body{
    color: #444;
    /*background:#ebebeb url(images/background_tile.gif) repeat-y top center;*/
    background:#ebebeb;
    font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
    font-size: 82.5%;
    text-align:left;
}


a {
    color: #114477;
    text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover {
    color:#124e83
}

.post_body a.in-content-link{
    text-decoration: none !important;
    border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid #dcdcdc;
    -webkit-transition: border-color .15s ease-out;
    transition: border-color .15s ease-out;
}

.post_body a.in-content-link:focus, .post_body a.in-content-link:hover {
    border-color: #6e99b3;
}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
    font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

h2 {
    font-size:1.6em;
}

h2.title {
    font-size:2em;
}

/*----Header----*/


#topstrap {
    font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
    position:relative;
    background: #c2100c url("images/background_redcontainer.gif") repeat-x scroll center bottom;
}

#network-holder {
    position:fixed;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    width:100%;
    z-index:9999;
}

#network {
    width:962px;
    margin:0 auto;
    height:14px;
    background: #222222;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 11px;
    padding:4px 10px 4px;
}

/*---Network---*/


#sddm {
    list-style:none;
    font-weight:bold;
    float:left;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    /* Bring the nav above everything else--uncomment if needed.
    position:relative;
    z-index:5;
    */
}

#sddm li{
    float:left;
    position:relative;
}

#sddm li a.d-down {
    background:url(images/dropdown-arrow.png) no-repeat 100% 33%;
    padding:0 20px 5px 0;
}

#sddm li a.d-down:hover {
    color:#999;
}

#sddm a{
    display:block;
    color:#bbb;
    background:none;
    text-decoration:none;
    padding:2px 5px;
}



/*--- DROPDOWN ---*/
#sddm ul{
    background:#3e3e3e;
    list-style:none;
    position:absolute;
    top:15px;
    left:-9999px;
}

#sddm ul li{
    float:none;
}

#sddm ul a{
    white-space:nowrap;
    padding:5px;
}

#sddm li:hover ul{
    left:0;
}

#sddm li:hover a{
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#bbb;
}

#sddm li:hover ul a{
    text-decoration:none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #232323;
    color:#fff;
}

#sddm li:hover ul li a:hover{
    background:#CC0000;
}

/*-----Login-----*/


#controls {
    float:right;
    position:relative;
}

#controls a {
    color:#dfdfdf;
    position:relative;
}

#controls a:hover {
    color:#999;
}

#controls a.login {
    margin:4px 6px 6px;
    padding:0 0 0 4px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#bbb;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

#controls a.register_top {
    padding:0px 9px 0 0;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#bbb;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

#controls a.login:hover {
    color:#999;
}

#controls a.register_top:hover {
    color:#999;
}

#controls a.login, #controls a.login:hover {
    *background-position:0 3px!important;
}

a.login {
    position:relative;
    margin-left:3px;
}

a.login span {
    padding:4px 16px 6px 0;
}

#controls a.menu-open {

    outline:none;
}

#small_signup {
    display:inline;
    float:none;
    line-height:23px;
    margin:25px 0 0;
    width:170px;
}

a.login.menu-open span {
    color:#fff;
}

#login, #forgotten {
    clear:both;
}

#login_menu, #forgotten, #user_is_reading_form, #editProfileLinks {
    padding:20px 15px 10px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft:5px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:5px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright:5px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:5px;
    border-radius-topleft:5px;
    border-radius-bottomleft:5px;
    border-radius-bottomright:5px;
    border-radius:5px 0 5px 5px;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 4px 6px #999;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 4px 6px #999;
    box-shadow: 0px 4px 6px #999;
    display:none;
    background:#282828;
    border:2px solid #222;
    position:absolute;
    width:260px;
    text-align:left;
    top: 23px;
    right:60px;
    color:#fff;
    font-size:12px;
    z-index:100;/*for IE7*/
}

#editProfileLinks li a, #editProfileLinks li a:visited{
    color:#fff;
}


#user_is_reading_form {
    right:290px;
}


a.editReading {
    margin-right:140px;
    font-size:12px;
}

a.editProfile {
    background: url("images/dropdown-arrow.png") no-repeat 100% 33%;
    padding: 0 20px 0 0;
    margin-right:20px;
    text-transform:uppercase;
}

a.logout {
    text-transform:uppercase;
}

#editProfileLinks {
    width:150px;
    padding-top:10px
}

#editProfileLinks li {
    margin:0 0 3px;
}


#editProfileLinks a {
    color:#2C529D;
}

#login_menu input[type=text], #login_menu input[type=password], #forgotten input[type=text], #forgotten input[type=password], #user_is_reading_form input[type=text]{
    display:block;
    border: 1px solid #CBDCE7;
    font: 13px/100% Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
    outline: 0 none;
    padding:5px;
    width: 245px;
}


#login_menu p, #forgotten p, #user_is_reading_form p {
    margin:0 0 10px 0;
}

#login_menu a, #forgotten a {
    color:#503333;
}

#login_menu label, #forgotten label, #user_is_reading_form label {
    font-weight:normal;
    font-size:12px;
    margin:0 0 2px 0;
    display:block;
}

#login_menu p.remember, #forgotten p.back_to_login {
    padding:5px 0 10px;
}


#login_menu .remember input {
    margin:1px 5px 0 0;
    display:block;
    float:left;
}

#login_menu .remember label {
    font-size:11px;

}


a.forgot, a.back_to_login {
    text-decoration:underline;
    padding:5px 0 0 0;
    float:left;
    margin:0 0 0 10px;
}


#login_submit, #email_submit, #user-submit, #reading-submit {
    float:left;;
    background:url(images/submit.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    border:none;
    color:#fff;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding:0px 10px;
    font-size:12px;
    margin:0 5px 0 0;
    cursor:pointer;
    width:77px;
    height:31px;
    line-height:31px;
    color:#fff;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    text-indent:0;
}


#login_submit::-moz-focus-inner, #forgotten::-moz-focus-inner {
    padding:0;
    border:0;
}

#login_menu input:hover, #login_menu input:focus, #forgotten input:hover, #forgotten input:focus{
    border:1px solid #7c7c7c;
}

#login_menu #login_submit:hover, #forgotten #email_submit:hover, #forgotten #user-submit:hover {
    background-position:0 -31px;
    border:none;

}

#resend_password_link {
    float:right;
}

#user_is_reading_form, #editProfileLinks {
    display:none;
}


/*----Header Elements---*/

#header-elements {
    clear:both;
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:30px 10px 10px;
    width:962px;
    height:110px;
    background:#fff url(images/background_header.gif) repeat-x 0 22px;
}

h1#logo {
    float:left;
    background:url(images/logo.png) no-repeat;
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    padding:0;
    margin-right:0;
}

h1#logo a {
    display:block;
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    text-indent:-9999px;
}


.logo_blog {
    float: left;
    width: 330px;
    margin:0 0 0 10px;
}

.logo_blog h1 {
    font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
    font-size: 2.2em;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 30px;
    padding: 5px 0;
}

.logo_blog h2 {
    color: #666666;
    font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    font-weight: normal;
    height: 18px;
    line-height: 18px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

/*Search and Twitter*/

#twitterSearch {
    float:right;
}


#twitter {
    width:300px;
    min-height:60px;
    margin:0 0 5px;
    padding:5px;
    border:1px solid #c1c1c1;
}

#twitter img {
    margin:0 10px 0 0;
}

p#twitter_status {
    padding:5px 0;
}

#search {
    background: url(images/sprite_search.gif) repeat left bottom;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 310px;
    height:30px;
    position:relative;
}

#search.blogs {
    float:right;
    margin:1px 1px 0 0;
}

#search input.text {
    background: none;
    border: 0 none;
    float: left;
    height: 23px;
    margin: 4px 0 0 3px;
    padding: 0 10px;
    width: 162px;
    border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px;
    color: #666666;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;
}

#search .button {
    background: url(images/sprite_search.gif) 97px 0;
    border: 0 none;
    float: right;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 30px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 0 0 20px;
    position: relative;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000000;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    width: 97px;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 12px;
    z-index:1;
}


/*-----Main Menu----*/

nav#menu {
    clear:both;
    width:982px;
    margin:0 auto;
    background:#282828;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #293854;
    border-top: 1px solid #364666;
    height:30px;
}

nav#menu ul {
    float: left;
    height:30px;
    list-style: none outside none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}

nav#menu li {
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

nav#menu li a {

    background:#282828 url(images/background_navigation.gif) repeat-x top left;
    border: 1px solid #4b4b4b;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    display: block;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-right: 1px;
    padding: 7px 9px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration:none;
}

nav#menu ul li a:hover{
    background:#272727 url(images/background_navigation.gif) repeat-x 0 -119px;
    border-bottom: solid 1px #383838;
}

nav#menu ul li.current a  {
    background:#272727 url(images/background_navigation.gif) repeat-x 0 -32px;
    border: solid 1px #222;
}


ul.left-nav {
    width:485px;
}


ul.left-nav li ul {
    display:none;
}

ul.left-nav li:hover ul {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    z-index:9999;
}

nav#menu ul.left-nav li ul li {
    background:#263450;
    float: none;
}

ul#nav li .sub {
    padding:10px;
    background:#263450;
    border-top:1px solid #000;
    display:none;
    right:0px;
    width:520px;
    z-index:9999;
    position:absolute;
}

nav#menu ul li.more {
    position:relative;
}

ul#nav li .sub ul {
    float:left;
    width:120px;
    height:170px;
    margin-right:10px;
}

nav#menu ul#nav li .sub ul li {
    display:block;
    float:none;
    border:0;
}

nav#menu ul#nav li .sub ul li a {
    border:0;
}

nav#menu #right-nav {
    float:left;
}

.header-widget-blog {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
    display: inline;
    float: left;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 50px;
    margin: 7px 0 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: center;
    width: 283px;
}

.header_ad {
    float:right;
    width:234px;
    height:60px;
    border:1px solid #c1c1c1;
}

#topContainer {
    width:962px;
    padding:10px 10px;
    margin:0 auto;
    background:#fff;
    /*overflow:hidden;*/
}

.leaderboard {
    overflow:hidden;
    margin:0 0 20px;
}

.leaderboard .banner {
    float: left;
}

.leaderboard .earpiece {
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 10px 20px;
    width: 212px;

}

.leaderboard .earpiece .featured {
    font-size: 10px;
    line-height: 1;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    background: #fafafa;
    border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
    padding: 0;
    height:86px;
}

.leaderboard .earpiece .featured img {
    margin: -1px 0 -1px 0;
    padding: 0;
    float: right;
    display:block;
}

.leaderboard .earpiece .featured h3 {
    font-size: 15px;
    margin: 0 0 3px;
    padding: 10px 0 0 5px;
}


/* footer */
#footer {
    background:#252525;
    font-family:Arial;
    color: #E6E6E6;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 10px;
    width:962px;
    font-size: 12px;
    overflow:hidden;
}


#footer .box {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #292929;
    border: 0 none;
    height: 220px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 10px;
}

.box {
    border-left: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
}

.box {
    margin-bottom: 1.5em;
}

.span-4 {
    width: 150px;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 12px;
}

#footer .span-4.middle .box {
    padding-top:30px;
    height:200px;
}


.span-4.middle h4 {

}

.span-4.last {
    margin-right: 0;
}

#footer h4 {
    color: #E6E6E6;
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: 14px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    line-height: 1.1;
    margin: 0 0 10px;
    padding: 0;
}

#footer h5{
    color: #E6E6E6;
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 1.1;
    margin: 5px 0;
    padding: 0;
}


#footer ul, #footer ul li {
    border: 0 none;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#footer a {
    color: #777777;
    font-size: 11px;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#footer a:hover {
    color: #999999;
    text-decoration: underline;
}


.footer_bottom {
    clear:both;
    padding:10px 0 20px;
    text-align:center;
}


.featured:hover {
    background:#333333;
    border: 1px solid #222222;
    color: #999999;
}


/* search */
.search_dd_wrap{
    cursor: pointer;
    width:28px;
    display: inline;
}

.search_dd{
    position:absolute;
    background-color:#282828;
    width:99%;
    font-size:12px;
    display: none;
    z-index: 999;
    top:29px;
    border:solid 1px #4a4a4a;
    border-radius: 4px;

}

.search_dd a, .search_dd a:link, .search_dd a:visited, .search_ddg a, .search_ddg a:link, .search_ddg a:visited{
    color:#fff;
    display:block;
    padding:5px;
    border-radius: 3px;
}
.search_dd a b{
    color:#ddd;
}
.search_dd a:hover, .search_dd a:hover{
    background-color: #5d5d5d;
    color:#fff !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#cse-search-box table{
    margin-right:4px;
}
#cse-search-box table td{
    height:29px;
}
#cse-search-box input[type=text]{
    float:left;
    margin:0 1px 0 0;
    padding:9px 0 4px 0 !important;
    width:240px;
}
.btn_search{
    display:block;
    border: none;
    padding:0;
    width:38px;
    height:29px;
    text-indent:-9999px;
    background:url(images/search.png) no-repeat;
    float:right;
    cursor:pointer;
}

#sitesearch{font-size:11px;}



/*---Widgets----*/

.headerStory {
    width:540px;
    float:left;
    overflow:hidden;
    margin:0 0 0 10px;
}

.headerStory h4 {
    padding:5px 10px 5px 0;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight:normal;
}

.headerStory a {
    color:#fff;
}

.headerStory a:hover {
    color:#bbb;
    text-decoration:underline;
}

.headerStoryOne, .headerStoryTwo {
    float:left;
    overflow:hidden;
    background:#272727;
    border-bottom:1px solid #272727;
    width:250px;
    height:100px;
    margin:0 20px 0 0;
}

.headerStory img {
    height:100px;
    display:block;
    float:left;
    border:1px solid #272727;
    margin:0 10px 0 0;
}

.left-column-widget {
    float:left;
    width:219px;
    padding:0 10px 0 0;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 10px;
    border-right:1px solid #ccc;
}

.left-column-widget img {
    float:left;
    border:1px solid #777;
    max-width:66px;
    max-height:100px;
    margin:0 10px 10px 0;
}

.blurb {
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    overflow:hidden;
}

.blurb h2 {
    font-size:18px;
    margin:0 0 5px;
}

ul#additionalStories {

}

ul#additionalStories li {
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999;
    padding:0 0 10px;
    margin:0 0 10px;
    background:url(images/bullet.png) no-repeat 0 5px;
    padding-left:15px;
}



.right-column-widget {
    float:left;
    width:400px;
    float: left;
    margin-right: 10px;
    padding-right:10px;
    border-right:1px solid #ccc;
}

.featuredStory {
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    overflow:hidden;
}

.featuredStory.top h2 {
    font-size:26px;
    margin:0 0 10px;
}

.featuredStory.top img {
    display:block;
    border:1px solid #777;
    width:400px;
    height:240px;
    margin:0 0 10px;
}

.featuredStory h3 {
    font-size:18px;
    margin:0 0 10px;
}

.featuredStory img {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    width:150px;
    height:90px;
    border:1px solid #777;
    margin:0 10px 0 0;
}

.featuredStory a.comment {
    display:block;
    margin:0 0 10px;
    padding:2px 0 0 20px;
    margin-left:160px;
    font-size:11px;
    color:#CC0000;
    background:url(images/comment.png) no-repeat;
}

.featuredStory.top a.comment {
    margin-left:0;
}

.featuredStory a.comment:hover {
    text-decoration:underline;
}

#topSidebar {
    float:right;
    width:300px;
}

.banner.side {
    margin:0 0 10px;
}

/*---Random Struik Feeds Page---*/

#feeds {
    margin:10px 0 0;
}

ul#rss {
    margin:30px 0;
}

ul#rss li {
    clear:both;
    margin:0 0 20px;
    overflow:hidden;
    border-bottom:1px solid #c1c1c1;
    padding:0 0 20px 0;
}

ul#rss li .blog-item {
    margin:0 0 0 15px;
    float:left;
    width:450px;
}

.content ul#rss li p {
    padding:0 0 10px 0;
}

ul#rss li h3 {
    font-size:18px;
}

ul#rss li span.feedDate{
    display:block;
    font-size:11px;
    margin:0 0 10px;
}


ul#rss li img {
    max-width:120px;
    float:left;
}


/*----Live blogging plugin CSS---*/

.liveBlogHome {
    padding:15px 0 15px 10px;
    border: 2px solid #999;
    height:600px;
    overflow: auto;
    margin-bottom:20px;
}

.liveBlogHome div {
    margin:10px 0 0;
}

.liveBlogHome div div div {
    background-color: #fff !important;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #d0d0d0;
}

.liveBlogHome h3 {
    font-size: 18px;
    margin: 0 0 10px;
}

.liveBlogHome p {
    margin: 0 0 10px;
}

.liveBlogHome img {
    max-width:100%;
    height:auto;
}

.fb-like-box span, .fb-like-box iframe {width: 233px !important;}