html {
background:url(images/sky.png) repeat top left #a3b6e3;
}
body {
font-family:"Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
margin:0 0;
padding: 0 0;
font-size: 76%;
background:url(images/background_strip.png) repeat-x bottom left ;
}
.single .hide {
display:none;
}
.post h3 {
clear:left;
}
img {
border:none;
}
.alignright {
float:right;
}
.alignleft {
float:left;

}
.navright {
text-align:right;
}
.cat_logo {
position:absolute;
bottom:10px;
left:10px;
width:80px;
text-align:center;
}
.bookteaser {
position:absolute;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:20px 20px;
font-style:italic;
font-size:1.2em;
width:200px;
right:30px;
z-index:100;
}
.wp-caption {
background-color:#F5F1E0;
font-style:italic;
margin:0 0;
color:#333333;
text-align:center;
padding:7px 7px;
margin:4px 4px;
}
a {
color:#7d2f09;
text-decoration:none;
}
#footer a {
color:#FFFFFF;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:underline;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
}
#footer a:hover {
background-color:#7d2f09;
}
.clear {
clear:both;
float:none;
position:relative;
}
small {
font-size:1em;
}

#content h2 {
border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
padding-bottom:4px;
font-size:1.4em;
}
h3 {
margin-bottom:4px;
font-size:1.2em;
}
.hidden {
display:none;
}

/* -------------- BACKGROUND IMAGES */

#background {
background:url(images/top_strip.png) repeat-x top left;
min-width:1000px;
width: expression(document.body.clientWidth < 1050 ? "1000px" : "auto");
}
#background3 {
background:url(images/left_strip.png) repeat-y top left;
}
#background2 {
background:url(images/background.png) no-repeat 90px bottom ;
}

#page {
background:url(images/top_left.png) no-repeat top left;
position:relative;

}

/* --------------- HEADER BANNER */

.hidename {
display:none;
}
.logo img {
margin:7px 0 0 7px;
}

/* ---------------- THE BLOG */

.post {
width:600px;
line-height:1.3em;
margin-top:1em;
}
.post_date {
text-align:right;
display:inline;
font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic;
}
#post-2 {
margin-right:15px;
}
#post-2, #post-3 {
font-size:0.95em;
float:left;
width:280px;
}
#post-2 h2, #post-3 h2 {
margin-bottom:2px;
margin-top:10px;
}
#post-1 {
position:relative;
}
#post-1 .post_date {
position:absolute;
top:0;
right:0;
margin:0 0;
}
.navigation {
clear:left;
width:500px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:1.2em;
}
.navleft, .navright {
height:30px;
line-height:30px;
}
.postmetadata {
border-top:1px solid #666666;
font-style:italic;
font-size:.9em;
}

/* ---------------- SIDE BAR */

#sidebar {
width:250px;
float:right;
position:relative;
top:-6px;
background:url(images/mirror_top.png) no-repeat top left;
}
#sidebar2 {
background:url(images/mirror_bottom.png) no-repeat bottom left;
position:relative;
float:right;
width:250px;
padding-bottom:100px;

}


.search {
position:relative;
top:20px;
left:17px;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-weight:bold;

}
.search input {
margin:5px 0;
}
input#searchsubmit {
margin-left:70px;
}

#sidebar a {
margin:.2em 0 0 .4em ;
font-size:1.1em;
color:#FFFFFF;
font-weight:bold;
display:block;
}
#sidebar li ul  a {
font-size:1em;

}
#sidebar ul {
width:110px;
list-style-type:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:5px 5px;
margin:60px 50px 0 50px;
}
#sidebar ul li {
border:1px solid #FFFFFF;
padding:4px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding-left:0px;

}
#sidebar li ul li {
border:none;
margin:0 0 0 3px;
}
#sidebar li ul {
width:100px;
}
#sidebar li ul {
margin:0 0 0 11px;
padding:0 0 0 1px;
list-style-type:disc;

}
#sidebar li ul a {
color:#FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
} 
#sidebar ul.sidebar_menu {
margin-bottom:30px;
}


/* ------------- MAIN CONTENT */

#content {
padding-left:140px;
padding-top:30px;
padding-bottom:40px;
position:relative;
}

/* -------------- LEFT HAND MENU */

.menu {
position:absolute;
top:130px;
z-index:10;
}
.menu ul {
list-style-type:none;
margin: 0 0 ;
padding: 0 0;
}
.menu a {
display: block;

border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
width:70px;
padding:3px;
margin:4px 0 0 8px;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
}
.menu a:hover {
background-color:#666666;
}
.current_page_item a {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
color:#000000;
}

.rss a {
color: #f38e36;
font-weight:bold;
border:none;
}
.rss {
margin-left:4px;
text-align:center;
}
.rss img{
margin-bottom:7px;
}
.rss a:hover {
background-color:#000000;
}





/* -------------- FOOTER */

#footer {
height:200px;
margin-left:120px;
color:#FFFFFF;
position:relative;
clear:both;
line-height:1.5em;
margin-bottom:0px;

}
#footer ul {
padding-left:20px;
margin:0px 0;
}
#footer li {
margin:0 0;
padding:0 0;
}
#footer h2 {
margin-bottom:3px;
font-size:1.1em;
padding-bottom:7px;
border-bottom:2px solid #FFFFFF;
}
#footer div {
position:absolute;
bottom:3px;
}
#footer div div {
width:230px;
margin-left:30px;
float:left;
position:relative;
}
#footer div.clear {
clear:both;
float:none;
position:relative;
}

/* ------------- COMMENTS */

.commentlist {
width:500px;
margin:0 0;
padding:0 0;
}
.commentlist li {
display:block;
border:2px solid #d4f1f4;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
margin-bottom:10px;
padding:10px 10px;
}

/* ------------- Talks and Publicity */
.upcoming {
width:230px;
float:left;
margin-bottom:40px;
}
.archive {
width:230px;
margin-left:30px;
float:left;
color: #333333;
margin-bottom:40px;
}

/* --------------- LINKS */

.linkslist {
list-style-type:none;
}
.linkslist ul li {
margin-bottom:7px;
}