*
{
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}

body
{
text-align: center; /*fix for IE*/
margin-top: 5px; 
background: #F9F9F7 url('images/a1.png') repeat-x;
font-size: 13px; /*was 11px*/
font-family: "trebuchet ms", helvetica, sans-serif;
color: black; /*main font color, was #8C8C73 */
line-height: 18px;
}

a /*link color*/
{
color: #445CEE;
text-decoration: underline;
}

a:hover
{
text-decoration: none;
}

sup
{
font-size: 0.5em;
}


p
{
margin-bottom: 14px;
text-align: justify;
}

img
{border: 0px;
}

img.picA
{
position: relative;
top: -2px;
background: url('images/a47.gif') no-repeat;
width: 101px;
height: 74px;
padding: 8px;
}

img.picB
{
position: relative;
top: -2px;
background: url('images/a26.gif') no-repeat;
width: 146px;
height: 75px;
padding: 7px;
}

img.floatleft
{
float: left;
margin: 0px 14px 3px 0px;
}


ul.linklist
{
list-style: none;
}

ul.linklist li
{
border-top: solid 1px #EEEEEE;
padding-top: 5px;
margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}

ul.linklist li.first
{
border-top: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
}

#upbg
{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
background: #fff /*url('images/abg.png') repeat-y;*/
width: 947px; /*was 947 */
height: 264px;
z-index: 1;
}

#outer
{
text-align: left;
position: relative; /*was relative*/
width: 947px;
height: 700px; /*all important variable, affects how far the grey bg travels*/
margin: 0 auto;
background: #fff url('images/footer.gif') no-repeat;
background-position: fixed;
background-position: bottom;
border-bottom: 2px solid #E4E4E4;
border-left: 2px solid #E4E4E4;
border-right: 2px solid #E4E4E4;
}

#inner
{
text-align: left;
height: 550px; 
border-bottom: 0px solid blue;
position: relative;
padding: 13px 30px 13px 30px;
z-index: 2;
background: #fff /*url('images/abg.png') repeat-y;*/
}

#header
{
position: absolute;
background: white;
width: 500px;
height: 92px;
color: #fff;
padding-left: 20px;
}

#header span
{
font-weight: normal;
}

#header h1
{
position: absolute;
font-size: 23px;
letter-spacing: -1px;
top: 30px;
height: 92px;
}

#header h2
{
position: absolute;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #FCE2CA;
top: 51px;
}

#header sup
{
color: #FCE2CA;
}

#splash
{
position: absolute;
right: 30px;
width: 100px;
height: 92px;
}

#menu
{
position: relative;
background: #46461F url('images/a16.gif') repeat-x;
height: 67px;
padding: 0px 20px 0px 5px;
margin: 98px 0px 20px 0px;
}

#menu ul
{
}

#menu ul li
{
display: inline;
line-height: 52px;
padding-left: 3px;
}

#menu ul li.first
{
border-left: 0px;
}

#menu ul li a
{
background-color: transparent;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
padding: 8px 12px 8px 12px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
}

#menu ul li a:hover
{
background: #fff url('images/a18.gif') repeat-x top;
color: #4A4A24;
text-decoration: none;
}

#date
{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
line-height: 52px;
color: #BDBDA2;
right: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: -1px;
}

#secondarycontent
{
position: relative;
width: 180px;
float: right;
}

#secondarycontent h3
{
position: relative;
top: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 25px;
color: #656551;
letter-spacing: 0px;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#secondarycontent .content
{
padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#primarycontent
{
position: relative;
width: 680px; /*was 480*/ 
float: left;
}

#primarycontent h3
{
position: relative;
top: 4px;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 25px;
color: #656551;
letter-spacing: -1px;
background: url('images/a22.gif') bottom repeat-x;
padding: 0px 0px 10px 15px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#primarycontent .content
{
padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#primarycontent .post
{
margin-bottom: 30px;
}

#primarycontent .post .header
{
position: relative;
}

#primarycontent .post .date
{
position: absolute;
right: 15px;
top: 0px;
line-height: 35px;
color: #AFAFA4;
font-weight: bold;
}

#primarycontent .post .content
{
margin-bottom: 0px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer
{
position: relative;
top: 10px;
background: url('images/a33.gif') repeat-x;
height: 64px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul
{
list-style: none;
position: absolute;
right: 15px;
bottom: 15px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li
{
display: inline;
line-height: 14px;
padding-left: 17px;
margin-left: 25px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0px 2px;
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.printerfriendly
{
background-image: url('images/a41.gif');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.comments
{
background-image: url('images/a36.gif');
}

#primarycontent .post .footer ul li.readmore
{
background-image: url('images/a38.gif');
}

#footer
{
padding-top: 60px; 
position: relative;
clear: both;
height: 66px;
text-align: center;
line-height: 66px;
/*background-image: url('images/a50.gif');*/
color: #A8A88D;
}

#footer a
{
color: #8C8C73;
}