body {
    background: #e4e4e9;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    height: 100%;
}
a {
    color: #554463;
    font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:link {
    color: #554463;
    border-bottom: dotted 1px #666;
}
a:visited {
    color: #745D87;
    border-bottom: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #333;
    border-bottom: dotted 1px #333;
}
a:active {
    color: #99CC66;
    border-bottom: dotted 1px #333;
}
a.img, 
a.img:link, 
a.img:visited, 
a.img:hover, 
a.img:active {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.container {
    width: 750px;
    height: 100%;
    border-left: solid 1px silver;
    text-align: left;
}
.shadow {
    background: white url(images/shadow.gif) repeat-y right; 
}
.banner {
    background-image: url(images/purpleBG.jpg);
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 22pt;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 100px;
    vertical-align: top;
}
#menu {
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
#title {
    position: absolute;
    top: -3px;
    left: -2px;
    color: white;
}
#titleshadow {
    position: relative;
    left: 20px;
    top: 9px;
    color: black;
}
#tagline {
    position: absolute;
    top: -2px;
    _top: 10px;
    left: -2px;
    color: white;
}
#tagshadow {
    position: relative;
    top: 72px;
    _top: 61px;
    left: -17px;
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-style: italic;
    color: black;
}
.nav {
    color: white;
    background-color: black;
    font: bold 70% verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    height: 25px;
    width: 100%;
    padding-left: 20px;
}
.nav a, 
.nav a:link {
    color: white;
    font-size: 100%;
    border-bottom: none;
}
.nav a:visited {
    color: #cdc0cd;
    border-bottom: none;
}
.nav a:hover {
    color: #cdcdcd;
}
.nav a:active {
    color: #99CC66;
}
.sidebar {
    font: 70% verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: #496b3a;
    background-color: #c4d8ab;
    border-left: 1px solid #9cc889;
    line-height: 140%;
    padding: 0 20px 0 20px;
    height: 100%;
    width: 30%;
    vertical-align: top;
}
.sidebar a, 
.sidebar a:link {
    color: #496b3a;
    border-bottom: none;
}
.sidebar a:visited {
    color: #5e8b4b;
    border-bottom: none;
}
.sidebar a:hover {
    color: #2b351c;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #496b3a;
}
.sidebar a:active {
    color: #ff7f00;
    border-bottom: none;
}
.sidetitle {
    font-family: georgia, palatino, times new roman, serif;
    font-size: 110%;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #fff;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
.blog {
    font: 70% verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    background-color: #FFF;
    padding: 0px 4px 0px 20px;
    height: 100%;
    width: 70%;
    vertical-align: top;
}
.blogbody {
    line-height: 140%;
    padding-right: 16px;
    color: #333;
}
.subhead {
    font-family: georgia, palatino, times new roman, serif;
    font-size: 110%;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
h5 {
    font-family: georgia, palatino, times new roman, serif;
    font-size: 110%;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #755E88;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
h5 a, 
h5 a:link, 
h5 a:active, 
h5 a:visited {
    font-family: georgia, palatino, times new roman, serif;
    font-size: 110%;
    font-weight: bold;
    border-bottom: none;
} 
.posted { 
    font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 90%;
    margin-top: -5pt;
    margin-bottom: 12pt;
    vertical-align: middle;
}
.comments {
font: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #666;
background-color: #FFF;
}
.comments-head { 
font-family: georgia, palatino, times new roman, serif;
font-size: 110%;
font-weight: bold;
color: #554463;
margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
#comment-data {
float: left;
width: 180px;
padding-right: 15px;
margin-right: 15px;
text-align: left;
border-right: 1px dotted #BBB;
}
#comment-data p {
margin-top: 0pt;
margin-bottom: 6pt;
}
.comments-body {
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
color: #333;
background: #FFF;
line-height: 140%;
margin-left: 30px;
margin-right: 30px;
margin-top: 5pt;
margin-bottom: 12pt;
}
.comments-post {
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
color: #666;
background: #FFF;
margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
pre {
    font-size: 11px;
    margin-top: 8pt;
    margin-bottom: 8pt;
}
input {
    font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%
}
textarea {
    font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
}
blockquote {
    border-left: solid 1px #333;
    padding: 4px 8px 6px 7px;
    background-color: #f0f0f4;
    margin-left: 18px;
    margin-top: 8pt;
    margin-bottom: 8pt;
}
ol, ul {
    margin-top: 6pt;
    margin-bottom: 6pt;
    margin-right: 5%;
}
li {
    margin-bottom: 3pt;
}
p {
    margin-top: 0pt;
    margin-bottom: 8pt;
}