@charset "UTF-8";
body  {
	font: 14px Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	background: #acc335 url(images/whiteCol_bg.gif) repeat-y;
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #333333;
}
#container {
	background: url(images/whiteCol_bg.gif) repeat-y;
	width: 830px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0;
} 
#header {
	background: #acc335 url(images/CL_site_2.jpg);  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	height: 180px;
} 
#header h1 {
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 10px 0; 
}

/*--------------- sidebar1 -------------- */
#sidebar1 {
	float: left;
	width: 205px;
	background: #fff;
	padding: 15px 0;
	height: 100%;
}
#sidebar1 h3, .twoColLiqLtHdr #sidebar1 p {
	margin-left: 10px;
	margin-right: 10px;
}
#sidebar1 img{
	color: none;
	border: none;
	}

/*--------------- main content -------------- */

#mainContent {
	width: 550px;
	margin: 0 20px 0 225px;
}
#mainContent ul li {
	font-weight:normal;
	list-style-type: square;
	list-style-position: outside;
	font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-style: oblique;
	color: #333;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
#mainContent a:link {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #50562C;
}
#mainContent a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #fff;
	}
#mainContent a:visited{
	color: #50562C;
	}
#mainContent a:active{
	color: #626A37;
	}
/*----- welcome -----*/
#mainContent #welcome {
	width: 530px;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-color: #FFFFFF;
	}
#mainContent #welcome img{
	float:left;
	padding-left:0;
	padding-right:0.5em;
	}
/*----- article ------*/
#mainContent #article {
	width: 530px;
	background: url(images/textBox_bg.gif) repeat-y;
	}
#mainContent #article h2{
	text-transform:uppercase;
	background: url(images/textBox_top.gif) no-repeat top left;
	padding:0.5em 0 0 1.2em;	
	}
#mainContent #article p{
	background: url(images/textBox_bg.gif) repeat-y top left;
	margin: 1.2em 0;
	padding: 0 1.5em;
	}
#mainContent #article p.last{
	background: url(images/textBox_btm.gif) no-repeat bottom left;
	padding-bottom: 2em;
	margin: 0;
	}

	
/* -- great reads area styles -- */
#greatreads {
	padding: 0 0 25px 1.2em;
	}
#greatreads h2{
	font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 15px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #66380F;
	}
#greatreads p{
	float: left;
	width: 80px;
	padding: 0 20px 0 0;
	}
#greatreads a{
	font: 12px/1.4em "Calibri", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #777;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
#greatreads a:hover{
	color: #66380F;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #d52e36;
	}
#greatreads img{
	padding-bottom:.5em;
	}
#clear {
	clear:both;
	}
	
/* ----- footer styles ----- */
#footer {
	width: 550px;
	height: 40px;
	margin: 0 20px 0 225px;
} 
#footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	color: #626A37;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-align: center;
}
#footer a:link {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #626A37;
}
#footer a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #fff;
	}
#footer a:visited{
	color: #626A37;
	}
#footer a:active{
	color: #626A37;
	}

/* ----- text styles  ------*/
h1 {
	font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #66380F;
	text-decoration: none;
}
h2 {
	font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 15px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #66380F;
}


/* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}