 0; 
  padding: 0;
  font: 1.1em Georgia, Times;
  line-height: 1.6em;
}

#blog div.blog_item_info {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/blog-item-background-bottom.gif) no-repeat 50% bottom;
  padding-bottom: 18px;
}
#blog div.last div.blog_item_info {
  background: transparent url(http://assets.portlandspaces.net/images/blog/blog-item-background-bottom-last.gif) no-repeat 50% bottom;
  padding-bottom: 30px;
}