/* Custom Styles */

body {
	background-image:url(images/grassBg.jpg);
	margin:0;
}

#shadowWrapper {
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
	width:1024px;
	background-image:url(images/dropshadow_bod.png);
	background-position:center;
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
}

.bodyWrapper {
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
	width:960px;
	border:#0E3851 solid;
	border-left:3px;
	border-right:3px;
	border-top:0px;
	border-bottom:3px;
	background-color:#FFF
}

#footerContainer {
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
	width:960px;
	border:#0E3851 solid;
	border-left:3px;
	border-right:3px;
	border-top:0px;
	border-bottom:3px;
	background-color:#0E3851;
	color:#FFF;
	font-size:11px;
	font-style:italic;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	padding:12px 0px;
	clear:both;
}

#footerContainer .left {
	width:458px;
	float:left;
	text-align:left;
	padding-left:16px;
}

#footerContainer .right {
	width:458px;
	float:left;
	text-align:right;
	color:#84A4B6;
	padding-right:16px;
}

#footerContainer .right a {
	color:#84A4B6;
}

#footerContainer .right a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.narrowcolumn h2 {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:30px;
	color:#0e3851;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

.narrowcolumn h2 a {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color:#0e3851;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.narrowcolumn h2 a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}

.narrowcolumn h3 {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:24px;
	color:#0e3851;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

.narrowcolumn h3 a {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color:#0e3851;
	text-decoration:none;
}

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

.blogDate {
	margin: 20px 0 5px 0;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#787878;
	font-weight:bold;
}

#content {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
	color:#000;
	line-height:1.5;
}

#content a {
	color:#0e3851;
}

#content .entry a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.about {
	width:100%;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-style:italic;
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:1.3;
	font-size:11px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}

.about p {
	padding:4px 0;
	margin:0;
}

.about h2 {
	font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color:#971011;
	font-style:normal;
	font-weight:normal;
	font-size:22px;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
}

.about img {
	float:left;
	margin:0 8px 8px 0;
	border:#9F9F9F 1px solid;
}

.about a {
	color:#767676;
	font-weight:bold;
}

.about a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.search_bar {
	/*background-image:url(images/search_bar.jpg);*/
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:center;
}

.widget_categories {
	display:none;
}

h2.widgettitle {
	display:none;
}

li.widget {
	list-style-image:none;
	list-style:none;
}

.book {
}

.tweetHeader {
	padding:6px 0 0 0;
}

#twitter {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
}

.tweet {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.4;
	color:#000;
	padding:5px 6px;
}

.blogHeader {
	padding:8px 0 0 0;
}

.yankeeBlogs {
	padding:0px 20px;
}

.yankeeBlogs a {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.7;
	color:#000;
	padding:0px 0;
	color:#071737;
}

.yankeeBlogs a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.yankeeBlogs p {
	padding:0px 0;
}

.metsBlogs {
	padding:0px 20px;
}

.metsBlogs a {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.7;
	color:#f58743;
	padding:0px 0;
}

.metsBlogs a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.metsBlogs p {
	padding:0px 0;
}

.otherBlogs {
	padding:0px 20px;
}

.otherBlogs a {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.7;
	color:#515151;
	padding:0px 0;
}

.otherBlogs a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.otherBlogs p {
	padding:0px 0;
}

.footerShad {
	width:1042px;
	height:31px;
	background-image:url(images/footerDropShad.png);
	background-position:center;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
}







/* END Custom Styles */


/* Begin Structure */
.narrowcolumn {
	float: left;
	padding: 0 0 20px 25px;
	margin: 0px 0 0;
	width: 650px;
	}

.post {
	margin: 0 0 40px;
	}

.post hr {
	display: block;
	}

.narrowcolumn .postmetadata {
	padding-top: 5px;
	}

#content .postmetadata {
	clear: both;
	color:#929292;
	font-size:11px;
}

#content .postmetadata a {
	color:#929292;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#content .postmetadata a:hover {
	text-decoration:none;
}

.clear {
	clear: both;
}

.searchForm {
	text-align:right;
	padding:0 10px 0 0;
	height:27px;
	background-image:url(images/search_bar.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:center;
}

.searchForm #s {
	padding:0 0 1px 0;
}

.searchForm #searchsubmit {
	margin:0 0 0 8px;
}

/* End Structure */



/*	Begin Headers */
h1 {
	padding-top: 70px;
	margin: 0;
	}

h2.pagetitle {
	margin-top: 30px;
	text-align: center;
}

#sidebar h2 {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

h3 {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 30px 0 0;
	}

h3.comments {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 40px auto 20px ;
	}
/* End Headers */



/* Begin Images */
p img {
	padding: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
	}

/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
	will of course center the image. This is much better than using
	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	}

img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
	}

img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
	display: inline;
	}

.alignright {
	float: right;
	}

.alignleft {
	float: left;
	}
/* End Images */



/* Begin Lists

	Special stylized non-IE bullets
	Do not work in Internet Explorer, which merely default to normal bullets. */

html>body .entry ul {
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding: 0 0 0 30px;
	list-style: none;
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-indent: -10px;
	}

html>body .entry li {
	margin: 7px 0 8px 10px;
	}

.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
	content: "\00BB \0020";
	}

.entry ol {
	padding: 0 0 0 35px;
	margin: 0;
	}

.entry ol li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

#sidebar ul li {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	}

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
	margin: 5px 0 8px;
	}

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
	}

#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
	}

ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	list-style: decimal outside;
	}

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	margin: 3px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	}
/* End Entry Lists */



/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 5px 3px;
	text-align: center;
	}

#sidebar #searchform #s {
	width: 108px;
	padding: 2px;
	font-size:10px;
	}

#sidebar #searchsubmit {
	padding: 1px;
	}

.entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look better. */
	text-align:center;
	}

select {
	width: 130px;
	}

#commentform input {
	width: 170px;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;
	}

#commentform {
	margin: 5px 10px 0 0;
	}
#commentform textarea {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 2px;
	}
#respond:after {
		content: "."; 
	    display: block; 
	    height: 0; 
	    clear: both; 
	    visibility: hidden;
	}
#commentform #submit {
	margin: 0 0 5px auto;
	float: right;
	}
/* End Form Elements */



/* Begin Comments*/
.alt {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px;
	}

.commentlist {
	padding: 0;
	text-align: justify;
	}

.commentlist li {
	margin: 15px 0 10px;
	padding: 5px 5px 10px 10px;
	list-style: none;

	}
.commentlist li ul li { 
	margin-right: -5px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}

.commentlist p {
	margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;
}
.children { padding: 0; }

#commentform p {
	margin: 5px 0;
	}

.nocomments {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

.commentmetadata {
	margin: 0;
	display: block;
	}
/* End Comments */



/* Begin Sidebar */
#sidebar
{
	padding: 20px 10px 10px 20px;
	margin-left: 680px;
	width: 250px;
	}

#sidebar form {
	margin: 0;
	}
/* End Sidebar */



/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
	empty-cells: show;
	margin: 10px auto 0;
	width: 155px;
	}

#wp-calendar #next a {
	padding-right: 10px;
	text-align: right;
	}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	}

#wp-calendar a {
	display: block;
	}

#wp-calendar caption {
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
	}

#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0;
	text-align: center;
	}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */
	background-color: #fff; }
/* End Calendar */



/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	cursor: help;
	}

acronym, abbr {
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
	}

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

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

.center {
	text-align: center;
	}

.hidden {
	display: none;
	}
	
.screen-reader-text {
     position: absolute;
     left: -1000em;
}

hr {
	display: none;
	}

a img {
	border: none;
	}

.navigation {
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 15px;
	/* margin-bottom: 60px; */
	}
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/



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

.wp-caption {
	border: 0px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
	-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;
}
/* End captions */


/* "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
	It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage.
	But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two." */