p, img, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

a img {
border: 0;
}

body {
background: #fefafc url(/images/background.jpg) repeat;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;
}

#topborder {
background: url(/images/top_border.gif) repeat-x;
}

#wrapper {
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
top: 5px;
overflow: hidden; 
}

#header {
width: 500px;
padding: 20px 0 0 0;
}

#header img {
margin: 0 0 0 70px;
}

#nav {
position: relative;
width: 950px;
margin: 0 0 0 50px;
z-index: 500;
}

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

.tab_left {
background: url(/images/tab_left.png) no-repeat;
width: 18px;
height: 37px;
float: left;
}

.tab_middle {
position:relative;
background: url(/images/tab_middle.png) repeat-x;
height: 37px;
float: left;
padding: 12px 1px 0 0;
}

.tab_middle a {
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: .9em;
letter-spacing: .03em;
}

.tab_right {
background: url(/images/tab_right.png) no-repeat;
width: 16px;
height: 37px;
float: left;
}


/*Drop down menus */

.tab_middle ul {
clear: both;
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px 0 10px 5px;
width: 150px;
background-color: #7d4d1f;
list-style: none;
z-index: 5;
font-size: 10px;
display: none;
/* left: -999em; */

}

.tab_middle ul li {
line-height: 15px;
padding: 5px 0 0 0;
}

.tab_middle ul li a {
background: url(/images/nav_arrow.jpg) no-repeat;
display: block;
font-size: 1.2em;
text-transform: none;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
}

.tab_middle:hover ul, .tab_hover ul { 
display: block;
/* left: auto; */
}


#mainbackground {
clear: both;
background: url(/images/maincontent_main.png) repeat-y;
width: 1000px;
position: relative;
top: -12px;
}

#maincontent {
width: 840px;
margin: 0 0 0 80px;
position: relative;
top: 10px;
}

#maincontent_bottom {
background: url(/images/maincontent_bottom.png) no-repeat;
width: 1000px;
height: 165px;
position: relative;
top: -12px;
}

#leftimagecolumn {
float: left;
width: 265px;
position: relative;
bottom: 0px;
margin: 0 0 0 -30px;
}

#middlecolumn { 
float: left;
width: 550px;
font-size: .75em;
line-height: 1.7em;
color: #7d4d1f;
letter-spacing: .02em;
}

#middlecolumn h1 {
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
font-size: 2.5em;
color: #ce7ebc;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: .5em;
}

#middlecolumn p {
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#sidebarcolumn {
float: right;
width: 220px;
}

.sidebar_box_top {
background: url(/images/box_top.jpg) no-repeat;
width: 224px;
height: 11px;
overflow: hidden;
}

.sidebar_box_middle {
background: url(/images/box_middle.jpg) repeat-y ;
width: 224px;
padding: 10px 20px;
}

.sidebar_box_bottom {
background: url(/images/box_bottom.jpg) no-repeat;
width: 224px;
height: 11px;
}

#sidebar_topbox_content {
border: 2px dotted #97714c;
padding: 10px;
width: 160px;
color: #7d4d1f;
font-size: .8em;
}

#sidebar_bottombox_content {
padding: 5px;
width: 175px;
color: #7d4d1f;
font-size: .8em;
}

#sidebar_bottombox_content h1 {
font-size: 1.5em;
border-bottom: 2px dotted #92afba;
padding: 0 0 5px 0;
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#bottomborder {
background: url(/images/bottom_border.gif) repeat-x;
height: 75px;
clear: both;
position: relative;
top: -12px;
}

#footer {
text-align: center;
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: .8em;
padding: 30px 0 0 0;
}

#footer a {
color: #ffffff;
text-decoration: none;
}

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

#footerborder {
border-bottom: 2px dotted #ffffff;
padding: 0 0 5px 0;
display: inline-block;
}

#footersmallbox {
font-size: .8em;
padding: 10px 0 0 0;
}

/* Blog styles */

.home_blog_title, .news_title {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18px;
}

.news_date {
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 11px;
}

.home_blog_title a, .archive_month a {
color: #ce7ebc;
}

.blog_left {
float: left;
width: 300px;
}

.blog_right {
float: right;
width: 200px;
}