/*  


*/

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 75%;
	font-family: arial, georgia, verdana;
	text-align: center;
} 

h1 {
	font-size: 2em;
}
h2 {
	font-size: 1.6em;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 1.4em;
}
h4 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
a {
	color: #3F549B;
	outline: none;
	text-decoration: none;
font-weight: normal
}

a:hover {
	color: #3F549B;
font-weight: normal
}

/* =----------------------------------- oh the convenience */
#wrapper {
	/* 
		sets the minimum(s) for the entire site
		off of which everything else is based on
	*/
	font-size: 1.1em;
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li a {
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
	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: #FFFFFF;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	color: #777;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
.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: #3F549B;
}
.post h2 {
	line-height: 1.2em;
 line-height: 1.75;
            color:#222222;
            margin-bottom: 10px;
            padding-bottom: 10px; 
            border-bottom: solid 1px #777;
            position: relative;

}
.entry a,
.secondaryColumn a,
#commentsContainer h3 a,
.commentlist .comment-author a {
	border-bottom: 0px solid #ddd;
	color: #3F549B;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.entry a:hover,
.secondaryColumn a:hover,
#commentsContainer h3 a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-author a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-meta a:hover {
	color: #3F549B;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #3F549B;
}
.secondaryColumn a {
	font-weight: normal;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	background: #F7F7F7;
	margin: 0 15px 15px 15px;
	padding: 10px 20px 0 15px;
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.entry blockquote {
	font-style: normal;
}
.secondaryColumn h3,
#commentsContainer h3 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
	color: #3F549B;
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta a {
	color: #777;
}
.commentlist .comment-author cite {
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
#commentform p span input,
#commentform span textarea {
	color: #333;
	font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;
	font-size: 1em;
}
#paginateIndex {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
#footer p a {
	font-weight: normal;
	color:#333;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main structure */
#wrapper {
	border-top: 0px solid #3F549B;
	margin: 20px auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 750px;
	padding: 0 5px;
}
#masthead {
	padding: 7px 0
}
#filler {}
#mainColumn {

	float:left;
    padding: 0 20px;
    width: 505px;
    min-height: 594px;
}
.secondaryColumn {
	float: right;
	margin: 28px 0 0 30px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 175px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- header elements */
#masthead h1 {
	float: left;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
#masthead h1 a {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: 400px;
}
#blogLead img {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	border: 0px solid #bbb;
	float: right;
	height: 42px;
	margin: 0 7px;
	padding: 2px;
	width: 42px;
}

#authorIntro {
	float: right;
	margin: 8px 0 0 0;
	width: 340px;
color:#FFFFFF;
}

/* =----------------------------------- top + bottom navigation */
.navStripWrapper {
	position: relative;
}
.nav {
	background: #C0C0C0;
}
.nav li {
	border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
	display: block;
	float: left;
}
.nav li a {
	display: block;
	padding: 7px 4px 0 7px;
	width: 110px;
	height: 42px;
}
.nav li a span {}
.nav li a:hover {
	background: #333;
font-weight: normal
}
.nav li a.focus {
	background: #ffffff;
}
.nav li.searchField {
	float: right;
	border: 0;
}
.nav .searchField div {
	margin: 9px 8px 0 0;
}
.nav .searchField span {
	background: #fff;
	border: 0px solid #ccc;
	border-left-color: #bbb;
	border-bottom-color: #bbb;
	display: block;
	padding: 2px;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	border: 0px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px;
	width: 220px;
}
.toggleCategories {
	background: #ffffff;
}
.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: 0px solid #ccc;
	text-align: right;
	margin-bottom: 14px;
	position: relative;
}
.postMeta .container {
	position: absolute;
	top: -9px;
	right: 0;
}
.postMeta span.date {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 0 4px;
}
.postMeta span.comments {
	background: #FFFFFF url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat 2px -0px;
	padding-left: 18px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- general post */
.post {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.post h2 {margin: 20px;
	
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.post h2 a {
	display:block;
}

/* =----------------------------------- entry body */
.entry {
	padding: 0 3px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.entry p {
	line-height: 1.6em;
	margin: 10px 0;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	margin: 0 14px;
}
.entry ol {
	list-style: none;
}
.entry ul li,
.entry ol li {
	margin: 0 0 0px 0px;
}
.entry ul li {
	list-style: none;
}
.entry blockquote {
	background: #F7F7F7;
	margin: 0 15px 15px 15px;
	padding: 10px 20px 0 15px;
	border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.entry img,
.entry a img {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 5px;
}
.entry a:hover img {
	border-color: #3F549B;
}

.entry.meta {
	background: #ffffff;
	border: 0px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 0px 0;
}
.entry.meta p {
	margin: 5px 7px;
}
.entry.meta .highlight {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 10px;
}
.entry.meta a {
	color: #333;
	border-color: #bbb;
}
.entry.meta a:hover {
	color: #3F549B;
	border-color: #000;
font-weight: normal
}

/* =----------------------------------- 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: #FFFFFF;
	border: 0px solid #ddd;
font-weight: normal;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #aaa;
font-weight: normal;
}
#paginateIndex a:hover,
.commentlist li .reply a:hover {
	color: #3F549B;
	border-color: #3F549B;
	background: #ffffff;
}

/* =----------------------------------- widget enabled sidebar */
.secondaryColumn h3 {
	border-top: 0px solid #ccc;
	border-bottom: 0px solid #FE9A2E;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px;
}
.widgetContainer {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.widgetContainer ul li {
	margin: 0 3px 7px 20px;
	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: normal;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}
#wp-calendar thead {}
#wp-calendar thead th {
	padding: 4px 0 4px 3px;
	border: 0px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 0px 0;
}
#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0 4px 3px;
	color: #777;
}
#wp-calendar td a {
	font-weight: normal;
}

/* =----------------------------------- 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: 0px solid #3F549B;
}
.cancel-comment-reply {
	position: absolute;
	top: -0px;
	right: 4px;
}
.commentlist {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .comment-author {
	border-top: 0px 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 {
	border-top: 1px solid #3F549B;
	margin: 35px 0;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 14px 3px 0; 
}

/* =----------------------------------- floats + clearing rule */
.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;
}
a img {border:none}
}
img.centered {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
img.alignright {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
display: inline;
}
img.alignleft {
padding: 4px;
margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
display: inline;
}
.alignright {
float: right;
}
.alignleft {
float: left;
}
#nav .dim {
                filter: alpha(opacity=50); 
                -moz-opacity: 0.5; 
                opacity: 0.5;
                margin: 0px 3px;
            }
 
	 h1 {
	        color: #232323;
	        margin: 0 0 0 0;
	        font-weight: normal;
	        font-size: 2.4em;
                font-family:georgia;
	        letter-spacing: -1px;
	    }
 
	    h1 a {
	        color: #555;
            text-decoration: none;}
	    
	    #description {
	        color: #888;
	        line-height: 1.4;
	        margin-bottom: 30px;
                border-top:1px dotted #aaa;
                border-bottom:1px dotted #aaa;
                width:440px;
                padding-top:5px;
                padding-bottom:5px;
	    }
	
			#searchresultcount { 
				margin: 15px 0;
				text-align: center;
			}
	    
	    .date {
	        margin: 36px 0px 40px 0px;
	        color: #232323;
	        font-size: 1.7em;
                font-family:georgia;
	        text-align: center;
	        text-transform: uppercase;
	    }
	    
	    div.post {
            line-height: 1.75;
            color:#222222;
            margin-bottom: 22px;
            padding-bottom: 22px; 
            border-bottom: dotted 1px #777;
            position: relative;
        }
 
	    div.post img.permalink {
            border-width: 0px;
            width: 23px;
            height: 9px;
            position: absolute;
            top: 5px;
            right: 5px;
            display: none;
        }
 
            div.post:hover img.permalink {
                display: block;
            }
 
        div.post h2 {
            font-size: 14px;
          
            margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
        }
 
        div.post h2 a {
           
            text-decoration: none;
font-weight: normal
        }
        
 
        a {
            color: #3F549B;
            text-decoration:none;
font-weight: normal
        }
 
        a:hover{ color:#00;
}

	.addtoany_share_save_container{margin:16px 0;}
	ul.addtoany_list{
		display:inline;
		list-style-type:none;
		margin:0 !important;
		padding:0 !important;
		text-indent:0 !important;
	}
	ul.addtoany_list li{
		background:none !important;
		border:0;
		display:inline !important;
		line-height:32px;
		list-style-type:none;
		margin:0 !important;
		padding:0 !important;
	}
	ul.addtoany_list li:before{content:"";}
	ul.addtoany_list li a{padding:0 9px;}
	ul.addtoany_list img{
		float:none;
		border:0;
		margin:0;
		padding:0;
		vertical-align:middle;
	}
	ul.addtoany_list a img{
		opacity:.7;
		filter:alpha(opacity=70);
	}
	ul.addtoany_list a:hover img, ul.addtoany_list a.addtoany_share_save img{
		opacity:1;
		filter:alpha(opacity=100);
	}
	a.addtoany_share_save img{border:0;width:auto;height:auto;}