* {
margin:0;
padding:0
}

html,body {
background:#FFF url(/images/yellowbackground.gif);
color:#333;
text-align:center
}

body {
font:13px georgia,new times roman,times,serif;
line-height:15px
}

h1 {
font-size:20px
}

h2 {
font-size:18px
}

h3 {
font-size:16px
}

h4 {
font-size:14px
}

a {
color:#860D0D;
text-decoration:none
}

a:hover {
color:#D51515
}

#wrapper {
background:#FFF;
text-align:left;
width:965px;
border-color:#F8E91D;
border-style:solid none solid solid;
border-width:8px;
margin:20px auto;
padding:0 30px 30px
}

#masthead {
padding:0
}

#masthead h1 a {
text-transform:uppercase;
width:400px;
float:left;
margin:12px 0 0
}

#masthead h1 a em {
font-style:normal;
color:#555
}

#authorBlurb img {
float:right;
width:67px;
height:100px;
border:0 solid #EEE
}

#authorIntro {
line-height:1.4em;
width:400px;
float:right;
margin:8px 0 0
}

ul.nav {
list-style:none;
background:#EEE
}

.nav li {
border-right:1px solid #DDD;
float:left;
display:block;
width:100px
}

.nav li a {
font:12px;
outline:none;
color:#333;
text-decoration:none;
display:block;
width:99px;
text-transform:uppercase;
padding:5px 0 5px 5px
}

.nav li a span {
font-size:11px;
color:#777;
text-transform:lowercase
}

.nav li a:hover {
background:#860D0D;
color:#eee !important;
width:95px
}

* html .nav li a:hover {
background:#333;
width:99px
}

#archives {
background:#333
}

#archives ul {
list-style:none;
padding:5px 0 3px
}

#archives li {
float:left;
display:block;
width:101px
}

#archives li a {
font-weight:700;
color:#7F7F7F;
width:99px;
display:block;
padding:2px 0 4px 5px
}

#archives li a:hover {
color:#EEE
}

#mainCol {
float:left;
width:435px;
margin:26px 0 0
}

#midCol {
color:#222;
float:left;
width:250px;
line-height:1.3em;
margin:25px 0 0 33px

}

#midCol p {
color:#333
}

#searchWrap,.middle_links {
margin-bottom:20px
}

#searchWrap #s {
font-size:1.1em;
border:1px solid #BBB;
margin-right:3px;
width:220px;
padding:1px 2px
}

#midCol ul {
list-style:none;
margin:8px 0 4px

}

.middle_links ul li {
background:url(http://dalailamamatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/li.gif) no-repeat 0 3px;
color:#7F7F7F;
line-height:1.2em;
border-top:0 solid #BBB;
padding:4px 0 4px 16px
}

#tertCol {
float:left;
width:214px;
background:#F4E992;
margin:23px 0 0 33px
}

#tertCol p {
color:#777
}

#tertCol_front {
float:left;
width:214px;
background:#fff;
font-size:12px;
color:#777;
margin:23px 0 0 33px
}

#elseWhere {
margin:20px
}

ul#imgLinks {
list-style:none;
margin:7px 0
}

#imgLinks li {
color:#7F7F7F;
line-height:1.2em;
padding:0 0 1px
}

#imgLinks li a img {
border:0 solid #EEE;
width:208px;
height:69px;
color:#333;
font-weight:700
}

#imgLinks li a:hover img {
border-color:#DDD
}

.middle_path_links {
border:1px dashed #F8E91D;
padding:3px
}

#topper {
float:left;
width:490px;
background:#F4E992;
font-size:14px;
color:#000;
margin:23px 0 0 33px
}

#topper p {
color:#000
}

.topper_main {
font-size:15px;
line-height:18px;
color:#000
}

.postMeta {
background:url(images/dot.gif) repeat-x left center;
text-transform:uppercase;
font-size:11px;
text-align:right;
margin-bottom:5px
}

.postMeta span.date {
background:#FFF;
color:#7F7F7F;
padding:0 2px 0 4px
}

.postMeta span.comments {
background:#FFF url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left:15px;
margin-left:2px
}

.postMeta span.comments a,.postMeta span.date a {
color:#555
}

.post {
margin:0 0 15px
}

.post h2 {
line-height:1.2em;
margin-bottom:7px
}

.post h2 a {
width:100%;
display:block;
outline:none
}

.post .entry {
line-height:1.4em;
overflow:hidden
}

.post .entry p a {
background:url(images/dot.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
font-weight:700
}

.entry blockquote {
margin:0 1.3em
}

.entry ul {
list-style:none;
margin:0 1.3em
}

.entry ul li {
background:url(http://dalailamamatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/li.gif) no-repeat 0 1px;
padding-left:18px;
margin-bottom:7px
}

.entry ol {
margin:0 1em 0 3em
}

.entry ol li {
margin:0 0 7px
}

.entry img,.entry a img {
border:0 solid #EEE
}

.entry a:hover img {
border-color:#DFDFDF
}

.entry table tr {
padding:15px 0
}

.entry table tr.alt {
background:#eee
}

#more_reading {
color:#7F7F7F;
font-size:11px;
text-transform:uppercase;
margin-bottom:25px;
text-align:right
}

#more_reading a img {
border:none;
margin:0 0 3px 2px
}

#comments {
width:435px;
padding:12px 0 0
}

#comments h3,h3#respond {
color:#555;
margin-bottom:7px
}

ol.commentslist {
list-style:none;
margin:5px 0 12px
}

.commentslist li {
background:#FFF url(images/lgrey_diag.gif) repeat top left;
border:1px solid #BBB;
margin-bottom:7px;
padding:7px 0
}

.commentslist li.alt {
background:#FFF
}

.commentslist li:hover {
border-color:#888
}

.commentslist .comment_text {
line-height:1.4em;
overflow:hidden;
margin:0 7px
}

.comment_text ul,.comment_text ol,.comment_text blockquote {
margin:0 1em
}

p.author_meta {
font-weight:700;
text-transform:uppercase;
margin:0 0 0 7px
}

p.post_meta {
font-size:11px;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-align:right;
margin:0 7px 0 0
}

.commentslist li.author {
background:#333;
color:#CCC
}

.commentslist li.author a {
color:#DDD
}

#comments_closed {
background:#333;
color:#ccc;
margin-top:12px;
line-height:1.5em;
padding:7px 0
}

p.nocomments {
margin:0 12px 0 7px
}

p.nocomments a {
color:#ddd;
font-weight:700;
text-decoration:underline
}

ol.pingslist {
font-size:12px;
margin:1.5em 2em
}

.pingslist li {
color:#7F7F7F;
margin:0 0 7px
}

#author,#email,#url,#comment {
font:1.1em arial,helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;
border:1px solid #BBB;
padding:2px
}

#comment {
width:429px;
overflow:auto
}

#commentform p small {
font-size:10px;
color:#7F7F7F
}

.commentslist code {
background:transparent
}

#footer p {
padding-top:7px
}

#footer p a {
font-weight:700;
color:#333
}

.floatleft {
float:left;
margin:3px 7px 0 0
}

.floatright {
float:right;
margin:3px 0 0 7px
}

.right {
float:right
}

.left {
float:left
}

.clear {
clear:both
}

.fix:after {
content:".";
display:block;
height:0;
clear:both;
visibility:hidden
}

.fix {
display:block
}

* html .fix {
height:1%
}

.floatleftwithcaption {
float:left;
margin-right:10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
color:#333;
font:10px helvetica,arial,verdana, sans serif
}

.photowithcaption {
color:#333;
font:10px helvetica,arial,verdana, sans serif
}

.blurb {
font:18px georgia,times new roman, times, serif;
font-style:italic
}

.resourcetable {
font:12px verdana,helvetica,arial;
font-decoration:none
}

.delicious-posts {
font-size:80%
}

.delicious-link {
font-size:12px
}

.delicious-post {
border-top:1px solid #eee
}

.delicious-odd {
background-color:#f8f8f8
}

#authorIntro a, {
font-weight:700
}

.nav li.skip,li.top {
border-left:1px solid #DDD;
float:right;
display:block width:100px
}

.nav li.skip a,li.top a {
width:100px
}

#searchWrap input,#more_reading p,#more_reading img {
vertical-align:middle
}

.middle_links h3,#elseWhere h3 {
margin-bottom:7px
}

.quote,.topper_quote {
font-size:12px;
font-style:italic;
color:#777
}

.entry h3,.post .entry p,.comment_text p,.comment_text ul,.comment_text ol,.comment_text blockquote,#commentform p {
margin:1em 0
}

.entry li a,.commentslist li a,.pingslist li a,#commentform p a {
font-weight:700;
background:url(images/dot.gif) repeat-x bottom left
}

.commentslist li.author a:hover,p.nocomments a:hover {
color:#FFF
} 

.hhdlquote {
font-size:14px;
line-height:20px;
color:#000000;
background:#F2E798;
border:1px solid #860D0D;
padding: 20px;
}