@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */

/* --------------------------- */

/* 		layout blocks */

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/* remove the yui html background and border */
html
{
	background:none;
}
body 
{ 
	border:none; 
	background:url(../images/bg.jpg) repeat-y center #f9e4a5;
}


/* main document div */
#doc4, doc4
{
	width:916px;
}

/* inserts the giant background image */
#main
{
	background:url(../images/main.jpg) no-repeat top center;
	width:100%;
	padding-top:208px;
	min-height:800px;
	height:auto !important;
  	height:800px;
}

/* Left content column */
#col_content
{
	width:450px;
	margin-right:30px;
}

/* Container for both right columns */
#col_sidecontainer
{
	width:auto;
}

/* First right column */
#col_side1
{
	margin-top:105px;
	padding-left:20px;
	padding-right:20px;
	width:200px;
	border-left:1px solid #fae095;
	text-align:left;
}

/* Second right column */
#col_side2
{
	margin-top:135px;
	width:150px;
	padding-left:20px;
	text-align:left;
}


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/* 		typography */

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/* set default font color */
body { color:#6a5d52;  }

/* set link colors */
a, a:link, a:active { color:#286d9c; text-decoration:none; }
a:visited { color:#c68520; }
a:hover { color:#58a4d2; }

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/* 		header */

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#hd
{
	height:50px;
}

*html

#hd ul
{
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
} 

#hd li
{
	list-style-type:none;
	float:left;	
}

#hd li .last
{
	float:none;
}

#hd li a
{
	padding:1px 10px;
	margin-right:5px;
	display:block;
	background:#96ddf5;
	border:1px solid #3888c1;
}

#hd li a:hover
{
	background:#fff;
	border:1px solid #96ddf5;
}

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/* 		main body */

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/* clear header floats */
#bd
{
	clear:both;
}

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/* 		sidebars */

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/* style for overall sidebar */
.menu ul
{
	margin-left:0;
	padding-left:0;
}

/* sidebar blocks */
.menu ul li
{
	list-style:none;
	list-style-image:none;
	font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-style:italic;
	font-weight:normal;
	color:#58a4d2;
	font-size:1.4em;
	margin-bottom:1.5em;
}

/* sublist blocks inside the sidebar blocks */
.menu ul ul
{
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	margin-left:1.2em;
}

/* sublist items */
.menu ul li ul li
{
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:.7em;
	font-weight:normal;
	font-style:normal;
	color:#6a5d52;
	margin:.3em 0 0 0;
	list-style:circle;
	line-height:1.3em;
}

/* second level sublist items */
.menu ul li li li
{
	font-size:1em;
}

/* search form fonts */
#searchform
{
	font-size:.8em;
}

/* search form fields */
#searchform input
{
	padding:3px;
	margin-bottom:4px;
}

/* search form input field */
#searchform input#s
{
	width:144px;
}

/* image link */
.menu ul.imagelinks
{
	margin-left:0;
}

.menu ul.imagelinks li
{
	list-style:none;
}

/* affiliate link */
.menu ul li li.link_rendo a
{
	width:150px;
	height:63px;
	background:url(../images/rendo.jpg);
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	display:block;
}

.menu ul li.link_subscribe a
{
	width:200px;
	height:66px;
	background:url(../images/subscribe.png);
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	display:block;
}

/* box about author */
.whois
{
	font-size:.7em;
	font-style:normal;
	color:#6a5d52;
	width:130px;
	padding:10px;
	border:1px dashed #207ed4;
	background:url(../images/blueTanGrad.png) top repeat-x;
}

/* pages list */
#pages
{
	background:url(../images/sb_pages.png) top left no-repeat;
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-top:20px;
}
/* categories list */
#categories-1
{
	background:url(../images/sb_categories.png) top left no-repeat;
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-top:20px;
}
#search
{
	background:url(../images/sb_search.png) top left no-repeat;
	padding-top:30px;
}
#affiliates
{
	background:url(../images/sb_affiliates.png) top left no-repeat;
	padding-top:10px;
	text-indent:-9999px;
}
/* comments list */
#recent-comments
{
	background:url(../images/sb_comments.png) top left no-repeat;
	text-indent:-999px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-top:20px;
}
#pages ul, #categories-1 ul, #recent-comments ul, #affiliates ul
{
	text-indent:0;
}

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/* 		posts */

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/* the post block for loops */
.post
{
	margin-bottom:2.5em;
	line-height:1.4em;
}

/* put a border around the images */
.post img
{
	border:1px solid #6a5d52;
}

/* exception to image borders */
.post img.noborder
{
	border:none;
}

/* post headings in archive lists */
.post h2
{
	font-size:2.5em;
	line-height:1.6em;
	font-weight:100;
	font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin:0 0 .2em 0;
	padding:0;
}

/* the meta info directly below the post heading */
.meta, .meta1, .meta2
{
	font-size:.8em;
	margin:0 0 1em 0;
	font-style:italic;
	color:#8e7a6a;
}

/* the meta info below the post */
.meta2
{
	border:1px dashed #edc17c;
	padding:3px 10px;
}


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/* 		comments */

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/* block behind the comment list */
.commentsList
{
	background:url(../images/bg_comments.jpg);
	border:1px dashed #a58438;
	padding:0 20px 10px 20px;
}

.commentsList h3
{
	text-indent:-999px;
	background:url(../images/txt_commentsHeading.gif) 0 10px no-repeat;
	width:114px;
	height:20px;
	padding-top:10px;
}

/* list of comments */
.commentsList ol
{
	margin:0;
}

/* individual comments */
.commentsList li
{
	list-style:none;
	border-top:1px dashed #a58438;
	padding:10px 0;
}

/* avatars */
.commentsList li img
{
	float:left;
	margin-right:10px;
	border:1px solid #6a5d52;
}

/* author of the comment */
.commentsList cite
{
	font-size:.8em;
	font-style:italic;
}

/* standard form field in comment */
#commentform input
{
	width:300px;
	padding:4px;
}

/* comment form field textarea */
#commentform textarea#comment
{
	width:435px;
	padding:10px;
	height:100px;
}

/* form labels */
#commentform label
{
	display:block;
	margin-bottom:.3em;
}

/* author comments */
li.author
{
	padding:15px;
	background:url(../images/blueTanGrad.png) top repeat-x #feefa5;
	border:1px dashed #a58438;
}

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/* 		footer */

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#ft
{
	background:url(../images/blueTanGrad.png) 0px -30px repeat-x #feefa5;
	margin-top:20px;
	padding:10px 20px 30px 20px;
	border:1px dashed #58a4d2;
	border-bottom:none;
	font-size:.8em;
}

#ft ul
{
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#ft li
{
	float:left;
	list-style:none;
	margin-right:30px;
}