*
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

body
{
    background: url(images/bg.jpg) repeat-x #FFF;
    color: #435F73;
    font: 11px "Trebuchet MS" , Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
}

/**** GENERAL STYLES ****/

a
{
    color: #435F73;
}

p
{
    line-height: 1.5em;
    padding: 4px 0;
}

b, strong
{
    color: #000;
}

i, em
{
    font-family: Georgia, serif;
}

#mainContent ul, #mainContent ol
{
    line-height: 1.5em;
    margin: 5px 0 5px 50px;
}

#mainContent ul li
{
    list-style-image: url(images/b.gif);
}

blockquote
{
    background: url(images/q.gif) no-repeat;
    font: 12px Georgia, serif;
    font-style: italic;
    margin: 10px 0 10px 20px;
    padding: 0 60px 0 30px;
    text-align: left;
}

code
{
    background: #E5EDF7;
    border-top: 1px solid #84B0D3;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #84B0D3;
    padding: 2px 4px 0 4px;
}

input, textarea
{
    background: #84B0D3;
    border: none;
    color: #000;
    padding: 4px 2px;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
{
    color: #6998C6;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.4em;
}

h5, h6
{
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

h1
{
    font-size: 20px;
}

h2
{
    font-size: 18px;
}

h3
{
    font-size: 16px;
}

h4
{
    font-size: 14px;
}

h5
{
    font-size: 12px;
}

h6
{
    font-size: 10px;
}

/**** GENERAL LAYOUT ****/

#topBackground
{
    background: url(images/header.jpg) top center no-repeat;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding-top: 440px;
    width: 960px;
}

#container
{
    margin: 0 auto;
    text-align: left;
    width: 680px;
}

#header h1
{
    font-size: 48px;
    font-weight: normal;
    letter-spacing: -3px;
    padding-left: 24px;
}

#header h2
{
    color: #d3312f;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: normal;
    padding-right: 70px;
    text-align: right;
}

#header a
{
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#miniMenu
{
    height: 20px;
    float: right;
    font-size: 10px;
    padding-right: 70px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

#miniMenu li
{
    display: inline;
    margin: 0 1px;
}

#miniMenu a
{
    background: #000;
    color: #FFF;
    padding: 2px 4px;
}

#miniMenu a:hover
{
    background: #435F73;
    color: #B1DEFF;
}

#sidebar
{
    float: right;
    width: 200px;
    padding: 110px 0 0 20px;
    margin-right: 2px;
}

#mainContent
{
    margin: 0 220px 0 20px;
}

.blog
{
    background: url(images/blog_top.jpg) top center no-repeat;
    margin-top: 30px;
}

.blogHeader h2 a
{
    color: #FFF;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.blogHeader h2 a:hover
{
    color: #B1DEFF;
}

.blogHeader h3, .blogHeader h3 a
{
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 2em;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.blogHeader h3 a:hover, #footer a:hover
{
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.blogHeader h2
{
    color: #d3312f;
    font-size: 16pt;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.blogHeader h3
{
    color: white;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.blog2
{
    background: url(images/blog_bottom.jpg) bottom center no-repeat;
    padding: 6px 15px;
    text-align: justify;
}

h3.blogMeta, h3.blogMeta a
{
    color: #FFF;
    font-size: 11px;
    height: 11px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 8px;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
}

h3.blogMeta a:hover
{
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.blogTags
{
    float: left;
}

/**** SIDEBAR STYLES & LAYOUT ****/

#sidebar h3
{
    color: #FFF;
    font-size: 22px;
    font-weight: normal;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

#sidebar ul
{
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 20px;
}

#sidebar li
{
    line-height: 2em;
    font-size: 13px;
    color: White;
}

#sidebar li a
{
    color: #B1DEFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#sidebar li a:hover
{
    color: #FFF;
}

#sidebar li.sbContent h3
{
    margin-top: 10px;
}

#sidebar li.sbContent p
{
    border-left: 4px solid #84B0D3;
    color: #FFF;
    font-size: 11px;
    padding: 0 20px 0 10px;
}

#search input
{
    margin-top: 10px;
    width: 110px;
}

.sb1
{
    background: url(images/sidebar1.gif) repeat-y;
    margin-top: -20px;
}

.sb1 li.sbb
{
    background: url(images/sidebar_sep1.gif) no-repeat;
    height: 37px;
    margin-left: -20px;
    width: 200px;
}

.sb2
{
    background: url(images/sidebar2.gif) repeat-y;
}

.sb2 li.sbb
{
    background: url(images/sidebar_sep2.gif) no-repeat;
    height: 35px;
    margin-left: -20px;
    width: 200px;
}

.sb3
{
    background: #000;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-bottom: -10px;
}

.sb3 li.sbb
{
    background: url(images/sidebar_base.gif) no-repeat;
    height: 16px;
    margin-left: -20px;
    width: 200px;
}

#comments
{
    margin: 10px 0 0 18px;
}

#comments h3
{
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 2em;
}

#postComment input, #postComment textarea
{
    border: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #435F73;
    background: #E5EDF7;
    font-size: 13px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    padding: 2px;
}

#postComment textarea
{
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-right: -1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 417px;
}

#postComment p.b
{
    text-align: right;
}

#postComment button
{
    background: #84B0D3;
    border: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #435F73;
    border-right: 1px solid #435F73;
    color: #FFF;
    margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
    padding: 4px;
}

#mainContent #commentList
{
    color: #84B0D3;
    font-size: 32px;
    list-style: decimal outside;
    margin-left: 36px;
}

#commentList .aComment
{
    color: #435F73;
    font-size: 11px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#commentList .aComment p.commentMeta
{
    background: #84B0D3;
    color: #B1DEFF;
    font-size: 16px;
    height: 32px;
    line-height: 32px;
    padding: 8px;
}

#commentList .aComment p.commentMeta a
{
    color: #B1DEFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#commentList .aComment p.commentMeta a:hover
{
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#commentList .aComment p.commentDate
{
    color: #84B0D3;
    font-size: 10px;
    margin-top: -10px;
    text-align: right;
}


#footer
{
    background: url(images/footer.jpg) bottom left no-repeat;
    height: 27px;
    margin-left: 24px;
    margin-top: 20px;
}

#footer p
{
    color: white;
    padding: 8px 0 0 0;
    text-align: center;
}

#footer a
{
    color: red;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.floatR
{
    float: right;
}

.floatL
{
    float: left;
}

.clearfloat
{
    clear: both;
}