/*******************************************************************************
 LAYOUT DESIGN
 *******************************************************************************/

@charset "utf-8";

body  {
	font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

#container {
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
	width: 960px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
} 

#header { 
	padding: 0;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

#sidebar {
	float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 230px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 0; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	margin-top: 5px;
	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; /* notice the color! */
	}

#mainContent {
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 230px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	padding-top: 0;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #CCCCCC;
} 

#footer {
	padding-top: 0;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 0;
	padding-left: 10px;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #CCCCCC;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 230px;
} 

/*******************************************************************************
 STANDARD STUFF
*******************************************************************************/

.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
	text-align: right;
}

.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}

.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}

a img {      /* to remove ugly borber if image has a hyper link */
	border-style: none;
}

#mainContent a:hover, #footer a:hover { /* custom link color */
	color: #3399FF;
}

/* custom link color
#mainContent a, #footer a, #sidebar a { 
  color: #3E3C9D;
}*/

.GoogleAd {
	padding-left: 5px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
}

/*******************************************************************************
 HEADER AND LOGO
*******************************************************************************/

#header h1 {  /* all this crap just to say what the website is about */
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding-top: 5px; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
  font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
  font-style: italic;
	color: #333333;
	float: left;
}

#logo { /* puts a nice line above the logo */
  border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #CCCCCC;
	padding-top: 5px;
 }

#header img {
	display: block;
}

/*******************************************************************************
 BODY AND CONTENT
*******************************************************************************/


#mainContent h1 {
	color: #333333;
	text-transform: none;
	word-spacing: normal;
	margin: 0 5px 0 0;
	padding-top: 10px;
	font-size: 42px;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
}

#mainContent h2 {
	font: normal 26px 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	color: #333333;
	border-top: 1px dotted #FBA32A;
}

#mainContent h3 {
	font: normal 20px 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	padding-top: 3px;
	color: #333333;
}

#mainContent p {
	font-size: 13px;
}

.published_id { /* to display date and author under article title */
  font-size: 13px;
	font-style: italic;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
	color: #5D647A;
}

.tag { /* to display tags */
  font-size: 13px;
	font-style: italic;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
	color: #5D647A;
}

/*******************************************************************************
        TOP MENU
 *******************************************************************************/
 
#current_page { /* indicates where you are now (which page) in the top navigation menu */
	background-color: #CD0360;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFF;
}

/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 100%;
	cursor: default;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	float: right;
}

/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
{
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 90%;
	position: relative;
	text-align: center;
	width: 100px;
	float: left;
	margin: 0px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right: 3px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 3px;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
}

ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
{
	background-color: #000;
	padding: 0.5em;
	color: #FBA32A;
	display: block;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
}

/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus*/
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
{
	background-color: #CD0360;
	color: #FFF;
}

/*******************************************************************************
  SIDEBAR
 *******************************************************************************/

#sidebar .hotlinks {
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
}

#sidebar .hotlinks li {
	list-style: none;
	display: inline;
	}

#sidebar h2 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  color: #FBA32A;
	font-size: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	line-height: 100%;
	margin: 0 !important;
	padding-left: 5px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	background-color: #000000;
}

#sidebar p {
	font-size: 13px;
	margin: 0 !important;
	padding-left: 5px;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	text-align: right;
}


#sidebar .hotlinks a {
  font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
	display: block;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #FBA32A;
}


#sidebar .hotlinks a:hover {
	background-color: #FBA32A;
	color: #000;
	
}

#sidebar .hotlinks ul {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #000;
	font-weight: normal;
}

/*******************************************************************************
  FOOTER STUFF
 *******************************************************************************/
 
#footer p {
	font-size: 13px;
	font-style: italic;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, 'Lucida Grande', arial, sans-serif;
	color: #5D647A;
  margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 5px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}

.footer_navigation { /* simple navigation links at the bottom */
font-size: 12px;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;
}