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html>body #content {
	height: auto;
	min-height: 580px;
}

body{
	font-family: Georgia, Serif;
	font-size: 115%;
	line-height: 115%;
    color:#000000;	
	background-color: #bf8440;
	text-align: center;
}

#maincontainer {
	position: relative;
	width: 950px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	background: url('/Media/Images/mainbackground.png') repeat-y;
	z-index: 50;
    text-align: left
}

html>body #maincontainer {
width: 950px;
} 

#contentwrapper {
	float: left;
	width: 100%;
		}
#MainContent {
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 30;
	margin-top: 285px;
	width: 265px;
	margin-left: -950px;
        z-index: 160;
}
#RightColumn {
	margin-left: 265px;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 40;
	margin-top: 355px;
	width: 685px;
	background: url('/Media/Images/BackRD.png');
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:center center;
    z-index: 155;
}

#footer {
	clear: left;
	width: 100%;
	color: #FFFFFF;
    min-height: 115px;	
	text-align: right;
	background: url('/Media/Images/bottomcurve.png');
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center bottom;
	overflow: visible;
}

.tweet {
	position: relative;
	top: -31px;
}

.smallsocial {
	position: relative;
	height: 20px;
}

.storycontent {
	position: relative;
    overflow: visible;
    min-height: 630px;
    left: -26px;
    background: url('/Media/Images/RDsigtall.png');
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position: left bottom;
    padding-bottom: 100px;
    padding-left: 55px;
    z-index: 525;
    margin-bottom: 77px;
}

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.tweetbox {
	position: relative;
	left: 0px;
	width: 255px;
	}
	
.tweettop {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/tweettop.png) top no-repeat;
	width: 255px;
	height: 29px;
	}

.thetweet {
	position: relative;
	top: 29px;
	left: 0px;	
	padding-top: 10px;
    background: url('/Media/Images/tweetmiddle.png') repeat-y;
	width: 255px;
	}
	
.tweettext {
	position: relative;
	left: 10px;	
	width: 245px;
	}	

.tweetbottom {
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 0%;
	left: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 9px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/tweetbottom.png) bottom no-repeat;
	width: 255px;
	height: 20px;
	z-index: -1;
	}

img.bottom-right{
    border: 0;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: 10px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    float: right;
}

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.excerptcontent {
	position: relative;
        overflow: visible;
        min-height: 394px;
        left: -26px;
        margin-bottom: -250px;
        padding-left: 55px;
        z-index: 525;
}

.innertube {
	margin-top: 50px;
	text-align: left;
        z-index: 150;
}

body,td,th {
	color: #4E443C;
}

#doc {
	width: 950px;

	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: center top;
}

#navmenu {
        width: 100%;
        height: 59px;
        padding-top: 10px;
        margin-left: -8px;
        padding-right: 8px;
        overflow: visible;
	background-image: url(../../../../Media/Images/blogheader.png);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
#navmenu ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; 
	list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; }
#navmenu li {display: inline; }
#navmenu ul li a {text-decoration:none;  margin: 4px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; color: #4f6a83;
	}
#navmenu ul li a:hover {color: #236baf;
	 }

a, a:link {
	color: #4f6a83;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

a:hover {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration: underline;
	;
}

.now-reading {
        z-index: 5;
}


.now-reading-box {
        position: relative;
        top: -20px;
        z-index: 50;
}

/*---------- bubble tooltip -----------*/
a.tip {
	position: relative;
}

a.tip span {
	display: none;
	position: absolute;
	width: 125px;
	padding: 5px;
    background-image:url(/Media/Images/TransYellow.png); 
	color: #236baf;
	z-index: 1000;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px; /* this works only in camino/firefox */
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px; /* this is just for Safari */
}

a:hover.tip {
	font-size: 99%; /* this is just for IE */
}

a:hover.tip span {
	display: block;
}

/* typography --------------------------------- */

OL{

        font-size: 16px;
        margin-top: .5em; color: #4E443C;
	line-height: 140%;
}

h1
{
	color:#666;
        font-variant: small-caps;
        text-transform: none;
        font-size: 135%;
        margin-bottom: 0;
        margin-top: 0;
        font-style:italic;
}

h2  {

	color:#666;
	font-variant: small-caps;
        text-transform: none;
        font-size: 110%;
        margin-bottom: 0;
        font-style:italic;
	line-height: 115%;
}

h3  {

        text-align: center;
        font-size: 90%;
        font-style: italic;
        font-weight: bold;
        color:#000000;
	line-height: 115%;
}

h4 {

	font-size: 115%;
	line-height: 115%;
}

h5  {

        text-align: center;
        font-size: 70%;
        font-style: italic;
        font-weight: bold;
        color:#000000;
	line-height: 115%;
}

h6
{
	color:#ffffff;
        font-variant: small-caps;
        text-transform: none;
        font-size: 135%;
		padding-right: 25px;
        margin-bottom: 0;
        padding-top: 25px;
        font-style:italic;
		line-height: 120%;
}

p  {

font-size: 16px;
margin-top: .5em; color: #4E443C;
line-height: 140%;
}

para:first-letter {
float:left;
font-size:150%;
font-style:italic; 
line-height:150%;
padding-top:1px;
padding-right:1px;
text-transform: capitalize;
}
p:first-line { line-height: 150%; }

strong, b {

	font-weight: bold;
}

em, i {

	font-style: italic;
}

code {
	font: 1.1em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;
}

samp {
	font: .5em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;
}

acronym, abbr
{
	font-size: 0.9em;
	letter-spacing: .07em;
}


#hd{
	text-align: center;
	padding-top: 24px;
	padding-bottom: 24px
}
#hd h1{
	font-size: 290%;
	color: #FFFFFF;

}

#hd h1 h6 a{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

h3 a:link, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited{
	color: #236baf;
}

h6 a:link, h6 a:hover, h6 a:visited{
	color: #ffffff;
}

ul {
	list-style-type: disc;
	padding-left: 15px;
	margin-left: 10px;
	font-size: 80%;
}

.item {
	padding: 10px;
	padding-top: 20px;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position: right top;
	text-align:left;
	border: 0px #1A1A1A;
	margin-bottom: 1em;
        z-index: 5;
	;
	
}

.item ul {
	list-style-type: disc;
	padding-left: 15px;
	margin-left: 10px;
	font-size: 80%;
}


.item ol{
	list-style-type: decimal;
	padding-left: 15px;
	margin-left: 10px;
	font-size: 80%;
}

.itemhead{
	text-align: left;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;

}


.chronodata {
	display: inline;
	text-align: right;
	margin-left: 2em;
	font-size: 100%;
}


.itemhead h3{
	display: inline;
}


input{
	font-size: 80%;
}

.metadata{
	line-height: 190%;
	font-size: 75%;
}

.metadata a:link, .metadata a:hover, .metadata a:visited{
	color: #4f6a83;
}

.tags, .catagory {

	display: block;

}

/** The Post Thumbnails Container **/
.post-thumbnail {
float: left;
margin: 0 20px 0 20px;
}

.aligncenter,
div.aligncenter {
   display: block;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
}

.alignleft {
   float: left;
}

.alignright {
   float: right;
}

.medthumb {
	float: left;
	vertical-align: top; 
	margin: 5px 20px 5px 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 20px;
    border-radius: 20px;
}

.title {
	color:#4f6a83;
        font-variant: small-caps;
        text-transform: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        margin-bottom: 0;
        margin-top: 0;
        font-style:italic;
}

.gravatar {
	   position: absolute;
	   left: 0%;
	   top: -29px;

}

.gravatar1 {
	   position: absolute;
	   left: 0%;
	   top: -29px;
}

.gravatar2 {
	   position: absolute;
	   left: 0%;
	   top: -29px;
}

.sideimages img {
	width: 50px;
	height: 50px;
	float: left;
	vertical-align: top; 
	margin: auto 10px auto auto;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

.topthumb img {
	width: 120px;
	height: 120px;
	position: relative;
	left: 540px;
	top: -424px;
	z-index: -2;
	}
	
.searchimg img {
	width: 150px;
	height: 150px;
	float: left;
	vertical-align: top; 
	margin: auto 10px 10px 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 20px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 20px;
    border-radius: 20px;
}

.gravatar img {
	width: 55px;
height: 55px;
     -moz-border-radius: 20px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 20px;
    border-radius: 20px;
}

.gravatar1 img {
position:absolute;
	width: 55px;
height: 55px;
	   clip:rect(25px,55px,55px,0px);
}

.gravatar2 img {
position:absolute;
	width: 55px;
height: 55px;
	   clip:rect(0px,55px,55px,25px);
}

.smthumb {
	   float: left;
	vertical-align: top; 
  margin: auto 10px auto auto;
       -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -khtml-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

.alignleft {
   float: left;
}

.wp-caption {
   border: 1px solid #ddd;
   text-align: center;
   background-color: #f3f3f3;
   padding-top: 4px;
   margin: 10px;
   /* optional rounded corners for browsers that support it */
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
   -khtml-border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
   font-size: 11px;
   line-height: 17px;
   padding: 0 4px 5px;
   margin: 0;
}

/* comments --------------------------------- */

ol.commentlist {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	margin-top: -50px;
	}

.commentlist .thecomment {
	position: relative;
	left: -50px;
	}
	
.commentlist .top {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/comment_top.png) top no-repeat;
	width:548px;
	height: 100px;
	}
	
.commentlist .swoosh {
	position: relative;
	top: 46px;
	z-index: 10;
	background: url(/Media/Images/comment_swoosh.png) top no-repeat;
	width:548px;
	height: 78px;
	}	

	
.commentlist .left {
	position: relative;
	top: 46px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/comment_left.png) left no-repeat;
	width:97px;
	height: 66px;
	}
	
.commentlist .right {
	position: relative;
	top: -20px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/comment_right.png) right no-repeat;
	width:548px;
	height: 114px;
	}			

.commentlist .commenttext {
	min-height: 100px;
	position: relative;
	top: -158px;
	left: 67px;	
	background:#bf8440;
	width: 404px;
	padding: 20px 5px 5px 5px;
	}

.commentlist .bottom {
	position: relative;
	top: -158px;
	left: 0px;
	background: url(/Media/Images/comment_bottom.png) bottom no-repeat;
	width:548px;
	height: 141px;
	margin-bottom: -254px;
	}
	
.commentlist cite {
	position: relative;
	left: 127px;
	top: 108px;
	display:block;
	color: #FFF;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-weight:900;
	padding-bottom:12px;
	font-size:1.1em;
	z-index: 50;
	}

.commentlist a:link, .commentlist a:visited {
	color:#FFF;
	}

.commentlist a:hover, .commentlist a:active {
	color:#FFF;
	}

.commentlist .date {
	position: relative;
	left: 100px;
	}

li.alt {

	}

li.alt .commenttext {
	top: -217px;
	background:#a2d2ba;	
	}	
	
li.alt .thecomment {
left: 170px;
	}	

li.alt cite {
top: 147px;
	color: #4f6a83;
	}	

li.alt  a:link{
	color:#4f6a83;
	}

	li.alt  a:visited{
	color:#4f6a83;
	}
	
li.alt .swoosh {
	top: -13px;
	left: -1px;
	}
		
li.alt .top {
	background: url(/Media/Images/alt_comment_top.png) top no-repeat;
	top: -100px;
	height: 141px;	
	}	
	
li.alt .left {
	background: url(/Media/Images/alt_comment_left.png) left no-repeat;
	top: 0px;
	}	

li.alt .right {
	background: url(/Media/Images/alt_comment_right.png) right no-repeat;
	top: -66px;
	}
	
li.alt .bottom {
	background: url(/Media/Images/alt_comment_bottom.png) top no-repeat;
	top: -217px;	
	margin-bottom: -370px;	
	}
	
li.alt .date {

	left: 280px;

	}



cite{
	font-size: 110%;
}

blockquote {
	margin: 15px 30px 0 10px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	border-left: 5px solid #ddd;
	}

blockquote cite {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	display: block;
}

.navigation {
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	color: #FFFFCC;
}

.navigation a:link, .navigation a:hover, .navigation a:visited{
	color: #FFFFCC;
}

.alignright {
	float: right;
}

.alignleft {
	float: left
}


#secondary, #third{

	background-image: url(/); 
	background-repeat: repeat;
	text-align:left;
	padding: 0px;
	border: 0px #1A1A1A;

}

#secondary h4, #third h4{
	color: #4f6a83;
	font-family: Georgia, Serif;
	margin-top: 5px;
	padding: 3px;

}

#secondary p, #third p{
		padding: 3px;
		font-size: 70%;
}

#searchform {
	clear: both;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	margin-left: 2px;
	padding: 3px;
}

#third {
	margin-left: 9px;
}

#menu {padding:0px 0px 0px 5px;  font-size:100%; border:0px solid #fff }
#menu ul {list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:80%; }
#menu ul li { padding:0; margin:0; border-top:1px solid #4f6a83; }
#menu ul li a { display:block; padding:0px 0px 0px 10px; text-decoration:none; color: #4f6a83; }
#menu ul li a:hover {background: #bf8440; color: #ffffff;}

#thesideposts:hover {background-color:#bf8440; color: #ffffff;}


li .categories, li .linkcat, li .pagenav {
	list-style: disc;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

.yui-nav{
	margin-bottom: -1px;
}

.yui-navset .yui-nav a:hover {
	background-