/******************************************
*   HTML Elements                         
******************************************/


* {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	}


body,html {
	min-height:101%;
	}
	
body {
	background:#000;
	padding: 13px 0 25px 0;
	font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #777;
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height:1.5em;
	}

p, select, input, textarea {	
	font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height:1.2em;
	}

p {
padding-bottom: 15px;
}

a:link, a:visited {
	color: #cc6600;
	text-decoration:none
	}

a:hover, a:active {
	color: #ff9900;
	text-decoration: none;
	}


/******************************************
*   Headlines                         
******************************************/

h1 {
	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: white;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	font-size: 1.8em;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: 0.1em;
	line-height: 1.2em;
	}

h2 {
	color: white;
	font: 1.2em normal "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	}

h3 {
	font: 1em bold "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #ccc;
	}
	
#pagecontent h3 {
	background: #333;
	display: block;
	padding: 2px 6px 2px 6px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

h4 {
	font: 1em bold "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #cccccc;
	}

h3 a:link, h3 a:visited {
	color: #777777;
	}

#recent h3, #recent h3 a{
	color: white;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	letter-spacing:0.1em;
	padding: 0px 0 5px 0;
	margin-left: -20px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	font: 1em normal "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
}

#recent h3 a:hover,#recent h3 a:hover{
	color: red;
	background:url(styles/images/tab_select.jpg) no-repeat top center;
	background-position: -10px 7px;	
}

#recent h2 a:hover, #content h2 a:hover, #recent h1 a:hover {
	color:red;
	}


h2 a:link, #recent h2 a, #content h2 a, #recent h1 a {
	color: white;
	letter-spacing: 0.1em;
	}

strong { color: #ccc; font-weight: normal;}



/****** Images ****************************/

img, a:link img, a:visited img{border:none; padding:1px; }
img.left,img.center,img.right,img.norm{ margin:0px 12px 5px 0; border:none; padding:1px;}
img.left{ float:left; margin:0 12px 5px 0;  }
img.center{ display:block; margin:0 auto 0px auto; }
img.right{ float:right; margin:0 0 5px 12px; }

#pic {
	float:left;
	margin: 3px 10px 0 0;
	}


#leadpic {
	width: 120px;
	height: 93px;
	margin: 8px 20px 0 0;
	padding:1px;
	float:left;
	}
	

#smallpic {
	float:left;
	padding:1px;
	margin: 5px 0 0 7px;
	padding:1px;
	}


#micropic {
	width: 70px;
	height: 50px;
	float:left;
	padding:1px;
	margin: 3px 7px 0 0;
	padding:1px;
	}


/******************************************
*   General Structure                         
******************************************/

#page { /*the main container*/
	width:1070px;
	margin:0 auto;
	background:black;
	}

#branding {/*where the logo sits*/
	width:1070px;
	height:150px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	background:url(images/backgrounds/bg_branding.jpg) no-repeat;
	}

#branding a{
	color: #555;
}


#branding{
	color: #777;
}


#branding a:hover{
	color: #999;
}

#branding .rss {
	left: 965px;
	top: 10px;
	position:relative;
	padding-left: 18px;
	background:url(images/rss.gif) no-repeat;
	cursor: pointer;
}


.blogtitle, .blogtitle a {
	font-family: "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #272727;
	font-size: 1.1em;
	font-weight: bold;
	}

.description {
	font-size: 1em; 
	color:#505050;
	padding-left: 10px;
	}


/******************************************
*   RECENT                        
******************************************/

#recent{
	background:black;
	
}

#recent .left li{
	list-style:none;
}

#recent .left{
	padding-left: 50px;
	float: left;
	width:190px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	background: url(images/backgrounds/bg_left.jpg) no-repeat top left;
}

#recent .center{
	float: left;
	width:411px;
	display: inline-block;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
	text-align: justify;
	min-height: 555px;
	border-right: 1px dotted #222;
//	background:url(images/tab_select.jpg) no-repeat;
//   	background-position: 0px 17px;
}

#recent .center li{
	list-style:square;
}


#recent .right{
	float: left;
	width:335px;
	padding:0 50px 0 10px;
	margin-right: 10px;
	text-align: justify;
	background: url(images/backgrounds/bg_right.jpg) no-repeat top right;
	background-position: 338px 0;
}

#recent .bottom{
	padding:0 50px 0 50px;
}


#recent .search {
	padding-top: 15px;
}

#recent .tags{
	padding:10px 20px 0 0;
}

#recent .polls {
	padding-top: 20px;
}

#recent .polls ul{
	padding-top: 5px;
}


#recent .navlinks, .navlinks a {
	color: white;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	letter-spacing:0.3em;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
}

#recent .navlinks a:hover, #recent .navlinks a:hover {
	color: red;
	background:url(images/select.png) no-repeat top center;
	padding-left: 40px;
	margin-left: -40px;
	background-position: 0px 10px;	
}

.contactform{
	width: 620px;
}

.contactfield{
	display: inline-block;
}

/******************************************
*   Sidebar                         
******************************************/

#sidebar {/*you guessed it: it¥s the sidebar container*/
	float: left;
	width:175px;
	padding:0 50px 0 0px;
	background: url(images/backgrounds/bg_right.jpg) no-repeat top right;
	background-position: 188px 0;
	}

.bullets li {
	list-style: square;
	color: gray;
	margin: 0px;
	}

#sidelist li{
	list-style:none;
	line-height: 1.3em;
	color: gray;
	}

#sidelist li a{
	display: block;
	padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
	margin: 0;
	}

#sidelist a:hover{
	background: #2d2d2d;
	}

#sidebar h3 {
	font: 1em normal "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #7f7f7f;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: 0.2em;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #555;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	}

.navigation {
	font-size:1em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #777;
	}
	

.alignleft{
	float: left;
}

.alignright{
	float: right;
}

.aligncenter{
	text-align: center;
}

/******************************************
*   Content                        
******************************************/

#content {
	padding: 0px 20px 20px 10px;
	width:532px;
	float:left;
	border: none;
	}
	
#pagecontent {
	width:745px;
	padding: 0px 50px 20px 5px;
	float:left;
	background: url(images/backgrounds/bg_right.jpg) no-repeat top right;
	background-position: 750px 0;

}

#pagecontent table {
	padding:0 0px 0 0px;
}


#pagecontent table td{
	vertical-align: top;
	padding:0 20px 0 0;
}

/* Post Formatting */
.entry {
	text-align:justify;
	}

.archivepost{
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
	border-top: 1px dotted #333;
	}

.archivepost ul li {
	list-style:square;
	margin-bottom:5px;
	margin-left:28px;
	}

.post blockquote {
	color:#666;
	background:#F4F4EC;
	padding:6px 14px;
	margin:18px 35px;
	border-right:1px solid #DDD;
	border-bottom:1px solid #DDD;
	}	

.post ul li {
	list-style:square;
	margin-left:28px;
	}

.post ol li {
	margin-left:28px;
	}

.postmetadata {
	font-size:0.9em;
	color: #ccc;
	}

/* Form Elements */
select {
	background:#f2f2f2;
	border:1px solid #9c9c9c;
	width:100%
	}


.searchfield {
 	width: 100px;

}

input.button {
	background: #333;
	color: white;
	font-weight: normal;
	border: 1px solid #555; 
 	cursor: pointer;
	width: auto;
	height: 20px;
	vertical-align: middle;
	padding-left: 2px;
	padding-right: 2px;
 	overflow: visible;
	}

		
input.button:hover {
	background: #555;
	}

input[type="text"], textarea {
	background: black;
	color: #BBB;
	border: 1px solid #333;
	padding-top: 1px;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

#email, #url {
	margin-left: 8px;	
	}

/* Float Properties*/
.clearfloat:after {
	display:block;
	visibility:hidden;
	clear:both;
	height:0;
	content:".";
	}

.clearfloat {
	display:inline-block;
	}	

.clearfloat {
	display:block;
	}
	


/******************************************

*   Footer                        

******************************************/



#footer{
	margin: 0 auto;
	font-size:0.9em;
	text-align:center;
	padding:25px 0 10px 0;
	color: #222;
	background:url(images/backgrounds/bg_bottom.jpg) no-repeat top center;
	background-position: center 10px;

	}
	
#footer a{
	color: #666666;
	}


#recent .date {
	color: #999;
}


.contextual {
	font-size: 0.8em;
	float: right;
	letter-spacing: 0em;
	text-transform: none;
	color: #777;
}