/**************************************************************
 web site design by Darryl Fryatt, influenced by the Nautica 5 open source templates
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 /***  sheet last updated 11.03.2007  ***/
 
/**************************************************************
   for all page content except for footer
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#content {
  position: relative;
  height: auto !important;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
}



/**************************************************************
	Top of page Header Bar (including menu links) BEGINS
 **************************************************************/

/**** Header Bar sizing ****/
#header {
	clear: both;
	position: relative;
	height: 3.5em;
	margin: 0 auto;
	background: #000000;
	border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffff;
	background-color: #000000;
}


/**** positioning of text within Header Bar ****/
#header ul {
  margin: 0.5em 1em 0 0 !important;
  margin: 0.5em 0.5em 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  float: right;
}

#header ul li {
  display: inline;
  list-style: none;
}

/**** Header Bar Text details ****/
#header ul li a {
  float: left;
  padding: 0 1em;

  font: 400 1.1em arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  line-height: 0.8em !important;
  line-height: 1em;

  color: #ffffff;
  border-right: 1px solid #ffffff;
}

#header ul li a.last {
  padding-right: 0;
  border-right: 0;
}


/**** Header Bar Text colouration for hover ****/
#header ul li a:hover {
  color: #339999;
}


/**************************************************************
   Top of page Header Bar (including menu links) ENDS
 **************************************************************/

/**************************************************************/

/**************************************************************
   website's universal Header Image BEGINS
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/**** if header_image vertical height changes then the height needs to be altered ****/
#headerImg {
  margin: 0 auto;
  height: 143px;
  background: url(../images/header_blog.jpg) no-repeat top left;
}

/**************************************************************
   website's universal Header Image ENDS
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/**************************************************************/

/**************************************************************
   topic specific Navigation Menu Bar BEGINS
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#menu {
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#menu ul {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;

  text-align: center;
  background: #000000;
}

#menu ul li {
  display: inline;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#menu ul li a {
  float: left;
  width: 25%;
  height: 3.5em;

  font: 400 1.2em arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;

  color: #ffffff;

  border-top: 2px solid #ffffff;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
  
  overflow: hidden;
}

#menu ul li a span {
  display: block;
  padding: 2px 7px;
}


#menu ul li a span.desc {
  font-size: 0.8em;
  color: #8c8d94;
}


#menu ul li a:hover,
#menu ul li a.here {
  color: #339999;
  background: #ffffff;
  border-top: 2px solid #ffffff;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}

#menu ul li a:hover span.desc,
#menu ul li a.here span.desc {
  color: #ccffff;
}




/**************************************************************
   topic specific Navigation Menu Bar ENDS
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/**************************************************************/

/**************************************************************
   page content
 **************************************************************/

#page {
  clear: both;
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 6em;
  text-align: left;
}

#columns {
  margin: 0 auto;
}


/* Column widths */
.width {
  width: 776px;
}

.widthPad {
  width: 746px;
}

.width25 {
  width: 24%;
}

.width50 {
  width: 48%;
}

.width73 {
  width: 73%;
}

.width75 {
  width: 75%;
}

.width100 {
  width: 100%;
}

.width336 {
  width: 336px;
}

/**************************************************************
   Bottom of page Footer Bar (including menu links) BEGINS
 **************************************************************/


#footer {
  clear: both;
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  height: 5em;
/*  margin-top: -5em;  */
}

#footer #bg {
  position: relative;
  height: 5em;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #000000 url(../images/header.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
}

#footer #bg ul {
  float: right;
  margin: 3em 1em 0 0 !important;
  margin: 3em 0.5em 0 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#footer #bg ul li {
  display: inline;
  list-style: none;
}

#footer #bg ul li a {
  float: left;
  padding: 0 1em;

  font: 400 1em arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  line-height: 0.8em !important;
  line-height: 1em;

  color: #ffffff;
  border-right: 1px solid #ffffff;
}

#footer #bg ul li a.last {
  padding-right: 0;
  border-right: 0;
}

#footer #bg ul li a:hover {
  color: #339999;
}

#footer #bg img {
  position: absolute;
  top: 6%;
  left: 10px;
}


/**************************************************************
   bottom of page Footer Bar (including menu links) ENDS
 **************************************************************/

/**************************************************************
   posts
 **************************************************************/

.post {
  float: left;
  width: 100% !important;
  width: 99%;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 1.5em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

.banner {
  float: left;
  width: 100% !important;
  width: 99%;
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #dddddd;
}

.post .date {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 5px;
  width: 2.3em;
  text-align: center;
}

.post .date .day {
  display: block;
  margin-top: -5px;
  font: 700 2.1em arial, sans-serif;
  color: #888888;
}

.post .date .month {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font: 700 1.2em arial, sans-serif;
  color: #555555;
}

.post .date .year {
  display: block;
  font: 700 0.9em arial, sans-serif;
  color: #888888;
}

.post .title {
  display: block;
  padding: 0 0 5px 0;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #586b7a;
}

.post p {
  margin: 0 1.5em 0 3.5em;
  padding:  0 1em 1em 1.2em;  
  border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;
  border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

.postlists {
	margin: 0 3em 0 5em;
	padding: 0 1.5em 0 0;
	border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;
	border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
}


/**************************************************************
   Thumbnail Lists
 **************************************************************/

ul.thumbs,
ul.thumbs li {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

ul.thumbs li {
  margin: 0 0 15px 0 !important;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0px;
  list-style: none;
}

a.thumb img {
  
  border: 5px solid #cccccc;
}

a:hover.thumb img {
  background: #8EB4C6;
  border: 5px solid #000000;
}

a:hover.thumb {
  background: none;
}

a.thumb span {
  display: block;
  margin-top: -5px !important;
  margin-top: -2px;
}



/**************************************************************
   Submenu Styles
 **************************************************************/

ul.submenu1,
ul.submenu2 {
  margin: 0 0 20px 0;
  padding: 0;
}

ul.submenu1 li,
ul.submenu2 li{
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  list-style-image: url(foo.gif); /* IE needs this */
}

ul.submenu1 li a,
ul.submenu2 li a {
  display: block;
  height: auto !important;

  /* Start hide from IE Mac \*/
  height: 1%;
  /* End hide from IE Mac */

  padding: 1px 5px 1px 20px;
}

ul.submenu1 li a {
  color: #426f85;
  background: url(../images/submenu1.gif) no-repeat 5px 50%;
}

ul.submenu1 a:hover {
  color: #339999;
  background: #ccffff url(../images/submenu1.gif) no-repeat 5px 50%;
}

ul.submenu2 li a {
  color: #426f85;
  background: url(../images/submenu2.gif) no-repeat 3px 50%;
}

ul.submenu2 a:hover {
  color: #339999;
  background: #ccffff url(../images/submenu2.gif) no-repeat 3px 50%;
}






/**************************************************************
   generic display settings
 **************************************************************/


.block {
  display: block;
}

.clear {
  clear: both;
}

.marginRight {
  margin-right: 15px;
}

.paddingLeft {
  padding-left: 5px;
}

.paddingRight {
  padding-right: 5px;
}

.floatLeft {
  float: left;
}

.floatRight {
  float: right;
}

/***  alignment  ***/

.alignLeft {
  text-align: left;
}

.alignRight {
  text-align: right;
}

.alignTop {
  vertical-align: top;
}

.alignMiddle {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

.alignBottom {
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

/***  colours  ***/

.lightBlueBg {
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

.dark {
  color: #353e47;
}

.darkcolour {
  color: #353e47;
}

.medcolour {
  color: #586b7a;
}

.lightcolour {
  color: #dddddd;
}

.inactivelink {
  color: #bbbbbb;
  text-decoration: line-through;
  font-weight: bold;
}

/***  text sizes  ***/

.textlargehigh {
  font-size: 1.8em;
}

.textlarge {
  font-size: 1.6em;
}
.textlargelow {
  font-size: 1.4em;
}

.textmediumhigh {
  font-size: 1.2em;
}

.texmedium {
  font-size: 1em;
}

.textmediumlow {
  font-size: 0.8em;
}

.textsmallhigh {
  font-size: 0.6em;
}

.textsmall {
  font-size: 0.4em;
}

.textsmalllow {
  font-size: 0.2em;
}