/*
Theme Name: PickTheBrainc
Version: 1.0
*/

body {
	margin: 0;
	background-color: #fff;
}
img {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	border: none;
}
.text img.right { padding: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 15px; border: 3px double
#bbb; float: right; clear: right; }

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

form {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.form select,
.form input,
.form textarea {vertical-align:middle;}
/*--start main--*/
#main {
	width: 1002px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	overflow: hidden;	
	padding: 0 0 20px 0;
}
/*--start header--*/
#header {
	float: left;
	width: 1002px;
	height: 126px;
	margin: 7px 0 0;
	position: relative;
	background: url(./images/header-bg.jpg) no-repeat;
}
#header .logo {
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	background: url(./images/logo.jpg) no-repeat;
	width: 183px;
	height: 28px;
	text-indent: -9999px;
	overflow: hidden;
	left: 18px;
	top: 27px;
}
#header .topics {
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	left: -15px;
	top: 49px;
	list-style: none;
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;

}
#header .topics li {
	float: left; 
	height: 20px;
	padding: 6px 0 0 0;
}
#header .topics a {
	text-decoration: none;

}
#header .topics a:hover {
	background: #feff8f;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #000;	
}

#header .topics .topic1 {
	width: 57px;
	padding: 6px 8px 0 0px;
}
#header .topics .topic2 {
	padding:6px 15pt 0pt 13px;
	width:70px;
}
#header .topics .topic3 {
	padding:6px 16px 0pt 0px;
	width:73px;
}
#header .topics .topic4 {
	padding:6px 18px 0pt 0px;
	width:42px;
}
#header .topics .topic5 {
	padding:6px 18px 0pt 0px;
	width:40px;
}
#header .topics .topic6 {
	width: 60px;
	padding: 6px 18px 0 0px;
}
#header .topics .topic7 {
	width: 51px;
	padding: 6px 18px 0 0px;
}
#header .topics .topic8 {
	padding:6px 15pt 0pt 0px;
	width:103px;
}
#header .topics .topic9 {
	width: 78px;
	padding: 6px 0 0 0px;
}
/*--start top navigation--*/
#header .top-nav {
	position: absolute;
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font: 11px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	height: 26px;
	top: 94px;
	left: 2px;
}
#header .top-nav li {
	float: left; 
	background: url(./images/topnav_bg.gif) repeat-x;
	height: 26px;
	/*padding: 6px 0 0 0; */
	border-right: 1px solid #c4c4c4; 
}

#header .top-nav li:hover{
	background: #3332CC;
	border-right: 1px solid #c4c4c4;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#header .top-nav a {
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	/* background: url(./images/top-nav-item.gif) no-repeat 0 2px; */
	padding: 6px 30px;
	display: block;
}

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

#header .top-nav .link1 {
	width: 135px;
	/*padding: 6px auto 0 auto;*/
	text-align: center;
}

/*--start content--*/
#content {
	float: left;
	width: 1000px;
	border: 1px solid #c4c4c4;
	border-top: none;
	/*margin: 3px 0 0 0;*/
	overflow: hidden;
	font-family: Arial;
	/*background-color: #f3f9fc;*/
	
}
#left-column,
#right-column {
	float: left;
}
#wrapper { float: left; width: 693px;}
#center-column { 
	float: right; 
	/* background-color: #f3f9fc; */ 
}


/*--start left-column--*/
#left-column {
	float: left; 
	width: 165px;
	padding-left: 4px;
	/*border: 1px solid #ebf4fa;*/
	/*background-color: #FFF;*/
}

/*--start email section --*/
#email{
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ebf4fa;
	width:155px;
	height: 120px;
	padding:0 5px 5px 5px;
	background-color: #fff;
}

#email h3 {
	background: url(images/emailSignUp_03.png) top left no-repeat;
	width:161px;
	height: 55px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 0 5px 0;
}

#email h3 span{ display: none; }

#email .fieldbox {
	width:150px; 
	font-style: italic; 
	color: #999;
	margin:0 5px 10px 0;	
}

#email .submitEmail {
	text-align: center; 
	margin: 0 0 0 45px;
}

/*--start subscribe--*/
#left-column .subscribe {
	float: left;
	padding: 7px 0 0 5px;
	background-color: #fff;
}

#left-column .subscribe h3 {
	margin:5px 0 10px 0;
}

#left-column .subscribe .title {
	float: left;
	background: url(./images/subscribe.gif) no-repeat;
	width: 145px;
	height: 21px;
	overflow: hidden; 
	text-indent: -9999px;
}
#left-column .subscribe .rss {
	float: left;
	margin: 8px 0 0 2px;
}
#left-column .subscribe .rss a {float: left;}
#left-column .subscribe .rss span {
	color:#004B97;
	float:left;
	font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
	font-size:14px;
	margin:0 0 4px 8px;
}

#left-column .subscribe a {
	float: left;
	font: 14px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #004b97;
	text-decoration: none;
}

/*--start about-us--*/
#left-column .about-us {
	float: left;
	border: 1px solid #74b9da;
	width: 165px;
	background-color: #c6e2f0;
	padding: 0 0 24px 0;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
}
#left-column .about-us .title {
	float: left;
	width: 153px;
	height: 18px;
	padding: 5px 0 0 8px;
	border: 1px solid #9ccde4;
	font: bold 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
	margin: 2px 0 0 2px; 
	background-color: #f3f9fc;
}
#left-column .about-us .text {
	float: left;
	padding: 15px 2px 0 8px;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
}
#left-column .about-us .text strong {color: #900;}
#left-column .about-us .text a {
	color: #900;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#left-column .about-us .text strong a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}

/*------------------start center column------------------*/
#center-column {
	float: right;
	width: 516px;
	padding: 0 0 141px 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 2px;
	border: 1px solid #d7e9f4;
}
h4{ 
	font-size:12px; 
	color:#666666; 
	font-style:italic; 
	padding:0 0 0 15px;
	font-weight:normal;
}

#center-column .text {
	float: left;
	padding: 15px 0 0 19px;
}
#center-column .text h1 {
	margin: 0;
	font: 21px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height: 30px;
}
.text h1 a{
color: #99000;
}
#center-column .text p {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 23px 0 0 0;
 	font: 14px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #000;
	line-height: 21px;
}
#center-column .text p strong {color: #000;}
#center-column .text a {
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #0000cc;
}
#center-column .text a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;}
#center-column .text p strong a {color: #900;}
#center-column .text-1 {
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
	background: url(./images/text-1-middle-bg.gif);
	width: 504px;
	overflow: hidden;
		margin: 7px 0 3px 7px;
	display: inline;
}
#center-column .text-1-top {
	float: left;
	background: url(./images/text-1-top-bg.gif) no-repeat;
	width: 504px;
	height: 9px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#center-column .text-1-top .comments {
	float: left;
	background: url(./images/text-1-top-bg.gif) no-repeat;
	width: 504px;
	height: 9px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#center-column .text-1 .title {
	/*float: left;*/
	font: 20px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #900;
	padding: 10px 6px 0 16px;
}
#center-column .text-1 .title a{
	color: #900;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#center-column .text-1 .title a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#center-column .text-1 .text-1-sep {
	/* float: left; */
	background: url(./images/text-1-sep.gif) no-repeat;
	width: 504px;
	height: 2px;
	margin: 11px 0 0;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments {
	/* float: left; */
	width: 475px;
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height: 20px;
	color: #000;
	padding: 0 10px 0 19px;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .left {
	float: left;
	padding: 10px 0 10px 0;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right {
	float: right;
	padding: 10px 24px 10px 0; 
	background: url(./images/comments-bg.gif) no-repeat 100% 2px;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right_print {
	float: right;
	padding: 10px 0px; 
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #1d337e;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right_print a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #1d337e;
}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
#center-column .text-1 .comments .right_print a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}

#center-column .text-1 h2 {
	padding: 13px 0 0 15px;
	margin: 0;
	font: 16px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #1d337e;
}
#center-column .text-1 h2 {
	padding: 13px 0 0 15px;
	margin: 0;
	font: 16px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #1d337e;
}
#center-column .text-1 .image {
	float: right;
	width: 208px;
	border: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
	background-color: #f2f2f2;
	padding: 3px 0 4px 4px;
	margin: 54px 5px 0 0;
}
#center-column .text-1 .text {
	width: 475px;
	/*float: left;*/
	display: block;
	/*padding: 16px 0 8px 15px;*/
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	font: 14px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height: 21px;
	color: #000;
}
#center-column .text-1 .text p{
	padding: 16px 0 8px 15px;
	margin: 0;
}
#center-column .text-1 .text a {
	color: #000ff;
	//font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
#center-column .text-1 .text a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
#center-column .text-1 .text-1-bottom {
	float: left;
	background: url(./images/text-1-bottom-bg.gif) no-repeat;
	margin: 15px 0 0 0;
	width: 504px;
	height: 8px;
	overflow: hidden;
}

#center-column .text-1 form{
	margin-left: 20px;
}

#center-column .commentWrapper{
	margin:0 0 3px 15px;
	width:475px;
	clear: both;
	padding-top:20px;
}


/*--start right column--*/
#right-column {
	float: left;
	width: 300px;
	/*border: 1px solid #d9eaf6;*/ 
	border-left: none;
	border-bottom: none;
	background-color: #FFF;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0 3px 0 3px;
}
#right-column .mediumRect {
	width: 300px;
	height: 252px;
	padding:1px 3px 1px 3px;
	margin:0 0 10px 0;
	float:left;
}
#right-column .box {
	float: right;
	width: 300px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #d9eaf6;*/
	border-right: none;
	background-color: #fff; 
	padding: 0 0 15px 0;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
#right-column .box h3.title {
	/*float: right;*/
	font: 15px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #fff;
	background: url(./images/title-bg.gif) repeat-x;
	width: 290px;
	height: 21px;
	padding: 5px 0 0 13px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	display:block;
}

#right-column .box h3.title a:link {
	color:#fff;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#right-column .box h3.title a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#right-column .box h3.title a:visited {
	color:#fff;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#right-column .box p {
	padding: 12px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 10px 0 8px;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #414141;
}
#right-column .box p a {
	color: #004b97;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#right-column .box p a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
#right-column .box li a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}

#right-column .box p .link {
	color: #900;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#right-column .box ul{
	list-style: none;
	padding:0 10px 0 10px;
	margin: 5px 0 5px 0;
}
	
#right-column .box li{
	margin:0 0 10px 0;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
	
#right-column .box li a{
	padding: 12px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 0;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #004b97;
	list-style: none;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#right-column .box .banner {
	float: left;
	margin: 14px 0 0 83px;
	display: inline;
}
#left-column .box {
	float: left;
	width: 160px;
	padding: 0 0 12px 0;
	margin: 7px 0 0 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #d9eaf6;*/
}
#left-column .box h3.title {
	/* float: right; */
	font: 15px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #fff;
	background: url(./images/title-bg.gif) repeat-x;
	width: 151px;
	height: 21px;
	padding: 5px 0 0 9px;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	display:block;
}

#left-column  .box p {
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 10px 0 8px;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #414141;
}
#left-column  .box p a {
	color: #004b97;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#left-column .box p a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
#left-column .box p .link {
	color: #900;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#left-column .box .banner {
	float: left;
	margin: 14px 0 15px 6px;
	display: inline;
}

/*--start footer--*/
#footer {
	float: left;
	width: 1002px;
	background: url(./images/footer-bg.gif) repeat-x;
	height: 19px;
	padding: 6px 0 0 0;
	text-align: center;
	overflow: hidden;
}
#footer span {
	color: #fff;
	font: 12px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#footer a {
	color: #fff;
}
h2#comments {
	width: 475px;
}
#commentlist {
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	width: 495px;
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	float: left;
	line-height: 20px;
}
#commentlist li{
	list-style: none;
	padding: 7px 7px 0 7px;
	margin: 0 0 7px 7px;
	border: solid 1px #CDE3F2;
}
#commentlist li p{
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 0 7px 0;
}
#commentlist li a{
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #3333cc;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.feed,
.nocomments {
	float: left;
	width: 495px;
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 7px 0 7px 0;
	padding: 0 0 0 14px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.feed a {
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #900;
	margin: 0 10px 0 0;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#commentform {
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 100%;
	padding: 7px 7px 0 7px;
	margin: 0 0 7px 7px;
	float: left;
	font: 13px arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
* html #commentform {
	padding: 7px 7px 0 0;
}
#commentform a{
	color: #900;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#commentform p input.inputtext,
#commentform p textarea {
	border: solid 1px #CDE3F2;
}
#commentform p textarea {
	width: 475px;
}
* html #commentform p textarea {
	width: 475px;
}

#leaderboard { height:92px;width:730px; margin-left: 137px;}
.ad_search { width:350px; margin:20px auto 10px auto; }
.ad_index { padding: 0px 0px 4px 27px; }

.ad_sideleft { padding-left: 0px; }
.ad_sideright { padding-left: 3px; }
.ad_sidelink { padding: 10px 0 0 5px; }
.alignleft { padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px; }
.ad_ratings { padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; }
.counter { margin:8px 0px -6px 36px; }
.wrapper_left { background-color: #f3f9fc; }
.digg { padding: 3px 0 0 8px; }
.sub_bottom { border: 1px solid #ebf4fa; margin:16px -5px 0px 10px; padding:6px 0px 9px 23px; background: #fdfceb; clear: both; height: 70px;}
.sub_bottom div {padding:0 0 5px 0;}
.sub_bottom .left { float:left; width: 300px;}
.sub_bottom .right{ float: right; padding-top:3px;}

.sponsor_left {
list-style: none;
background:transparent none repeat scroll 0%;
float:left;
height:125px;
margin:0pt 0pt 10px;
padding:0pt 10px 0pt 10pt;
width:125px;
}
.sponsor_right {
background:transparent none repeat scroll 0%;
float: right;
height:125px;
margin:0pt 0pt 10px;
padding:0pt 26px 0pt 0pt;
width:125px;
}
.google ul { padding: 0 0 0 0;
list-style-image:none;
list-style-position:outside;
list-style-type:none;
margin:0px;}
.search_bar { padding: 14px 0 0 10px; }
.bottom_nav_new { float:right;
padding:10pt 50px 0px 0px; }
.bottom_nav_prev { padding: 0 0 0 10px;}

.ad_left { margin: 0 10px 0.5em 0; float: left; clear: left; }
.ad_right { margin: 0 0 0.5em 15px; float: right; clear: right; }

/*---------- Archive Styles ---------------*/
a.car-toggler{ 
	margin-left: 15px; 
}
.car-list li{ list-style:none; display:block; }
.car-list li:hover {background-color:#eee;}
.car-yearmonth span { color:#990000; }
.car-monthlisting li span {color: #990000; }
#center-column .text-1 .text .car-list li a:link{text-decoration:none;}
#center-column .text-1 .text .car-list li a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}

/*---------- Author Page Styles --------------*/
#center-column .author ul{
	padding: 0 0 0 20px;
	margin: 0;
}

#center-column .author li{
	list-style: none;
	padding:15px 0 10px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ebf4fa;
}

#center-column .author li span{
	font-size: 12px;
}

#center-column .author li span a:link{
	color: #990000;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#center-column .author li span a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#center-column .author li span a:visited{
	color: #990000;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#center-column .author h3{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#center-column .author h3 a:link, #center-column .author h3 a:visited{
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
}

#center-column .author h3 a:hover{
	text-decoration: underline;
}