html { background:#f3efca url(images/html_bg.jpg) repeat-x 0 0; }

body {background:url(images/body_bg.jpg) no-repeat center 307px; 

height:605px; text-align: center;

margin:0; padding:0;

font-size:0.78em; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#000; }



* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }



ul#globalnav { list-style-type:none; padding:0; }



ul#globalnav li { display:inline; }



ul#globalnav li a { background:#41803b; padding:5px;

text-decoration:none; font-size:0.9em; color:#FFF; }



ul#globalnav li a:hover { background:#e9e091; padding:5px;

text-decoration:none; font-size:0.9em; color:#2c3230;  }



#luc { text-indent:-9999px; background:url(images/author.jpg) no-repeat 0 0;

width:67px; height:67px; border:3px solid #FFF; float:left; margin-right:7px;

margin-bottom:10px; }

.desc { font-size:0.8em; }



#leftad { background:#f5f7ee; width:212px; padding:10px 0; }

#subscriberss a { background:url(images/subscriberss.gif) no-repeat; width:213px; height:57px; text-indent:-9999px; margin-bottom:10px;

display:block; overflow:hidden; }

#addtwitter a { text-indent:-9999px; background:url(images/addmeontwitter.gif) no-repeat; width:176px; height:39px; display:block; overflow:hidden; }

.weevox a { background:#FFF; color:#403e3d; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; font-size:0.9em; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding:3px; }

.weevox a: hover { color:#f5f7ee; }



.delicious a { background:#FFF; color:#27779c; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; font-size:0.9em; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding:3px; }

.delicious a: hover { color:#f5f7ee; }



.stumbleupon a { background:#FFF; color:#26884d; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; font-size:0.9em; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding:3px; }

.stumbleupon a: hover { color:#f5f7ee; }



#bookmark { margin:10px 0; }

#bookmark img { padding:0 3px; }



/*---:[ global elements ]:---*/



a { color:#000; }



	a:visited {  }



	a:hover { color:#be1313;  }

	

	a img { border: none; }

	

blockquote { font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0 30px 1.5em 30px; padding: 0 0 0 10px; border-left: 1px solid #aaa; }



abbr, acronym { border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: help; }

	

code { font-family: Courier, monospace; }



pre { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; overflow: auto; font-size: 1.3em; clear: both; }



p.center { text-align: center !important; }



p.bottom { margin: 0 !important; }



p.unstyled { font-size: 1em; }



.flickr_blue { color: #007ae4; text-transform: lowercase; }



.flickr_pink { color: #ff2a96; text-transform: lowercase; }



.green { color: #090; }



.red { color: #f00; }



.orange { color: #f40; }



.purple { color: #909; }







/*---:[ headlines ]:---*/



h1, h2, h3 {  }



h1 {  }



	#masthead h1 a { padding: 0; margin:0; clear: both;

	background:url(images/octwelve_logo.gif) no-repeat 0 0;

	width:173px; height:57px;

	text-indent:-9999px;

	display:block; overflow:hidden;

	 }

	

	

	

h2 { font-size: 2.2em; text-align:left; }



h2.single { font-size:2.2em; color:#FFF; background:#923225; padding:2px 4px;

display:inline; }

	h2 a { color: #FFF; text-decoration: none; font-weight:bolder; }

	

		h2 a:visited { text-decoration: none; }

	

		h2 a:hover { text-decoration: none; color:#f3efca; }

	

	.posts h2 { margin: 0 0 5px 0; }

	.posts h2 a { background:#923224; padding:2px 4px;

	font-family:Helvetica, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma; }

	

	.pages h2, h2.page_header { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

	

	h2.archive_head {  }

	

	

	

h3 { font-size: 1.4em; font-family:Helvetica, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma;

font-weight:400; }



	#masthead h3 { margin: 0 0 0.75em 0; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.8em; text-align: center; }



	.entry h3 { margin: 1em 0 0.5em 0; }

	

	.entry h3.top { margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0; }

	



h4 { font-weight:normal; font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:1em; color:#2b292a; }



	h4 a, h4 a:visited { text-decoration: none; }

	

		h4 a { color:#2b292a; }

		h4 a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

		

	

	.posts h4 { margin:0 0 10px 0; padding:0; }







/*---:[ core layout elements ]:---*/



#container { width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto 0 auto;

background:#c1d6cf url(images/header.jpg) no-repeat; height:304px;

text-align:left; }

					

	#content_box { background:url(images/transparent_bg.png);

	  width: 1000px; text-align: left; float: left; clear: both;

	  margin-top:215px;

	 

 }

	

		#content { width: 500px; padding: 0 20px 0 20px; float: left;

		text-align:justify; }

		

		#sidebar { width: 210px; padding: 0 0 0 15px; float: left;	 }

	

		#l_sidebar { width: 210px; padding: 0 0 0 15px; float: right; }

		

	#footer { width: 1000px; padding: 1.2em 0 0 0; float: left; clear: both;

	background:#2c3230 url(images/logosmall.gif) no-repeat 1.2em center; }

		





/*---:[ header styles ]:---*/



#masthead { width: 1000px; /*height: 100px; background: url('images/logo.gif') no-repeat;*/ /* uncomment the height and background declarations here if you intend to use a graphic in the header instead of the h1 */ }



	/* #masthead a { display: block; width: 1000px; height: 100px; } */ /* uncomment this line if you use a graphic in the header - make sure the height of your header graphic is equal to the height declared in this line of code! */



ul#nav { list-style: none; width: 950px; padding: 0 10px; background: url('images/hr_dot_black.gif') repeat-x; border-bottom: 3px solid #000; float: left; clear: both; }



	ul#nav li { padding: 0.85em 40px 0.7em 0; font: bold 1.4em Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; }

	

		ul#nav li a, ul#nav li a:visited { color: #000; text-decoration: none; }

	

		ul#nav li a:hover { color: #000; text-decoration: underline; }

		

		ul#nav li a.current, ul#nav li a.current:visited, ul#nav li a.current:hover { color: #090; text-decoration: underline; }

		

	ul#nav li.rss { padding: 0.85em 0 0.7em 0; float: right; }

			

		ul#nav li.rss a { padding: 0 18px 0 0; background: url('images/icon_rss.gif') 100% 50% no-repeat; }

			

#header_img { position: relative; margin: 0 0 3.0em 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #000; float: left; clear: both; }



	#header_img img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */







/*---:[ content styles ]:---*/



.entry { font-size: 0.9em; font-family:"Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin-bottom:4em;

line-height:1.7em; }



.entry a { color:#b16738; }

.entry a:hover { color:#000; }

		

	.entry blockquote { font-size: 1.0em; }

	

		.entry blockquote.right { width: 200px; font-style: normal !important; font-size: 1.3em !important; margin: 0.3em 0 0.3em 15px !important; padding: 0.3em 0 !important; border: 3px double #aaa; border-width: 3px 0; text-align: center; float: right; }

		

		.entry blockquote.left { width: 200px; font-style: normal !important; font-size: 1.3em !important; margin: 0.3em 15px 0.3em 0 !important; padding: 0.3em 0 !important; border: 3px double #aaa; border-width: 3px 0; text-align: center; float: left; }

	

			.entry blockquote.right p, .entry blockquote.left p { margin: 0 !important; line-height: 1.4em !important; }

	

	.entry p { margin: 0 0 1em 0; }



	.entry ul, .entry ol { margin: 0 0 1.5em 40px; }

	

	.entry ul { list-style-type: square; }

	

		.entry li { margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; }

		

			.entry ul li ul, .entry ul li ol, .entry ol li ul, .entry ol li ol { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 30px; }

	

	.entry dl { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; }

			

		.entry dt { font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; }

		

		.entry dd { margin: 0 0 1.5em 20px; }

		

	.entry .ad { margin: 0 0 0.5em 15px; float: right; }

	

	.entry .ad_left { margin: 0 15px 0.5em 0; float: left; }



	.entry img { }



		.entry img.left { padding: 3px; margin: 0.5em 15px 0.5em 0; border: 3px double #bbb; float: left; clear: left; }

		

		.entry img.right { padding: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 15px; border: 3px double #bbb; float: right; clear: right; }

		

		.entry img.center { display: block; padding: 3px; margin: 0 auto 1.5em auto; border: 3px double #bbb; float: none; clear: both; }

	

		.entry img.off { padding: 0 !important; border: none !important; }

		

		.entry img.stack { clear: none !important; }



.tagged { padding:0; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6em; clear: both;

color:#164559;

border-bottom:1px solid #2c3230; }



	.tagged a, .tagged a:visited { padding: 0.25em; color: #333; text-decoration: none; }

	

		.tagged a:hover { color: #fff; background: #333; text-decoration: none; }

	

	.add_comment { display: block; padding: 0 0 0 20px; font-weight: bold; float: right; }



.navigation { width: 500px; font-size: 1.4em; float: left; }

	

	.previous {  float: left; font-size:0.8em;

	background:#8cc746; }

	

	.next { float:right;font-size:0.8em }

	

	.next a, .previous a { padding:5px; background:#8cc746;

	color:#FFF; text-decoration:none;

	 font-size:0.85em; font-weight:bold; }

	 

	.next a:hover, .previous a:hover { background:#b16738 ; }

	

		

	/*font-size:0.8em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;

	color:#FFF;*/



.clear { width: 500px; height: 1px; margin: 0 0 5.0em 0; clear: both; }



.rule { background: url('images/hr_tag_sep.gif') no-repeat; }



.flat { margin: 0 0 2.0em 0 !important; }



.whitespace { margin: 0 0 3.5em 0 !important; }







/*---:[ sidebar styles ]:---*/



ul.sidebar_list { list-style: none; }



	ul.sidebar_list li.widget, ul.sidebar_list li.linkcat { width: 210px; margin:0; font-size: 1em; font-family:"Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; float: left; }



		li.widget h2, li.linkcat h2 { margin: 0 padding:0;

		font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

		font-size:2em; font-weight:500;

		letter-spacing:-0.015em; }



		li.widget p { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; padding: 0 10px; }

		

		li.widget ul, li.linkcat ul { margin: 0; padding-bottom:15px;

		list-style-type:none; }

		

		li.widget ol, li.linkcat ol { margin: 0; }

		

			li.widget li, li.linkcat li { margin:0; padding:5px 0 5px 15px;

			background:url(images/bullet.gif) no-repeat 0 center;

			border-bottom:1px dashed #000;

			font-family:"Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;				font-size:0.90em; }

			

				li.widget li a, li.widget li a:visited, li.linkcat li a, li.linkcat li a:visited { text-decoration: none; }

				

					li.widget li a:hover, li.linkcat li a:hover {  }

			

				li.widget li .recent_date { padding: 0 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold; color: #888; }

		

		li.widget ul.flickr_stream { list-style: none; margin: 0 0 15px 0; padding: 0 5px 0 0; }

		

			li.widget ul.flickr_stream li { margin: 0 0 7px 0; padding:0 0 0px 0; display: inline; background:none; border:none; }

			

				li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a img { padding: 3px;background: #FFF; margin:5px 9px 5px 0; }

				

				li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a:hover img { background: #f3efca; }

		

			/*---< FlickrRSS styles for the widget only >---*/

		

			li.widget_flickrrss { padding:0 0 10px 0; }

			

				li.widget_flickrrss a img { }

				

				li.widget_flickrrss a:hover img { }

				

				li.flickrthumb { }

				

		/*---< Calendar widget styles >---*/

		

		#calendar_wrap { font-size: 1.3em; }

				

li.nobullet ul { background:none; }



/*---:[ footer styles ]:---*/



#footer p { margin: 0 15px 15px 15px; text-align:right;

color:#bdb88c; font-size:0.9em; font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; }



	#footer a, #footer a:visited { text-decoration: none;

	color:#bdb88c; }

		

		#footer a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }







/*---:[ comment styles ]:---*/



h3.comments_headers { font-size: 2em; text-transform:none;

font-family:Helvetica, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma;

letter-spacing:-0.07em;

color:#923224; }



#comments { width: 500px; float: left; clear: both;

font-family:Helvetica, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma;

font-size:1em; }



	ul#comment_list { list-style: none; margin: 0 0 4.0em 0; 

	 float: left;}

		

		ul#comment_list li.comment { width: 480px; padding:5px; float: left;		   border:1px solid #b8d2cb; margin: 5px 0; }

			

		ul#comment_list li.trackback { width: 480px; padding: 5px; background: url('images/trackback_bg.gif'); }

				

			.comment_meta { margin: 0 0 1.2em 0;

			font-size:1em; }

			

				.comment_num { padding: 0; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.4em; float: right; }

				

				.trackback .comment_num { padding: 0; }

				

					.comment_num a, .comment_num a:visited {text-decoration: none; }

					

						.comment_num a:hover { text-decoration: none; }

				

				.comment_meta strong { font-family:Helvetica, "Lucida Grande", Arial, Tahoma; font-size:1.5em; font-weight:normal; color:#923224; }

					

				.comment_time { font-size:0.85em; font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; }

		

			.comment .entry { padding: 0; }

			

				.comment .entry p { margin: 0 0 1.0em 0; }

			





/*---:[ comment form styles ]:---*/



#comment_form { width: 500px; padding: 1.0em 0 0 0; float: left;

font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; }



	#comment_form p { padding: 0.6em 0; }

	

		#comment_form label { padding: 0 0 0 10px; font-size: 1em; font-weight:normal; color:#923224; }



		#comment_form .text_input { width: 230px; border:1px solid #b8d2cb; }

		

		#comment_form .text_area { width: 100% !important; }

	

			#comment_form .text_input:focus {  }

	

		#comment_form .form_submit { background:#8cc746; border:1px solid #FFF;

		padding:5px; color:#FFF; font-weight:bold; }

		

		#comment_form p.subscribe-to-comments { font-size: 1.4em; }

		

			#comment_form p.subscribe-to-comments label { font-size: 1.0em; }

			





/*---:[ search form styles ]:---*/



#search_form { }



	#search_form .search_input { width: 201px; padding: 3px; font: normal 1.0em Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; border-top: 1px solid #999; border-left: 1px solid #999; border-right: 1px solid #f5f5f5; border-bottom: 1px solid #f5f5f5; }

	

	li.widget .search_input { font-size: 1.1em !important; }

	

		#search_form .search_input:focus { border-top: 1px solid #666; border-left: 1px solid #666; border-right: 1px solid #ddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }