acronym, abbr {
	cursor: help;
	font-size:90%;
 	letter-spacing:.07em;
}

img {
	border: none;
}

a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #990000;
}

cite {
	font-size:90%;
	font-style:normal;
}


/* ---------- Main Content Area - Alignment, Colors, Backgrounds, Sizing, Fonts ---------- */

/* === Generic Blocks === */

body { /* Define main background here as well as font choices. */
	border: none;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
	background: #FFFFFF;
}

#rap { /* Main floating section */
	width:800px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	margin-top: 30px;
	text-align:left;
	background:#ffffff;
	color: #000000;
}  


#header {
	text-align: center;
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	font-style: italic;
	font-variant: normal;
	font: 14px;
	letter-spacing: 0.2em;
	margin: 0 auto;
	height: 177px;
	width: 100%;
}

#header, #header a, #header a:hover {
	color: #000000;
}

#header h1 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 50px 0 0 0;
}

#header .description {
	font: 15px bold;
	width: 400px;
	margin: 2px auto;
	font-style: italic;
}


.tagline   {
	font-size:12px; 
	font-family:arial;
	font-weight:600;
	line-height:120%;
}

.twitternotice {
color:#666633;
font-family:arial;
font-size:10px;
font-weight:600;
line-height:120%;
text-decoration: blink
}


/* === Content Block === */

#content { 
	padding: 10px 0 0 10px;
	float: left;
	width: 570px;
	background: #FFFFFF; /* Background for main content area */
}

#content p, #content li {
	font-size:12px;
}


/* -=- Linkblog (Asides) List Styling -=- */
ul.linkblog {
	list-style-type: disc;
	list-style-image: url(images/listblack.gif);
	margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 20px;
}


/* -=- Content->Post Block -=- */

.storycontent a {
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* Blockquote Transformations */
.post blockquote p {
	margin: 1em;
}

blockquote, .quote {
	overflow: hidden;
	background-color: #E7F7FF;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 1em;
	border: 1px solid #CCC;
	-moz-border-radius: 10px;
}

blockquote cite {
	margin: 0;
	padding-left: 63px;
	font-size: 8pt;
	font-style: normal;
	font-family: tahoma, verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
	background: url(images/source_button.gif) no-repeat 0 0 #E7F7FF;
}

/* Feedback Link Section */
.post .feedback {
	text-align: right;
	clear: both;
	font-size: 13px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.post .feedback .pagelink {
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.post .postdate {
	margin-top: 0;
}

.post h3.storytitle {
	border-bottom: dotted 1px #aaaaaa;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.title  {
	font-size:75%; 
	font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height:120%;
}

/* -=- Entry Navigation Styling -=- */
.navigation {
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 10px auto;
}





/* === Menu Block === */

#menu {
	background:#CCCC99 url(images/rounded_top.gif) no-repeat top left; 
	padding: 10px 0 0px 0px;
	margin: 0 0 0 590px;
	width:204px;
	border-left: none;	
}



#searchform {
	margin: 0;
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

#searchform #s {
	margin-right: 5px;
	width: 100px; height: 16px;
}

#menu .widget {
	color: #000;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family:arial, sans-serif;
	margin: 30px 10px 30px 10px;
}

#menu ul {
	padding: 0; margin: 0 4px 0 20px;
	}

#menu ul li {
	font-size: 10pt;
	}	

#menu ul ul {
	margin-left: 10px;
	}

#menu ul ul li {
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	line-height: 100%;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	font-size: 9pt;
}

#menu ul ul ul {
	margin-left: 10px;
	}

#menu ul ul ul li {
	font-size: 8pt;
	}

#menu select {
	margin: 0;
	width: 170px;
	color: #000;
	}

#menu option {
	color: #990000;
	}

#menu h2.title {
	margin: 3px 147px 7px 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #990000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	}






/* Hand-coded top-of-sidebar styles */

#menu .homelink a:hover {color:#EEEEBB;}
#menu .homelink a:active {color:#EEEEBB;}
#menu .authorlinkbottom a:hover {color:#EEEEBB;}
#menu .authorlinkbottom a:active {color:#EEEEBB;}
#menu .catlink a:hover {color:#EEEEBB;}
#menu .catlink a:active {color:#EEEEBB;}

#menu .homelink a  {
        font-family: arial, sans-serif;
        margin: 3px 15px 1px 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #666633;
	}



#menu .authorlinkbottom a  {
        font-family: arial, sans-serif;
        margin: 18px 15px 6px 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
        padding-top: 4px;
	font-size: .85em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #990000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	}

#menu .catlink  {
        font-family: arial, sans-serif;
        margin: 1px 15px 1px 20px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;
	color: #999966;
	}


#menu .catlink a  {
	color: #000000;
	font-size: .65em;
	}

	


/* Specific Widget Customization */


#menu .wp_cumulus_widget h2.title {
	margin: 3px 145px 7px 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #990000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	}

#menu .widget_archive h2.title {
	margin: 3px 115px 7px 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #990000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	}



.widget_categories a, .widget_pages a, .widget_listAuthors a, .widget_links a {
	color: #000;
	}

.widget_categories a:hover, .widget_pages a:hover, .widget_listAuthors a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
	}

#menu .widget_categories    { 
        margin: 0px 10px 5px 10px;
        }

#menu .widget_categories  h2.title  { 
        font-size: 1px;
        border-bottom: none;
        }

#menu .widget_simple_searchform    { 
        margin: 15px 10px 45px 10px;
        }

#menu .widget_simple_searchform   h2.title  { 
        border-bottom: none;
        }

#menu .widget_archive    { 
        margin: 0px 10px 5px 10px;
        }

.widget ul .children {
	font-weight: normal;
	}

#menu .widget_links  h2.title  { 
	margin: 3px 35px 7px 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;
	color: #990000;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;
	text-transform: lowercase;
        }


#menu .widget_links {
	color: #000;
	font-weight: normal;
        font-size: .80em;
	font-family:arial, sans-serif;
	margin: 4px 4px 4px 10px;
}



#menu #wp-calendar, #menu #wp-calendar caption {
	margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
	font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}


#menu .widget_calendar {
	margin: 0 10px 30px 10px;
	}


#menu .widget_calendar h2.title  { 
        font-size: 1px;
        border-bottom: none;
        }



#menu .widget_links ul li {
        font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	font-size: .85em;
        font-weight: normal;
	color: #999966;
	}	


/* ---------- Multi/General Use Classes ---------- */

.center {
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

.fright {
	float: right;
}

.fleft {
	float: left;
}

.gravatar {
	position: relative;
	float: right;
	margin: 0 0 2px 5px;
	padding: 0;
	border: 1px solid black;
}

#blogtimes {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 25px auto 0 auto;
}

.storycontent .imgborder {
	text-align: center;
	font-weight: bold;
	background-color: #ddd;
	padding: 10px;
	font-size: 10px;
	border: 1px solid black;
}

.storycontent .imgleft {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 5px 0 0;
	display: inline;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.storycontent .imgright {
	float: right;
	margin: 0 0 0 5px;
	display: inline;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight: bold;
}

img.alignleft {
	float: left;
	padding: 5px;
	}

img.alignright {
	float: right;
	padding: 5px;
	}

/* ---------- Footer ---------- */
.credit {
	background: #dddddd;
	border: 2px solid #000000;
	border-top: 0;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 9px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: center;
	clear: both;
	padding: 3px 0px;
	width: 800px;
}

.credit a:link, .credit a:hover {
	color: #000000;
}

/* ---------- Comment Area Styling ---------- */
#commentform textarea {
	width:100%;
}

.comment-wrapper, .comment-wrapper-odd, .section {
	display: block;
	font-family: lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #222;
	font-size: small;
	font-weight: normal;
	background: #F9F9F9;
	line-height: 120%;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	margin-left: 5px;		
	border: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
	-moz-border-radius: 10px;
}
					  
.comment-wrapper-odd {
	background: #FAF5F5;
}

.comment-wrapper-odd:hover, .comment-wrapper:hover {
	background: #EEF5F0;
}

.comment-wrapper:hover > .comment-posted, .comment-wrapper-odd:hover > .comment-posted {
	background: #FAFFF5;
}

.comment-wrapper p, .comment-wrapper-odd p {
	margin: 10px 0;
	padding: 0 0 0 5px;
}

.comment-posted {
	top: 1px;
	position: relative;
	color: #000;
	background: #F0F0F0;
	font-family: tahoma, verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: x-small;
	padding: 1px 1px 1px 5px;
	margin: 0;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;
	clear: both;
}

.comment-wrapper-odd .comment-posted {
	background: #F5EBEB;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 10px;
}

.googleads {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 15px 0 15px 0;
}

/* ---------- Nice Tooltips Styling ---------- */
div.nicetitle {
	background-color: #333;
	color: #fff;
	font: bold 13px "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	left: 0;
	padding: 4px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	width: 25em;
	z-index: 20;
        -moz-border-radius: 8px;
        -webkit-border-radius: 8px;
        border-radius: 8px;
	opacity: .57;
	/* changes: */
	min-width: 300px;
	width: auto;
	height: auto;
        filter:alpha(opacity=57);
}
	
div.nicetitle p {
    margin: 0;
	padding: 0 3px;
	opacity: 1;
}

div.nicetitle p.destination {
    font-size: 9px;
    padding-top: 3px;
	text-align: left;
	opacity: 1;
}

div.nicetitle p span.accesskey {
	color: #d17e62;
}


ul.sidebar_list { list-style: none; }

.footfont {font-size:55%; font-family:helvetica, sans-serif}