nice, nice. Gray and orange always compliment each other, and your board is clean and organised.
I think the colors could use a little work though. Like I said, gray and orange are nice, but the shades you currently have, plus the purple, give your page an awkward look. I'm not sure I can suggest anything supecific, just that you should maybe play around with them.
Quick suggestion: Change the colspan number for your news row (with the DHTML fader) to 5, so the black box still shows up on the left.
again, nice job. A few more hacks and you have the potential for great things.
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