/*- Page Structure */

body {
	font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
	font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	color: #000;
	background-color: #ccc;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 20px 0 30px;
	}

#page {
	background: #fff url('/images/bg/sidebg.gif') repeat-y; 	/* Faux Columns Trick, this background is the 'border' on the sidebars */
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0 10px 10px 10px;
	position: relative;
	/* The entire template's width is set in this class. */
	width: 885px;
	_width: 875px;
	min-height: 5000px;
	_height: 5000px;
	}
#header {
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	position: relative;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
	height: 180px;
	background: #fff;
	_background-position: 95% 100%;
	}

.primary {
	width: 480px;
	min-width: 480px;
	_width: 480px; /* IE Hack */
	float: left;
	padding: 20px 0px 10px 0px;
	margin-top: -15px;
	}

/*.secondary {
	position: relative;
	top: -4px;
	_top: 0;
	font: 1em/1.5em 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	padding: 0;
	margin-left: 495px;
	width: 390px;
	color: #666;
	/* The following are IE Fixes *//*
	_left: -3px;
	_margin-right: -130px;
	_width: 350px;
	background: transparent;
	}*/

.secondary {
	position: relative;
	font: 1em/1.5em 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	padding: 0;
	margin-left: 495px;
	width: 390px;
	color: #666;
	/* The following are IE Fixes */
	_left: -3px;
	_margin-right: -150px;
	_width: 380px;
	background: transparent;
	}

/* Headings */


	
.primary h3, .primary h4 { /* H3 is entry headlines. H4 is comments and replyform headlines */
	font-size: 2em;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	display: inline;
	}
	
.primary img {
	_position: relative;
	}
	
/*#top_sidebar {
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
	_margin-bottom: 5px;
	background: white;
	height: 280px;
}*/

#top_sidebar {
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #c0c0c0;
	_margin-bottom: 5px;
	background: white;
	height: 245px;
	padding-top: 45px;
	/* for democracy */
	/*
	padding: 25px 0px 0px 110px;
	*/
	}

	

	/* Calculating height and padding-top for #top_sidebar:
	   The height of the block is basically 280px. When there is no padding, set height to 280px.
	   To vertically center what's being put in here ('contents'):
	   A) First count the height of the contents. Call this A.
	   B) Padding-top = 140 - 0.5(A)
	   C) Height = 280 - (padding-top).
	   All measurements are in pixels.
   */
		
#left_sidebar {
	position: absolute;
	left: 0; top: 290px;
	margin-top: 0;
	width: 120px;
	float: left;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 6px 0 6px;
	background: transparent;
}

#left_sidebar p {
	margin-top: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#left_sidebar .g a, #left_sidebar .g:link {
	color: black;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#left_sidebar .domain {
	color: #c0c0c0;
}

#left_sidebar ul {
	padding: 5px;
}
	
#right_sidebar {
	position: absolute;
	top: 290px;
	right: 0;
	float: right;
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
	width: 250px;
	_width: 240px;
	background: transparent;
}

#right_sidebar ul {
	padding: 5px;
}

#right_sidebar .menuheader {
	font-size: 15px;
	background-color: #ccc;
	padding: 5px;
	padding-top: 0;
	margin-top: 0;
}

img.noborder {
	border: none;
}

/*original - */

.external_headlines ul, .external_headlines li {
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
}


.external_headlines p {
	margin: 0 0 7px 5px;
}


.external_headlines h4 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0 0 2px -2px;
}
.external_headlines ul li h4 a {
	color: #27d;
	/*border: 1px solid green;*/
}


a img {
	border: 0;
}

.primary h3 a:hover {
	color: #27d;
	text-decoration: none;
}

ul.menu {
	right: 0;
}

.alert h2 {
	margin: 0;
}
.alert {
	margin: 0;
}
	


/* Stuff mike added */

/*comment author styling*/

.comments .commentlist li.authorcomment {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	background: #f6f7f8;
	}
	
/*headings for RSS feed in right_sidebar */

.focus {
	background: #F2F2F2;
	border-top: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #BBBBBB;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 5px 20px;
	}
	
/* info for styling comment and rss links */

.metalink a, .metalink a:visited /* The Metalink class takes care of the comments, edit, rss and trackback links next to the titles */
.secondary span a, .secondary span a:visited {
	font-size: .9em;
	text-decoration: none !important;
	}
.metalink a:hover,
.secondary span a:hover {
	color: #27d !important;
	text-decoration: none !important;
	}

/* Begin Asides */
.asides {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;
    background-color: #f2f2f2; 
	padding: 6px 6px 6px 15px;
	font-size: 95%;
	-moz-border-radius: 7pt;
	}

.asides h2 {
	text-align: center;
    color: #88C2FE;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	}	

.asides p {
	margin: 3px 0px 4px 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	}

h4 	{
	font-size:1.3em;
	}	
/* End Asides */	

/* flickr */
.flickr-album {
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
	width: 480px;
	}
				
.flickr-photo {
	border: solid 1px #000000;
	width: 480px;
	/*height: 337.5px;*/
	}

.flickr-thumbnail {
	padding-right: 20px;
	background-color: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #a9a9a9;
	margin: 6px 6px 0px 6px;
	padding: 4px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	}

.flickr-title {
	width: 430px;
	color: #666;
	padding-top: 10px;
	}
/* End Flickr */

/*.comments .commentlist li.authorcomment {
	background: #f2f2f2;
	} */
	
.sb_links {
	position: relative;
	left: -5px;
}

/* Amazon Boxes */
.amazon {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    /*background-color: #f2f2f2; */
	padding: 6px 0px 6px 10px;
	_padding: 6px 2px 6px 2px;
	font: 1.1em/1.5em 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	text-align: center;
	}
/* .amazon a:hover{
	text-decoration: none !important;
	} */

.amazon a:hover img{
	text-decoration: none !important;
	}

.amazon_image:hover {
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: none;
}


/*
.primary {
	border: 2px solid red;
}
.secondary {
	border: 2px solid blue;
}
#right_sidebar {
	border: 1px solid green;
}
#left_sidebar {
	border: 1px solid purple;
}
*/

/* Democracy Plugin */
#democracy ul, #democracy p {
	padding-left: 40% !important;
}

.entryline
{
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}

div.oddcomment
{
	font-size:11px;
	font-weight:normal;
  	line-height:130%;
  	padding:10px;
	margin:0px;
	text-align:left;	
	background-color: #99CC99;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	height: 100%;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;	
}

div.evencomment
{
	font-size:11px;
	font-weight:normal;
  	line-height:130%;
  	padding:10px;
	margin:0px;
	text-align:left;	
	background-color: #C9E4C9;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	height: 100%;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.gravatarthumb 
{
	margin: 0;
	float: right; 
	border: 1px solid #f1f1f1;
	background: #fff;
	background-image: url('/pictorial/images/loading.gif');
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center;		
}