* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
body {
    background: #000;
    color: #48313b;
    font: 12px/160% "Lucida Grande", Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
    text-align: center; /* be nice to IE */
    float: left;
    width: 100%;
}
*+html body,
* html body {
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 150%;
}
input,
textarea {
    font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
a {
    color: #ae3365;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
img {
    border: none;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-weight: normal;
}

/*** Main Positioning Components **********************************************/

#wrapper {
    background: #000 url("../images/bg_main.jpg") repeat-y 50% 0;
    margin: 0 auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: left; /* be nice to IE */
    width: 860px;
    padding: 0 50px;
}
#body {
    margin-top: 1px;
    float: left;
    width: 800px;
    padding: 0 70px;
    padding-bottom: 2em;
}
#content {
    float: left;
    width: 425px;
}
#sidebar {
    clear: none;
    float: right;
    width: 282px;
    padding-right: 90px;
}

/*** Header Components ********************************************************/

#header {
    background: transparent url("../images/bg_header.jpg") no-repeat 0 0;
    height: 295px;
    float: left;
    position: relative;
    padding: 0 30px;
    width: 800px;
}
#header h1 a {
    position: absolute;
    left: 80px;
    top: 130px;
    overflow: hidden;
    height: 90px;
    width: 450px;
    text-indent: 600px;
    line-height: 100px;
}
#header h2 {
    display: none;
}

/*** Navigation Components ****************************************************/

.navigation {
    font-size: 120%;
    float: right;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    width: 500px;
    position: absolute;
    left: 90px;
    top: 253px;
}
.navigation li,
.navigation li a {
    color: #fff;
    float: left;
    height: 42px;
    line-height: 39px;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 2px #000;
}
.navigation li a {
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
    margin-right: 20px;
}
.navigation li a:hover,
.navigation .selected a {
    background: transparent url("../images/bg_navi_selected.gif") no-repeat 50% 100%;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/*** Search Components ********************************************************/

#search {
    background: transparent;
    border: none;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 1px;
    top: 240px;
    left: 495px;
    padding: 0 20px;
    width: 240px;
}
#search label {
    position: absolute;
    visibility: hidden;
}
#search #query {
    background: #fff url("../images/bg_input.gif") repeat-x 0 0;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    padding: 0.2em 0.3em;
    width: 190px;
}
*+html #search #query,
* html #search #query {
    position: relative;
    top: -4px;
}
#search .button {
    float: right;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 7px;
    overflow: hidden;
    line-height: 200px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    background: transparent url("../images/button_go.gif") no-repeat 0 0;
    width: 53px;
    height: 28px;
    border: none;
    text-indent: 200px;
}

* html #search #query {
    height: 1.5em;
    line-height: 1.3em;
    padding: 0;
}
* html #search .button {
    height: 1.7em;
    line-height: 1.3em;
    padding: 0;
}

/*** Section Components *******************************************************/

.section {
    clear: both;
    padding: 20px 15px;
}
.section.firstchild {
    background: transparent;
    padding-top: 5px;
}
.section h3 {
    font-size: 180%;
    margin-bottom: 0.2em;
}
.section h3 a {
    color: #230716;
}
.meta,
.meta a {
    color: #ae3365;
    margin: 0;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.section .more {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_more.gif") no-repeat 100% 0.25em;
    color: #ae3365;
    padding-right: 13px;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date,
.comments {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_date.gif") no-repeat 0 1px;
    margin-right: 0.5em;
    padding-left: 15px;
}
.comments {
    background-image: url("../images/icon_comment.gif");
}

/*** Sidenotes Components *****************************************************/
    
#sidebar {
    font-size: 90%;
    line-height: 160%;
}
#sidebar h2 {
    float: left;
    margin-top: 1px;
    padding: 1.3em 15px;
}
#sidenote h2 a {
    color: #394c75;
}
.sidenote {
    clear: both;
    padding: 10px 15px;    
}
.sidenote h3 {
    font-size: 100%;
    font-weight: bold;
}
.sidenote h3 a {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_more.gif") no-repeat 100% 0.2em;
    color: #230716;
    padding-right: 15px;
}
.sidenote .meta {
    color: #ae3365;
    margin-right: 0.5em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}


/*** Separator Components *****************************************************/

.separator {
    color: #634853;
    float: left;
    margin-top: 1px;
    padding: 1.3em 15px;
}
.separator a {
    color: #634853;
}

/*** RSS Components ***********************************************************/

.rss a {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_rss.gif") no-repeat 100% 50%;
    color: #a18b94;
    padding-right: 22px;
}

/*** Footer Components ********************************************************/

#footer {
    background: transparent url("../images/bg_footer.jpg") no-repeat 50% 0;
    clear: both;
    color: #a18b94;
    height: 120px;
    padding: 15px 80px;
    position: relative;
}
#footer em {
    color: #48313b;
    font-style: normal;
}
#footer ul {
    list-style: none;
    position: absolute;
    left: 510px;
    top: 15px;
    width: 300px;
}
#footer li,
#footer li a {
    color: #48313b;
    float: left;
}
#footer li a {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_standards.gif") no-repeat 0 50%;
    padding-left: 25px;
    margin-right: 20px;
}

/*** Maincontent Components ***************************************************/

#maincontent {
    padding: 20px 15px;
}
#maincontent p,
#maincontent ul,
#maincontent ol {
    clear: both;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#maincontent h1 {
    color: #230716;
    font-size: 200%;
    margin-top: -0.5em;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#maincontent h2 {
    color: #230716;
    font-size: 150%;
}
#maincontent h3 {
    color: #230716;
    font-size: 110%;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
#maincontent blockquote {
    background: transparent url("../images/icon_quote.gif") no-repeat 0 0.3em;
    color: #a18b94;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 25px;
}
#maincontent .frame {
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #c5b7bb;
    padding: 5px;
}
#maincontent ul,
#maincontent ol {
    margin-left: 20px;
}
#maincontent .imgleft {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 1em;
}
#maincontent .imgright {
    float: right;
    margin-left: 1em;
}
#maincontent .excerpt {
    color: #a18b94;
    font-size: 130%;
    line-height: 140%;
}

/*** Comment Components *******************************************************/

#comments {
    padding: 20px 15px;
}
form {
    background: #2a091a;
    margin-top: 2em;
    padding: 20px;
}
form.contact {
    background: #eaeeef url("../images/bg_form_contact.gif") no-repeat 100% 0;
}
form label {
    color: #a18b94;
    display: block;
    font-weight: bold;
}
form input,
form textarea {
    background: #fff url("../images/bg_input.gif") repeat-x 0 0;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    padding: 0.3em 0.2em;
    width: 330px;
}
form p {
    color: #a18b94;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
}
form textarea {
    height: 15em;
    margin-bottom: 1.5em;
}
form .button {
    background: #2a091a url("../images/bg_button.gif") repeat-x 0 0;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    color: #fff;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin-top: -1em;
    padding: 0.2em 1em;
    width: auto;
}
form .button:hover {
    background-position: 0 -50px;
}
form .button:active {
    background-position: 0 -100px;
}
form h2 {
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 150%;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#comments .comment {
    height: 65px;
    overflow: visible;
}
#comments > .comment {
    height: auto;
    min-height: 65px;
}
#comments .comment h3 {
    color: #ae3365;
    font-size: 100%;
}
#comments .comment p {
    margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#comments .comment {
    border-top: 1px solid #d2c8ca;
    margin-top: 1em;
    padding-top: 1em;
    padding-left: 80px;
    position: relative;
}
#comments .comment h3 cite {
    color: #230716;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-style: normal;
}
#comments .comment h3 cite a {
    color: #230716;
}
#comments .gravatar {
    background: transparent url("../images/bg_gravatar.gif") no-repeat 0 0;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 1.3em;
    float: left;
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
    padding: 6px;
}
#comments input,
#comments textarea {
    background: #fff url("../images/bg_input.gif") repeat-x 0 0;
    border: 1px solid #000;
}
#comments .button {
    background: #000 url("../images/bg_button.gif") repeat-x 0 0;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    padding: 0.4em 1em;
    margin-top: -1em;
}
#comments form .button:active {
    background-position: 0 -100px;
}
* html #comments .button {
    padding: 0.1em 0.3em;
}
.hidden { /* for hiding elements from visual browsers */
    position: absolute;
    visibility: hidden;
}