*{margin:0;padding:0;}
html,body{color:#464646;text-align:center;  background:#FFFFFF url(images/bg.jpg) repeat-x scroll 0 0;} 
body{font:11px helvetica, arial,sans-serif; margin-left:0px;}
a{color:#222222;text-decoration:none;  }
a:hover{color:#00A3E4;}

#wrapper{border:0px ;margin:0px auto;text-align:left;width:965px;} 
.top{padding:0;border:0;padding:0;}
/* masthead / footer - navigation and categories */
#masthead{padding:0; margin-left:0px; height:140px;}
#masthead h1 a{text-transform:uppercase;width:199px;float:left;margin:15px 0 0 0; font-size:11px;}
#masthead h1 a em{font-style:normal;color:#555;}

ul.nav{list-style:none;background:#f1f1f1; padding-top:55px; margin-left:467px;}
.nav li{border-left:0px dotted #B0AFAF;float:left;display:block;width:119px;}
.nav li a{font-size:11px;outline:none;color:#00A3E4;text-decoration:none;display:block;padding:5px 0 5px 5px;width:119px;text-transform:uppercase;}
.nav li a span{font-size:11px;color:#777;text-transform:lowercase; }
.nav li a:hover{background:#ffffff;color:#333!important;width:115px;}
* html .nav li a:hover{background:#333;width:119px;}
.nav li.skip{border-left:0px dotted #B0AFAF;float:right;display:block width:119px;}
.nav li.skip a{width:119px;}
li.top{border-left:0px dotted #B0AFAF;float:right;display:block width:119px;}
li.top a{width:119px;}
.nav li.skip a:hover, li.top a:hover { background: transparent;color: #333 !important;}


/* main - middle content and columns */
#mid{}#mainCol{float:left;margin:26px 0 0 0;width:425px;}

/* style individual sidebars */
#midCol a{font-weight:bold; color:#00A3E4;}
#midCol a:hover{ color:#222222;}
#midCol {color:#444;float:left;margin:23px 0 0 38px;width:200px;line-height:1.3em;}
#midCol p{color:#686868;}

.middle_links{margin-bottom:17px;} 

#searchWrap input{vertical-align:middle; margin-bottom:10px; margin-top: 2px;}
#searchWrap #s{font-size:1.1em;padding:2px 2px;margin-right:3px;width:165px; margin-left:0px;border:1px solid #D7D7D7; }

select {width: 197px;}
.middle_links h2{font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase;color:#222222; padding-top:12px; }
.twitter_div h2{font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase;color:#222222; padding-top:12px; }

.middle_links2 h2{font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase;color:#222222; padding-top:12px; }
twitter_update_list li{background:url(images/li.gif) no-repeat 0 3px; color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:4px 0 4px 16px; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF; }


.middle_links h3{margin-bottom:7px;}
#midCol ul{list-style:none;margin:0px 0 4px 0;}


.middle_links p{margin-bottom:5px; padding-top:5px; text-align:justify;}
.middle_links ul li{background:url(images/li_links.gif) no-repeat 0 3px; color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:4px 0 4px 16px; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF;}
.middle_links2 ul li{background:url(images/li.gif) no-repeat 0 3px; color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:4px 0 4px 16px; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF; }

.twitter_div p{margin-bottom:5px; padding-top:5px; text-align:justify;}
.twitter_div ul li{ color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:4px 0 4px 0px; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF;}
.middle_links2 ul li{background:url(images/li.gif) no-repeat 0 3px; color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:4px 0 4px 16px; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF; }

#tertCol{float:left;width:260px;margin:25px 0 0 30px;}
#tertCol p{color:#777; border-bottom:0;}
#tertCol h2{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:5px; padding-top:8px; border-top:1px dotted #B0AFAF; border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF;color:#222222;}

#elseWhere{margin:0 0 20px 10px; font-size:11px; line-height: 16px; }
#elseWhere h3{line-height:1.7em; color: #ffffff; padding-top:4px; padding-bottom:4px; font-family:Palatino,Georgia,Serif;}
#elseWhere a{color:#000000; padding:1px;}
#elseWhere a:hover{ color:#00A3E4; padding:1px;}
#elseWhere p{border-bottom:0; padding:7px 0px 24px 0px; text-align:justify;}
h3.else{font-size:24px; line-height:1.6em; padding-top:4px; padding-bottom:4px; font-weight: normal; font-family:Palatino,Georgia,Serif;}

ul#imgLinks{list-style:none;margin:7px 0;}
#imgLinks li{color:#7F7F7F;line-height:1.2em;padding:0 0 1px;}
#imgLinks li a img{border:3px solid #EEE;width:208px;height:69px;color:#333;font-weight:bold;}
#imgLinks li a:hover img{border-color:#d7d7d7;}

/* wordpress entries styling - main content column */

.postMeta{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:5px; padding-top:10px; border-top:1px dotted #B0AFAF; }
.postMeta span.date{color:#7F7F7F;margin-let:10px;}
.postMeta span.categ{color: #7F7F7F; text-align:left; }
.postMeta span.comments{background:#FFF url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat left center;padding-left:15px;margin-left:2px;}
.postMeta a{ color:#222222;}
.postMeta a:hover{ color:#00A3E4;}

.post{margin:0 0 25px 0;}
.post h2{line-height:1.2em; margin:0; color:#231D1F; font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;}
.post h2 a {color: #00A3E4;}
.post h2 a:hover {color:#222222;}
.entry h3{border-bottom:1px dotted #B0AFAF; font-size:11px; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:3px; color:#777;}
.post .entry{line-height:1.5em;overflow:hidden; text-align:justify;}
.post .entry p{margin:1em 0; color:#464646; font-size:12px;line-height:19px;}
.post .entry p a{font-weight:bold;}

.entry blockquote{margin:0px; font-family:Palatino, Georgia, Serif; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; }
.entry ul{ margin:0 1.3em 0;list-style:none;}
.entry li a{color:#333;font-weight:bold;}
.entry ul li{background:url(images/li.gif) no-repeat 0 1px;padding-left:18px;margin-bottom:7px;}
.entry ol{margin:0 1em 0 3em;}
.entry ol li{margin:0 0 7px 0;}
.entry img,.entry a img{border:0; }
.entry a:hover img{border:0px;}
.entry table tr { padding: 15px 0; }
.entry table tr.alt { background: #eee; }
.sidenote { font-color: #aaaaaa;}
img.floatletf {float: left; }

/* style pagination buttons */
#more-link { color: #7F7F7F; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: right; }
#more-link p, #more_reading img { vertical-align: middle; }
#more-link a img { border: none; margin:0 0 3px 2px; }
#more_reading p{ text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:5px; padding-top:10px; border-top:1px dotted #B0AFAF;}

/* style me some comments and inputs */
#comments{width:435px;padding:12px 0 0 0;}
#comments h3,
h3#respond{color:#555;margin-bottom:7px;}
ol.commentslist{list-style:none;margin:5px 0 12px;}
.commentslist li{background:#FFF url(images/lgrey_diag.gif) repeat top left;border:1px solid #d7d7d7;margin-bottom:7px;padding:7px 0;}
.commentslist li a{font-weight:bold;}
.commentslist li.alt{background:#FFF;}
.commentslist li:hover{border-color:#888;}
.commentslist .comment_text{margin:0 7px;line-height:1.4em;overflow:hidden;}
.comment_text p,
.comment_text ul,
.comment_text ol,
.comment_text blockquote{margin:1em 0;}
.comment_text ul,
.comment_text ol,
.comment_text blockquote{margin:0 1em;}p.author_meta{font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0 0 0 7px;}
p.postmetadata{font-size:11px;text-transform:uppercase;text-align:right;margin:0 7px 0 0;}
.commentslist li.author{background:#333;color:#CCC;}
.commentslist li.author a{color:#DDD;}
.commentslist li.author a:hover{color:#FFF;}
#comments_closed{background:#333;color:#ccc;padding:7px 0;margin-top:12px;line-height: 1.5em;}
p.nocomments{margin:0 12px 0 7px;}
p.nocomments a{color:#ddd;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;}
p.nocomments a:hover{color:#FFF;}
ol.pingslist{margin:1.5em 2em;font-size:12px;}
.pingslist li{color:#7F7F7F;margin:0 0 7px 0;}
.pingslist li a{font-weight:bold;}
#commentform p{margin:1em 0;}
#commentform p a{font-weight:bold;}
#author,
#email,
#url,
#comment{font:1.1em arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;border:1px solid #d7d7d7;padding:2px;}
#comment{width:429px;overflow:auto;}
#commentform p small{font-size:10px;color:#7F7F7F;}
.commentslist code{background:transparent;}

/* footer - text string and links */
#footer_ins{border:0px ;margin:0px auto;text-align:right;width:965px;}
#footer {background:#FFFFFF url(images/bg_btm.gif) repeat-x; height: 70px; clear:both; text-align:center;}
#footer p {padding-top: 25px; font-weight:regular; font-size:10px; line-height:15px}
#footer a {color:#00A3E4;}

/* float rules */
.floatleft{float:left;margin:3px 7px 0 0;}
.floatright{float:right;margin:3px 0 0 7px;}
.right{float:right;}
.left{float:left;}
.clear{clear:both;}
.fix:after{content:".";display:block;height:0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;}
.fix{display:inline-block;} 
* html .fix{height:1%;}
.fix{display:block;}