/*STANDARD ELEMENTS*/

html{
}

body{
background: #BAA054 url(images/corkboard.jpg);
border:0;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}

ul{
list-style:none;
}

h1{
color: #022C4B;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 24px;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;

}

h2{
color: #0B446E;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}

h3{
color: #175F94;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}

p{
margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 140%;
color: black;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 0px;
}

blockquote{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
padding: 5px 15px;
margin: 20px 35px;
color: #333;
border-left: 1px dotted #aaa;
line-height: 150%;
letter-spacing: 0px;
}

a{
text-decoration: none;
}

/*MAIN SECTIONS*/

#container{
background: #6997b9;
border-bottom: solid 20px #022C4B;
margin: 0px;
height: 140px;
}

#content{
width:871px;
min-height: 100%;
padding-top: 00px;
}

#alpha{
position:absolute;
width:605px;
margin-top: 11px;
min-height: 100%;
background: url(images/mainbg_01.png) top left no-repeat;
}

#alpha-inner{
background: url(images/mainbg_02.png) top center repeat-y;
width: 605px;
padding:0px 0px 50px 0px;
margin-top: 45px;
}

#alpha-inner .logo{
text-align: center;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#middlefooter{
background: url(images/mainbg_03.png) bottom center no-repeat;
width: 605px;
height: 45px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 14px;
}

#sidebar{
position:absolute;
width:265px;
padding: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-left: 605px;
min-height: 100%;
}

#footer{
width: 500px;
display: none;
}

/*HEADER SEARCH STYLES*/

input.searchbox{
border: solid 1px #ddd;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 2px 1px 1px 1px;
background: #D0DEE5 url(images/boxbg.png) top left;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
margin: 0px;
}

input.submitbutton{
background: none;
border: none;
font-family: georgia, serif;
background: #022C4B;
color: white;
margin: 0px;
font-size: 14px;
}

/*ENTRY SECTIONS*/

.entry{
margin: 20px 47px 70px 47px;
width: 512px;
}

.byline{
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
clear: both;
}

.postauthor{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 73px 1px 0 1px;
background-position: 1px 1px !important;
float: left;
margin: 0 15px 5px 0;
border: solid 1px #175F94;
}

.name{
margin: 2px 0px 1px 0;
color: #022C4B;
text-decoration: none;
background: #D0DEE5;
width: 67px;
padding:2px 3px;
}

.entry-content{
margin: 0 0 15px 0;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 130%;
color: black;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 0px;
}

.asset-more-link{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight:bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #175F94;
margin: 10px 0 15px 0;
}

.asset-footer {
margin: 0px 0 30px 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #ccccc8;
	background: none;
    padding: 5px 0 0 0;
    color: #666662;
    position: relative;
    line-height: 18px;
    clear: both;
}

.entry-commentcount {
    float: left;
    width: 50px;
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 15px;
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	margin-top: 2px;
}

.entry-commentcount a span {
display: none;
}

.entrynav{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
line-height:120%;
}

/*ENTRY STYLES*/

.name a{
color: #022C4B;
text-decoration: none;
}

.name a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}

.byline h2{
border: none;
color: black;
font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: -2px;
line-height: 90%;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 84px;
padding: 0px 0 0px 0;
text-transform: capitalize;
}

.byline h2 a{
text-decoration: none;
color: #0B446E;
}

.entry-content a{
color: #175F94;
}

.entry-content ul{
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: square;
}

.entry-content li{
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.entry-content a:hover{
background: #EEBD51;
}

.entry-content p img{
padding: 5px;
border: solid 1px darkslategray;
background: lightslategray;
float: right;
margin-left: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.asset-more-link a{
color: #175F94;
text-decoration: none;
}

.entry-commentcount a {
    display: block;    
    padding: 5px 9px 0 0;
    background: url(images/comment-bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
    height: 31px;
	color: #022C4B;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.postinfo p{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: rgb(102, 102, 98);
line-height: 120%;
margin: 0px 0px 3px 0px;
}

.postinfo a{
color: rgb(0, 77, 128);
text-decoration: none;
}

/*SIDEBAR SECTIONS*/

.sidebartitle {
	width: 265px;
	height: 60px;
margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	background: transparent url(images/sidebg_01.png) no-repeat bottom center;
}

.sidebarmiddle {
	width: 265px;
	padding: 5px 0px;
	background-image: url(images/sidebg_02.png);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 130%;
	color: #3B3B3B;
margin: 0px;
}

.sidebarcontent{
padding: 0px 32px;
}


.sidebarfooter
{
	width: 265px;
	height: 32px;
	background: transparent url(images/sidebg_03.png) no-repeat top center;
margin: 0px;
}

/*SIDEBAR STYLES*/

.sidebartitle h2{
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size: 22px;
	color: white;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;
text-align: center;
padding: 13px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.sidebarcontent a{
color: #0B446E;
}
.sidebarcontent a:hover{
background: #afc8db;
}

.sidebarcontent h3{
margin: 10px 0 5px 0;
padding: 0;
}

.sidebarcontent p{
font-size: 12px;
color: #3B3B3B;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0;
line-height: 120%;
font-weight:normal;
}

.sidebarcontent ul{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: square;
}

.sbmini {
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
color: #022C4B;
line-height: 120%;

padding-left; 3px;
font-style: italic;
}

.sidebarcontent li{
padding-left: 0px;
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

.sidebartitle a{
text-decoration: none;
color: #EEBD51;
}

.sidebartitle a:hover{
text-decoration: none;
background: #EEBD51;
color: white;
}

/*LIGHTBOX STYLES*/

.black_overlay{
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 0%;
left: 0%;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
background-color: black;
z-index: 1001;
-moz-opacity: 0.8;
opacity:.80;
filter: alpha(opacity=80);
}

.white_content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 25%;
left: 25%;
width: 50%;
height: 50%;
padding: 16px;
border: 16px solid #EDBD51;
background-color: white;
z-index:1002;
overflow: auto;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
}

.white_content li{
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#floatbox{
background:white;
border: solid 1px gray;
width:66px;
height:22px;
padding:5px;
color: white;
float:right;
margin: 0 16px 0 610px;
position:fixed;
}

<!--
#light p{
width: 560px;
}

#light ul, #light li{
width: 540px;
}
-->

/*TOP TAB NAVIGATION*/

#toptabs {
margin:0px auto;
}
 
#toptabs li {
list-style: none;
float: right;
display: block;
background: #022c4b;
font: 13px Georgia, sans-serif;
margin: 0px 14px 0px 0px;
padding: 5px 7px;
}
 
#toptabs a {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}
 
#toptabs a:hover {
background: none;
color: white;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/*SIDE FEEDBACK TAB*/

.feedback{
background-image: url('images/postit.png') ;
background-position: 2px 50% !important;
position: fixed !important;
display: block !important;
width: 120px !important;
height: 178px !important;
margin: 250px 0 0 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
background-position: 2px 50% !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
text-indent: -9000px;
z-index: 1001;
}

a.feedback:hover{
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url('images/postit.png');
background-position: 2px 50% !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
}

/* TWITTER STYLING */

.twitters {
}

.twitters ul {
padding: 0 !important;
margin: 0 !important;
white-space: normal;
font-size: 12px;
color: #1f1f1f;
line-height: 130%;
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: none;
}

.twitters li{
padding:6px 0px !important;
}

.twitters span.time {
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
color: #022C4B;
display:block;
white-space:nowrap;
padding-left; 3px;
font-style: italic;
}

/*TAGCLOUD STYLLING*/

ul.tagcloud{
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

ul.tagcloud li{
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: -0.5px;
display: inline;
line-height: 200%;
}

ul.tagcloud li a{
text-decoration: none;
padding: 2px;
}

ul.tagcloud li a:hover{
background: #f2e0a7;
}
li.rank-1 a {color: #083759;font-size:30px;font-weight:bold;}
li.rank-2 a {color: #104469;font-size:26px;font-weight:bold;}
li.rank-3 a {color: #195078;font-size:22px;font-weight:normal;}
li.rank-4 a {color: #245e87;font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;}
li.rank-5 a {color: #326c96;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;}
li.rank-6 a {color: #417ca6;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;}

/*DISQUS COMMENT FORMATTING*/

#disqus_thread{
font-family: arial;
font-size: 12px;
}

#disqus_thread a{
color: #175F94;
}

#disqus_thread a:hover{
background: #EEBD51;
}