body {
margin: 0px auto;
padding: 0;
background: white url(http://www.litmocracy.com/adimg/tile_cloud3.jpg);
color: #333;
}

h1 {
font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;
letter-spacing: 0.09em; color: #003366;
font-variant: small-caps;
}

h2, h3 {
font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;
letter-spacing: 0.09em;
}

h4 {
font-family: lucida grande, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
margin-bottom: 4px;
}

p {
font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;
}

.center {
text-align: center;
}

blockquote {
font-family: trebuchet ms, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

ul {
list-style: square;
margin-top: 3px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
margin-left: 1em;
padding-left: 1em;
}

li {
font-size: 100%;

}

img {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}

a:link { background-color: transparent;  color: #578200; text-decoration:none;}
a:hover { background-color: #663300; text-decoration: underline; color: #fff; }
a:visited { background-color: transparent;  text-decoration:none; color: #003366; }


#wrapper {
margin: 0px auto;
padding-bottom: 10px;
width: 1000px;
color: #333;
}

#header {
margin: 0px auto;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
width: 768px;
background: white url(http://www.litmocracy.com/adimg/clouds3.jpg);
color: #003300;
}

#blogtitle {
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 350px;
text-align: left;
}

#blogtitle h1 {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-size: 160%;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
text-align: left;
}

#nav {
float: right;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 300px;
text-align: right;
background: transparent;
color: #333;
font-size: 80%;
font-variant: small-caps;
letter-spacing: 0.09em;
}
#tocLink {
    float:right; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 85%;
}


#content {
float: left;
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 0 5px;
}

#blog {
float: left;
margin-left: 2px;
margin-right: 2px;
padding: 10px;
width: 500px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background: #fff;
color: #333;
font-size: 80%;
text-align: left;
}

.sidebar {
float: left;
margin-left: 2px;
margin-right: 2px;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 0px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 213px;
background: #fff;
color: #333;
text-align: left;
font-size: 80%;
list-style-type:none;          /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
}

.sidebar ul {
list-style-type:none;          /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
padding-left: 10px;
margin-left: 2px;
}

#footer {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 10px;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
background: #fff;
color: #333;
font-size: 70%;
font-variant: small-caps;
letter-spacing: 0.09em;
}

.blurb {
border: 1px solid black;
background: #f8fff0;
padding: 8px;
}

.date {
font-size: 100%;
background: transparent;
color: #000;
}

.title {
font-size: 130%;
font-weight: normal;
background: transparent;
color: #336600;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.posted {
margin-bottom: 30px;
font: 10px lucida grande, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
background: transparent;
color: #666;
}

.sidetitle {
margin: 10px 0;
font-size: 115%;
letter-spacing: 0.09em;
font-weight: normal;
background: transparent;
color: #666600;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;
}

.spacer {
clear: both;
}

.paginate {
 font-family:        Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Sans-serif;
 font-size:          12px;
 font-weight:        normal;
 letter-spacing:   .1em;
 padding:            10px 6px 10px 4px;
 margin:            0;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.pagecount {
 font-family:      Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Sans-serif;
 font-size:          10px;
 color:              #666;
 font-weight:        normal;
 background-color: transparent;
}

.calendarBG {
 background-color: #000;
}

.calendarBlank {
 background-color: #9DB7A7;
}

.calendarHeader {
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #fff;
 text-align: center;
 background-color: #000;
}

.calendarMonthLinks {
 font-family:       Arial, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serif;
 font-size:         11px;
 font-weight:     bold;
 letter-spacing: .1em;
 text-decoration:   none;
 color:             #fff;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarMonthLinks a {
 color:             #fff;
 text-decoration:   none;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarMonthLinks a:visited {
 color:             #fff;
 text-decoration:   none;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarMonthLinks a:hover {
 color:             #ccc;
 text-decoration:   underline;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarDayHeading {
 font-weight: bold;
 font-size:    11px;
 color: #fff;
 background-color: #663300;
 text-align:  center;
 vertical-align: middle;
}

.calendarToday {
 font-family:       Arial, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serif;
 font-size:         12px;
 font-weight:      bold;
 letter-spacing: .1em;
 text-decoration:   none;
 text-align:  center;
 vertical-align: middle;
 color:             #000;
 background-color:    #ccc;
}

.calendarCell {
 font-family:       Arial, Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-serif;
 font-size:         12px;
 font-weight:        bold;
 letter-spacing: .1em;
 text-decoration:   none;
 text-align:  center;
 vertical-align: middle;
 color:             #666;
 background-color:  #fff;
}

.calendarCell a {
 color:             #000;
 text-decoration:   underline;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarCell a:visited {
 color:             #000;
 text-decoration:   underline;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.calendarCell a:hover {
 color:             #fff;
 text-decoration:   none;
 background-color:  transparent;
}

.input {
border-top:        1px solid #999999;
border-left:       1px solid #999999;
background-color:  #fff;
color:             #000;
font-family:       Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Sans-serif;
font-size:         11px;
height:            1.6em;
padding:           .3em 0 0 2px;
margin-top:        6px;
margin-bottom:     3px;
}

.textarea {
border-top:        1px solid #999999;
border-left:       1px solid #999999;
background-color:  #fff;
color:             #000;
font-family:       Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Arial, Sans-serif;
font-size:         11px;
margin-top:        3px;
margin-bottom:     3px;
}

.checkbox {
background-color:  transparent;
margin:            3px;
padding:           0;
border:            0;
}

.submit {
background-color:  #fff;
font-family:       Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif;
font-size:         11px;
font-weight:       normal;
letter-spacing:    .1em;
padding:           1px 3px 1px 3px;
margin-top:        6px;
margin-bottom:     4px;
text-transform:    uppercase;
color:             #000;
}

.div_L {
    text-align: center; /* be nice to IE5 */
    position: absolute;
    top: 28px;
    left: 180px;
    width: 32%;
    display: none;
    }

.mod1 {
background-color:  #ddf;
}
.mod2 {
background-color:  #fff;
}
.appBar {
background-color: #fdd;
}
.vote {
    color: #333; padding: 3px;
font-size: 75%;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-variant: small-caps;
letter-spacing: 0.09em; clear:both;
text-align: center; border-bottom:1px solid #578200;border-top:1px solid #578200;
}
.logo {margin: 10px 0px 0px 40px;
}

/* Columns */

.col {
    float: left;
    width: 30%;
    margin-left: 4px;
    margin-right: 4px;
}
 /*========================= TOP OF THE MENU CASCADE =========================*/

.menu {
    font-size: 70%;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    padding-left: 2px;
    position: relative;
    clear: both;
}

.menu img {
    vertical-align: top;      /* prevent images from being pushed down by text */
}

.menu a {
    padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
}

.menu ul {
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    border:0;
    list-style-type:none;          /* we don't want to view the list as a list */
    line-height:1.5em;           /* globally set the menu's item spacing. note */
}                               /* this must be 1.0 or 1.5 or 2.0 for Mozilla */

.menu li {
    float:left; 
    position:relative;
    margin-right: 2px; 
    background-color: #ffffff;
}

.menu ul li table {
    margin:-1px 0;              /* IE5 needs -1px top and bottom table margins */
    m\argin:0;               /* re-zero the table margins for everyone but IE5 */
    border-collapse:collapse;      /* IE5 needs this for the sub-menus to work */
}

/*======================== TOP LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li ul {
    display:none;                  /* initially hide the entire list hierarchy */
    padding:1px;                               /* this is our box border width */
}

.menu ul li a,
.menu ul li a:visited {                    /* unselected top-level menu items */
    display:block;
    float:left;
    text-decoration:none;
    height:12px;
    border: 1px solid #578200; 
}

.menu ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover {                        /* selected top-level menu items */
    border-top:1px solid #000;    /* these 2 lines create the push-in illusion */
    height:11px;
    background-color: #578200; 
    color: #ffffff; 
}

/*======================== 2ND LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 2nd level drop-down box */
    display:block;
    position:absolute;
    margin:0;
    top:17px;               /* place us just up underneath the top-level images */
    left:-1px;              /* left-align our drop-down to the previous button border */
    height:auto;            /* the drop-down height will be determiend by line count */
    width:200px;
    color:black;                        /* this sets the unselected-text color */
    background:black;         /* this sets our menu's effective "border" color */
}

.menu ul li:hover ul.leftbutton,
.menu ul li a:hover ul.leftbutton {/* our first dropdown should not be skewed */
    left:0px;
}

.menu ul.rightmenu li:hover ul,
.menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {    /* 2nd level neighborhood drop-down box */
    left:auto;
    right:0;         /* nudge the right menu right to line up under the border */
}

* html .menu ul.rightmenu li a:hover ul {         /* IE5/6 needs a tweak here */
    right:-1px;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a {                   /* 2nd level unselected items */
    border: 1px solid #578200; 
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    height:auto;
    width:200px;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #578200;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 2nd level selected item */
    background: #578200; 
    color: #ffffff; 
}

/*======================== 3RD LEVEL MENU DEFINITIONS ========================*/

.menu ul li:hover ul li ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a ul {             /* hide inactive 3rd-level menus */
    visibility:hidden;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul {                           /* 3rd level drop-down box */
    visibility:visible;
    position:absolute;
    margin:0;
    top:0px;          
    left:198px;       
    height:auto;      /* the drop-down height will be determiend by line count */
    width:100px;
    color:black;                        /* this sets the unselected-text color */
    background:black;         /* this sets our menu's effective "border" color */
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover ul li a,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a {                   /* 3rd level unselected items */
    border: 1px solid #578200; 
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    height:auto;
    width:100px;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #578200;
}

.menu ul li ul li:hover ul li:hover a:hover,
.menu ul li a:hover ul li a:hover ul li a:hover {                /* 3rd level selected item */
    background: #578200; 
    color: #ffffff; 
}

#nonmenu, #nonmenu * {
    display: block;
    position:relative;
    text-align: left;
    list-style-type:disc;
}