* {
  color: #fff; }

body {
  background: #000 url("../images/background.jpg") top center repeat-x;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  color: #888;
  font: normal 0.8em 'Lucida Grande'; }

#header {
  background: transparent url("../images/sun.png") 30% 0 no-repeat;
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1; }

#layer9 {
  background: url("../images/backclouds.png") 30% 0 repeat-x;
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px; }

#layer8 {
  background: url("../images/lighthouse.png") no-repeat top left;
  width: 310px;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 3; }

#layer7 {
  background: url("../images/backsea.png") -40% 130px repeat-x;
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 4; }

#layer6 {
  background: url("../images/frontsea.png") 80% 150px repeat-x;
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 4; }

#layer5 {
  background: url("../images/light.png") no-repeat top left;
  width: 475px;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 35px;
  left: 206px;
  z-index: 5; }

#layer4 {
  background: url("../images/frontclouds.png") 440% 0 repeat-x;
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 6; }

#layer3 {
  background: url("../images/house.png") no-repeat top right;
  width: 450px;
  height: 240px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 7; }

#layer2 {
  background: url("../images/line.png") repeat-x top right;
  width: 100%;
  height: 26px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 214px;
  right: 0;
  z-index: 8; }

h1 a {
  background: url("../images/logo.png") no-repeat top left;
  width: 760px;
  height: 91px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 149px;
  left: 0;
  text-indent: -9999px;
  z-index: 9; }

#layer1 {
  background: url("../images/line2.png") repeat-x top right;
  width: 100%;
  height: 26px; }

#tagline {
  color: #aaa;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 2em; }

.date {
  background-color: #eee;
  color: #222;
  text-align: right;
  padding-right: 0.75em;
  font-weight: bold; }

.article_body {
  color: #666; 
}

.article_body {
  font-size: 1em;
  word-spacing: 0.25em;
  line-height: 1.75em;
  margin-top: -0.25em; 
}

.article_body li {
  line-height: 1.75em;
}

strong {
  color: #999966; }

#content {
  padding-top: 2em; 
  padding-bottom: 3em;
  margin-bottom: 3em;
}

#footer{
  margin-top: 2em;
  margin-bottom: 3em;
}

#disqus_thread {
  margin-top: 1em;
  margin-bottom: 3em;
  margin-left: -0.1em;
}

#side p {
  font-size: 1em;
  word-spacing: 0.25em;
  line-height: 1.75em; }

#side ul > li {
  list-style: none;
  text-indent: 0em;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 1em; 
  padding-top: 0.25em;
  padding-bottom: 0.25em;
}

a {
  color: #999966; }

#content h3 {
  color: #ddd;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 0.9em; 
}

.update {
  border: 0.25em solid #999966;
  padding: 1em;
  background-color: #333;
}

/* Table Styles */
table thead th{
  padding-left:0.5em;
  padding-right:0.5em;
  color: #999966;
  font-weight:bold;
  border-right:1px solid #ccc;
}
table td{
  padding-left:0.5em;
  padding-right:0.5em;
  border-right:1px solid #ccc;
}

table thead{
  border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

/* #dsq-content .dsq-post-fields input */
.dsq-input-wrapper input{
  color:#000;
}