@charset "UTF-8";
body  {
	font: 100%/1.5 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #999;
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; 
	color: #000;
}
a img {
	border: 0;
}

#container { 
	width: 790px;  
	margin: 0 auto; 
	text-align: left;
	font-size: .8em;
	background: #FFF url(../images/body_back.jpg) repeat-x;
} 
#header {
	padding: 15px 0 25px;
	min-height: 260px;
} 
#header img {
	margin-left: 8px;
}
#header blockquote {
	color: #900;
	margin: 60px 120px 0 260px;
	background: url(../images/quote.gif) no-repeat;
	padding-left: 34px;
}
blockquote p {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font: 1.45em/1.5 Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
#header cite {
	font: normal 1.3em/1 Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #000;
	margin-left: 294px;
	margin-top: 0;
}

/* navigation */
#nav {
	background: #900 url(../images/nav_back.jpg) repeat-x;
	float: left;
	width: 100%;
	position: relative;
}
#nav img {
	position: absolute;
	left: 60px;
	bottom: 0;
	z-index: 100;
}

#nav ul {
	margin: 0 0 0 21em;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	background: #900 url(../images/nav_back.jpg) repeat-x;
}
#nav li {
	float: left;
}
#nav li a {
	color: #FFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	padding: 6px 14px 5px 10px;
	font-size: 1em;
	background: url(../images/nav_divide.gif) no-repeat center right;
}
#nav li#about a {
	background: none;
	padding-right: 5px;
}
#nav li#home a {
	padding-left: 15px;
}
#nav li a:hover, #nav li a:active, #nav li a:focus {
	/*color: #000;*/
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.home #home a {
	font-weight: bold;
}
#callouts {
	background: #e1e1e1 url(../images/callouts_back.gif) repeat-y 263px 0px;
	float: left;
	width: 100%;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	padding-top: 30px;
}
.pod {
	width: 173px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 75px;
	padding-right: 15px;
}
#callouts h1 {
	font-size: 1em;
	color: #333;
	background: url(../images/arrow.gif) no-repeat right center;
	margin-right: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-top: 0;
}
#callouts p {
	font-size: .85em;
	line-height: 1.4;
	margin: 0;
}
#training {
	background:url(../images/training.jpg) no-repeat 5px 3px;
}
#coding {
	background: url(../images/coding.jpg) no-repeat 5px 3px;
}
#speaking {
	background: url(../images/speaking.jpg) no-repeat 5px 3px;
}

#sidebar1 {
	float: left;
	width: 243px; 
	padding: 25px 10px; 
}
#sidebar1 h3 {
	color: #900;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 1em;
	text-align: center;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
	border-top: 1px dashed #999;
	background: url(../images/diamond.gif) no-repeat 49px center;
}
#sidebar1 #wrap {
	background: url(../images/diamond.gif) no-repeat 180px center;
}
#sidebar1 h4 {
	font-size: .85em;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0 10px 0 45px;
}
#sidebar1 h4 a {
	color: #900;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#sidebar1 h4 a:hover, #sidebar1 h4 a:active, #sidebar1 h4 a:focus {
	color: #000;
}
#sidebar1 p {
	margin: 0 10px 0 45px;
	font-size: .85em;
	color: #666;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.news {
	margin-right: 2em;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
}
.date {
	padding-top: 4px;
	width: 2.5em;
	text-align: center;
}
#sidebar1 .date p {
	padding: 7px 1px 0;
	background: #333;
	color: #FFF !important;
	margin: 0;
	border: none;
}



#mainContent {
	margin: 0 8em 0 266px; 
	padding: 20px 1.5em;
} 
#mainContent p {
	font-size: .9em;
	color: #666;
}
#mainContent h2 {
	color: #900;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	padding: 4px 0 0 45px;
}
#mainContent h2.consulting {
	background: url(../images/consulting.jpg) no-repeat;
	min-height: 35px;
}
#mainContent h2.writing {
	background: url(../images/css_book.jpg) no-repeat 0 7px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-top: 40px;
}
#mainContent h2.blogging {
	background: url(../images/blogging.jpg) no-repeat 0 6px;
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-top: 40px;
}
#mainContent h2.blogging span, #mainContent h2.writing span {
	display: block;
	font-size: 0.65em;
	color: #333;
	margin-top: 0;
	padding-top: 0;
}


/* footer */
#footer { 
	background:#666;
	text-align: left;
} 
#footer p {
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 5px 2em 5px 25em;
	color: #FFF;
	font-size: .9em;
}

/* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */
.fltrt {
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { 
	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;
}