/*  
See "Site Credits" for details. Love.
*/

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	/*background: #fff;*/
	/*background:#ffffff url(images/bg2.gif) background-repeat: repeat-x;*/
	background-image: url(images/bg2.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x;
	color: #333;
	font-size: 62.5%;
	font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	text-align: center;
} 

hr {
	border:dashed #ccc; 
	border-width:1px 0 0 0; 
	height:0;
	line-height:0px;
	font-size:0;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

h1 {
	font-size: 2em;
}
h2 {
	font-size: 1.8em;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 1.4em;
}
h4 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
a {
	color: #000;
	outline: none;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
}

#wrapper {
	/* 
		sets the minimum(s) for the entire site
		off of which everything else is based on
	*/
	font-size: 1.2em;
	line-height: 1.4em;
}
.nav li {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li a {
	font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: 700;
	/*letter-spacing: 1px;*/
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.nav li a span {
	color: #888;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: lowercase;
}
.nav li a.focus span {
	color: #ccc;
}
.nav li a:hover,
.nav li a.focus {
	color: #fff;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	color: #777;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	color: #fff;
}
.toggleCategories li a:hover {
	color: #ccc;
}
.postMeta {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.postMeta span.date {
	color: #777;
}
.postMeta span.comments a,
.postMeta span.date a {
	color: #3c6c92;
}
.post h2 {
	/*line-height: 1.2em;*/
}
.entry a,
.secondaryColumn a,
#commentsContainer h3 a,
.commentlist .comment-author a {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
	color: #3c6c92;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.entry a:hover,
.secondaryColumn a:hover,
#commentsContainer h3 a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-author a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-meta a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.secondaryColumn a {
	font-weight: normal;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	color: #555;
}
.entry blockquote {
	font-style: italic;
}
.secondaryColumn h3,
#commentsContainer h3 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
	color: #3C6C92;
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta a {
	color: #777;
}
.commentlist .comment-author cite {
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
#commentform p span input,
#commentform span textarea {
	color: #333;
	font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 1em;
}
#paginateIndex {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
#footer {
	clear: both;
}

#footer p a {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
	color: #cccccc;
}
#footer p a:hover {
	color: #bbbbbb;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #bbbbbb;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main structure */
#wrapper {
	border-top: 1px dashed #cece2b;
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 30px; 
	text-align: left;
	width: 970px;
	/*background: #fff; 
	padding: 0 5px;*/
}
#masthead {
	padding: 7px 0
	
}
#filler {
	/*border-top: 1px dashed #cece2b;*/
}
#mainColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 28px 0 0 0;
	width: 505px;
}
.secondaryColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 25px 0 0 30px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 200px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- header elements */

#masthead {
	background-image:url(images/logo_02_502x95.jpg);
	background-position:left center;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	height:110px;
}


#masthead h1 {
	float: left;
	margin: 15px 0 0 7px;
}
#masthead h1 a {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: 400px;
}
#blogLead img {
	background: #fff;
	/*border: 1px solid #bbb;*/
	float: right;
	*/height: 42px;*/
	margin: 0 7px;
	padding: 2px;
} 
#authorIntro {
	float: right;
	margin: 8px 0 0 0;
	width: 340px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- top + bottom navigation */
.navStripWrapper {
	position: relative;
	clear: both;
}
.nav {
	margin: 20px 0px 30px 0px;
	/*background: #fff;*/
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd;
	
}
.nav li {
	border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
	display: block;
	float: left;
}

.nav li.last {
	border-right: none;
	display: block;
	float: left;
}
.nav li a {
	display: block;
	padding:10px 15px 10px;
	width:auto;
	/*height: 20px;*/
	/*height: 42px;*/
}
.nav li a span {}
.nav li a:hover {
	background: #cece2b;
}
.nav li a.focus {
	/*background: #3c6c92;*/
	background: #ffffff;
}
.nav li.searchField {
	float: right;
	border: 0;
}
.nav .searchField div {
	margin: 0px 8px 0 0;
}
.nav .searchField span {
	background: #fff;
	border-left-color: #f2f2f2;
	border-bottom-color: #f2f2f2;
	display: block;
	padding: 2px;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	border: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px;
	width: 220px;
}
.toggleCategories {
	background: #3c6c92;
}
.toggleCategories ul,
.toggleCategories2 ul {
	padding: 8px 7px 7px;
}
.toggleCategories ul li {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 102px;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	margin: 3px 0 4px 5px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- meta lead for each post */
.postMeta {
	border-top: 1px dashed #cece2b;
	text-align: right;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	position: relative;
}
.postMeta .container {
	position: absolute;
	top: -9px;
	right: 0;
}

.postMeta span.comments {
	background: #fff url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat 2px -1px;
	font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	padding-left: 18px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- general post */
.post {
	font-family: Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;
	margin: 0 0 21px 0;
}
.post .date { 
	margin-top: 2px;
	border-top: 1px dashed #cece2b;
	color: #cccccc;
	text-align: right;
	padding: 3px 0px 15px 0px;
}
.post h2 { 
	/*font-size:1.2em;*/
	margin-bottom: 12px;
	padding: 0 3px;
	
}
.post h2 a {
	display:block;
	/*text-transform: uppercase;*/
	color:#333333;
	font-weight:300;
	text-align:left;
	width:100%;
}

/* =----------------------------------- entry body */
.entry {
	padding: 0 3px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.entry p {
	line-height: 1.3em;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	margin: 10px 0;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	margin: 0 14px;
}
.entry ol {
	list-style: decimal;
}
.entry ul li,
.entry ol li {
	margin: 0 0 7px 18px;
}
.entry ul li {
	list-style: circle;
}
.entry blockquote {
	border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-size: 1.1em;
	line-height: 1.4em;
	margin-left: 21px;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
.entry img,
.entry a img {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	/*padding: 2px;*/
}
.entry a:hover img {
	border: 1px dashed #cece2b;
}

.entry.meta {
	background: #fcfcfc;
	border: 1px dashed #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	font-family: helvetica, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}
.entry.meta p {
	margin: 10px 7px;
}
.entry.meta .highlight {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 11px;
}
.entry.meta a {
	color: #333;
	font-size: 11px;
	border-color: #bbb;
	
}
.entry.meta a:hover {
	color: #000;
	border-color: #000;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main index pagination */
#paginateIndex { 
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}
#paginateIndex a,
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #777;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	display: block;
	padding: 4px 7px 3px;
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #aaa;
}
#paginateIndex a:hover,
.commentlist li .reply a:hover {
	color: #3c6c92;
	border-color: #3c6c92;
	background: #eee;
}

/* =----------------------------------- widget enabled sidebar */
.secondaryColumn h3 {
	/*border-top: 1px solid #cece2b;*/
	color:#555555;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #ccc; 
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px;
}
.widgetContainer {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.widgetContainer ul li {
	margin: 0 3px 7px 21px;
	list-style: circle;
}
.widgetContainer ul li ul {
	margin-top: 5px;
}
.widgetContainer .textwidget {
	margin: 0 3px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}
.widgetContainer #wp-calendar {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	width: 100%;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}
#wp-calendar thead {}
#wp-calendar thead th {
	padding: 4px 0 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
}
#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0 4px 3px;
	color: #777;
}
#wp-calendar td a {
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* =----------------------------------- style some comments */
#commentsContainer {
	margin-bottom: 30px;
}
#commentsContainer span.hook {
	position: relative;
	display: block;
}
#commentsContainer h3 {
	display: block;
	margin: 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #3c6c92;
}
.cancel-comment-reply {
	position: absolute;
	top: -1px;
	right: 4px;
}
.commentlist {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .comment-author {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding-top: 7px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.commentlist .comment-author img.avatar {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	height: 16px;
	width: 16px;
	margin: 0 4px 0 0;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist li .reply {
	text-align: right;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	display:inline;
}
.commentlist li p {
	margin: 1em 0;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.commentlist li ul,
.commentlist li ol,
.commentlist li blockquote {
	margin: 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .children {
	margin: 0 0 0 40px;
}
.commentlist .children li {
	list-style: none;
}
#commentform .contain {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	padding: 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-left-color: #bbb;
	border-bottom-color: #bbb;
	background: #fff;
	margin-right: 4px;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px 3px;
	width: 160px;
}
#commentform p label {
	margin: 4px 0 0 0;
}
#commentform textarea {
	float: none;
	width: 98%;
	overflow: auto;
}

/* =----------------------------------- boring footer */
#footer {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	border-top: 1px dashed #cece2b;
	margin: 35px 0;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 14px 3px 0; 
}
.credits { 
	margin-top: 2px;
	color: #cccccc;
	text-align: left;
}

/* =----------------------------------- floats + clearing rule */
.floatleft,
.alignleft {
	float: left;
	margin: 3px 7px 0 0;
}
.floatright,
.alignright {
	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;
}