* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}
	
body {
	background: #DDD;
	color: #333;
	}
	
/* ------------------------------------------
                  HTML STYLE TAGS
    ------------------------------------------- */
/*block elements */
p {
	line-height: 1.5em;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	font-family: georgia,times,serif;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	}
#social {
    margin: 10px;
}    
div .plusone, .twitter, .fb-like {
    font-size: 1px;
    display: inline-block;
}
div .fb_reset {
    display: inline;
} 

code {
  	margin: 3px 0;
  	padding: 15px;
  	text-align: left;
  	display: block;
  	overflow: auto;  
  	font: 500 1em'Lucida Console', 'Courier New', Monospace;
  	/* white-space: pre; */
  	border: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	background: #F8F8F8;  
}
	
blockquote {
	padding: 20px;
	background: #F8F8F8;
	border: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	}
	
/* headers */
h1 {
	font-family: georgia,times,serif;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	}
	
h1.head, h1.head a {
	margin: 15px 10px 0px 20px;
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
h1.head a {
	margin-left: 0px;
	}
	
h2.head {
	font-style: italic;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	color: #900;
	margin: 0 10px 15px 20px;
	}
	
h2 {
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	}
	
h3 {
	margin: 5px 0;
	}
	
h4 {
	color: #900;
	}
	
	
/* images */
img.left {
	border:1px solid #DDD;
	padding: 2px;
	background: #F0F0F0;
	margin: 0 8px 8px 0;
	}
	
img.banner {
	background: #FFF;
	padding: 3px;
	border: 1px solid #DDD;
	margin: 0 7px 14px 7px;
	}
	
img.banner:hover {
	border: 1px solid #B6B6B6;
	background: #F6F6F6;
	}

/*lists & definitions */
ol.normal {
	margin: 10px 0px 10px 30px;
	}	
	

ul.normal {
	margin: 10px 0px 10px 12px;
	list-style: none;
	}	
	
ul.normal li {
	padding-left: 15px;
	background: url('images/bullet.gif') no-repeat left center;
	}
	
dl {
	margin: 20px 0;
	}
	
dt {
	color: #900;
	font-weight: 600;
	}
	
dd {
	font-style: italic;
	margin: 0 0 5px 15px;
	}
	
/* start - table */
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin: 10px 20px;		
}
tr { background: #FFF; }
tr.altrow { background: #F9F9F9;	}
th, td {
	text-align: left;			
	border-width: 1px;
  	border-style: solid;
}
th {
	color: #900;
	background: #F0F0F0; 
	padding: .8em 1em;	
  	border-color: #DDD #DDD #CCC #DDD;	
}
td {
	border-color: #EFEFEF;	
	padding: .7em 1em;	
}	

/* form elements */
form {
	margin: 10px 0; 
	padding: 15px 25px 25px 25px; 
	border: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	background: #F8F8F8;
}
form p {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
	padding: 12px 0 5px 0;	margin: 0;	
	color: #666666;
}
label {
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #666666;
}
input, select, textarea {
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 5px;
	color: #666;
	border-width: 1px;
	border-style: solid;
  	border-color: #D4D4D4 #EBEBEB #EBEBEB #D4D4D4; 	
}
input:focus, select:focus, textarea:focus {
	color: #333;
}
#name, #email, #message, #website {
	width: 380px;
}
input.button { 
	height: 30px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 2px 3px; 
	color: #FFF;
	background:#900;
	border-width: 1px;
  	border-style: solid;
  	border-color: #c33 #600 #600 #c33;
}

/* ------------------------------------------
                   SITE LAYOUT
    ------------------------------------------- */
	
#wrap {
	width: 960px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	}
	
#content {
	width: 100%;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #999999;
	}
	
#maincontent {
	background: #F3F3F3 url('images/fade.jpg') repeat-x top left;
	padding: 15px 0 0 0;
	}
	
#right {
	float: right;
	width: 299px;
	padding: 0px 10px 0 10px;
	font-size: 0.8em;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	}
	
.middle {
	float: right;
	width: 140px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	margin: 0 0px 10px 10px;
	}
	
#main {
	width: 620px;
	margin-left: 9px;
	padding: 10px 10px 0 0;
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #DDD;
	}
	
#left {
	PADDING: 0 0 0 10px
	}

.footer {
	width: 960px;
	margin-bottom: 30px;
	border-left: 1px solid #999; border-right: 1px solid #999; border-bottom: 1px solid #999;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	clear: both;
	padding-top: 4px;
	background: #FFF url('images/subfade.gif') repeat-x top left;
	}
	
/* ------------------------------------------
                     NAVIGATION
    ------------------------------------------- */
/* site-meta - very top right navigation */
#sitemeta {
	width: 960px;
	font: 400 0.8em arial,sans-serif;
	color: #000;
	text-align: right;
	margin: 5px 0;
	}
	
#sitemeta .nav {
	float: right;
	clear: both;
	}
	
#sitemeta a {
	color: #944;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0 5px;
	}
	
#sitemeta a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
	
/* main menu bar */
#menubar {
	width: 100%;
	padding-top: 4px;
	background: url('images/subfade.gif') repeat-x top left;
	}
	
#menubar ul.nav {
	width: 960px;
	background-color: #F0F0F0;
	margin-left: 0px;
	}
	
#menubar li {
	list-style-type: none;
	display: inline;
	}

#menubar li a {
	float: left;
	display: block;
	color: #333;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: #FFF url('images/menu_fade.jpg') repeat-x bottom left;
	padding: 8px 6px 8px 6px;
	border-right: 1px solid #DDD;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	}
	
#menubar li a.meta {
	float: right;
	background: #DCDCFF url('images/menu_meta.jpg') repeat-x bottom left;
	border-right: none;
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
	color: #600;
	}
	
#menubar li.up a {
	background-image: none;
	background: #FFF;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
	}
	
#menubar li a:hover {
	color: #fff;
	background-color: #444449;
	background-image: none;
	}
	
#menubar li.up a:hover {
	background: #FFF;
	color: #333;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}
	
#menubar li a.meta:hover {
	background-image: none;
	background-color: #DADAFF;
	color: #600;
	}
	
/* submenu - directly under the main menubar */
#submenu {
	width: 934px;
	padding: 4px 20px 5px 6px;
	background-color: #fff;
	font-size: 0.6em;
	font-family: arial,sans-serif;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
	}
	
#submenu a {
	color: #600;
	padding: 0 12px 0 5px;
	text-decoration: underline;
	border-left: 1px solid #DDD;
	}
	
#submenu a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
	
#main a, #foot a {
	color: #999;
	}
	
#main a:hover, #foot a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  UNIVERSAL WIDTH AND POSITION STYLES
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
	
.fullcontent {
	width: 620px;
	}
	
.halfcontent {
	width: 296px;
	margin: 0 5px 10px 4px;
	background: url('images/subfade.gif') repeat-x top left;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	padding-top: 14px;
	}
	
.threehundred {
	width: 296px;
	margin: 0 5px 0 4px;
	}
	
.left {
	float: left;
	}

.clearboth {
	clear: both; 
	line-height: 0; 
	height: 0;
	font-size: 0;
	}
	
.clearright {
	float: right;
	clear: right;
	line-height: 0; 
	height: 0;
	font-size: 0;
	}

.clear {
	clear: left;
	line-height: 0;
	font-size: 0;
	}
	
#right .half {
	width: 130px;
	float: left;
	margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
	}
	
.middle .half {
	width: 110px;
}
	
/* ----------------------------------------------
                    BLOG POSTS
   ----------------------------------------------- */
	
.post {	
	border-top: 1px solid #DDD;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	padding: 10px 0;
	}
	
.comment {
	border-top: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	border-right: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	border-left: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	padding: 20px;
	width: 410px
	}
.lastcomment {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	}
	
.odd {
	background: #F8F8F8;
	}
	
.gravatar {
	border: 2px solid #E6E6E6;
	float: left;
	margin: 0 20px 10px 0;
	}

.respond {
	margin-top: 30px;
	}
.author {
	color: #666;
	font-style: italic;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	}
	
.postmeta {
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	padding: 10px 5px;
	border-top: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	}
.postmeta a {
	padding: 0 12px 0 18px;
	}
.postmeta a.readmore {
	background: url('images/readmore.gif') no-repeat left center;
	}
.postmeta a.comments {
	background: url('images/comments.gif') no-repeat left center;
	}
.postmeta a.category {
	background: url('images/file.gif') no-repeat left center;
	}
	
/* -------------------------------------------------
                  AREA SPECIFIC STYLES
    ------------------------------------------------- */
/*search */
.search {
	float:right;
	background-color: #F6F6F6;
	border:1px solid #999;
	height:16px;
	width:280px;
	padding: 3px;
	margin: 20px 20px 0 0;
	color: #999;
	}
	
.search_default  {
	float:right;
	background-color: #F6F6F6;
	border:1px solid #999;
	height:16px;
	width:150px;
	padding: 3px;
	margin: 20px 10px 0 0;
	color: #999;
	}
	
.search_hover {
	float:right;
	background-color: #F6F6F6;
	border:1px solid #999;
	height:16px;
	width:150px;
	padding: 3px;
	margin: 20px 10px 0 0;
	color: #999;
	}

/* top story */	
.topstory {
	width: 610px;
	padding: 10px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
	margin: -10px 0 10px 0;
	background: #fff;
	}
	
.topstory p, .substory p {
	margin: 0px 2px 0px 2px;
	}
	


.topstory img {
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	}

/* substory */
.substory:hover {
	background: #444449 url('images/subfade.gif') repeat-x top left;
	color: #AAA;
	}

.substory:hover h2 {	
color: #FFF;
}
	
	
.substory {
	float: left;
	width: 140px;
	padding: 9px 5px 5px 5px;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	margin: 0 3px 10px 0px;
	background: url('images/subfade.gif') repeat-x top left;
	}
	
.rightsubstory {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	}
	
/* footer */
.footer p {
	padding: 10px;
	}

.footer .footnav {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
	padding: 10px;
	}

.footnav a, .footer p a {
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 5px 8px;
	color: #666;
	font-family: georgia,times,serif;
	border: 1px solid #FFF;
	background-color: #FFF;
	}
	
.footnav a:hover, .footer p a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	border: 1px solid #CCC;
	}
	
.footnav h3 {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
	color: #633;
	}
	
.footnav a.first {
	font-size: 1.5em;
	font-weight: 800;
	margin-left: -5px;
	}

.linksleft {
	float: left;
	margin-right: 10px;
	width: 140px;
	padding: 0 0px 0px 0px;
	list-style-type: none;
	}

.linksleft ul {
	list-style-type: none;
	}

.linksleft li {
	display: inline;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	list-style-type: none;
	}

.linksleft li a {
	padding: 4px;
	display: block;
	margin:  0;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.topstory:hover .postmeta, .substory:hover .postmeta {
	border-top: 1px solid #555;
	}
	

/* right column lists */	
#right ul.links, .middle ul.links {
	list-style-type: none;
	border-top: 1px solid #DDD;
	margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
	}
#right ul.links li a, .middle ul.links li a{
	display: block;
	width: 122px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
	padding: 3px 0px 3px 8px;
	background: url('images/bullet_light.gif') no-repeat left center;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #666;
	}
	
#right ul.links li a:hover, .middle ul.links li a:hover {
	background: url('images/bullet.gif') no-repeat left center;
	color: #333;
	}
	
/* middle column lists */	
.middle ul.links {
	margin: 0 0 0 0;
	}
	
.middle ul.links li a {
	width: 102px;
	}
	
.middle .box {
	float: right;
	width: 110px;
	border: 1px solid #DDD;
	background: #F6F6F6;
	padding: 10px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 10px;
	}