body.custom {background: #e4e4e4 url(bgx_greenwhite.jpg) repeat-x;}

.custom #container {margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0em; border-left: 0.3em solid #ddd; border-right: 0.3em solid #ddd;}

/***HEADER***/
.custom #header_area .page {background: none; }
.custom #header {background:transparent url(images/birdtreebg.png) no-repeat scroll 780px 10px; border-bottom:none; padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:10px; height:80px;}
.custom #header #logo {margin-top:30px; }
.custom #header #logo a{font-size: 25px; color:#fff; padding-left:0; margin-left:-0.3em; }
.custom #header #logo a:hover{font-size: 25px; color:#ddd;}
.custom #header #tagline {font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-left:-0.3em;}
.custom #header_widget_1 {}
.custom #header_widget_1 ul.sidebar_list li.widget {position:absolute; display: block; top:0px; left:368px; width:468px; }
.custom #header-adblock img {margin:1px; align:center;}
.custom div.header-adblock a:hover img {border:3px solid #666;}
.custom div.header-adblock a img {border:3px solid #333;}
.custom div.header-adblock img {padding: 1px;}
/***HEADER END***/


/***NAV MENU***/
.custom .menu {background: none; border:none; height: 20px;}

/*
.custom ul.menu li a:hover {background: #666; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px;}
Edit the Above Line of Code with the background colors referenced above to modify the background color when hovering over a menu item*/

.custom ul.menu li a:hover {color: #999999; text-decoration: none; margin-bottom:0; padding-bottom:0.6em;}
.custom ul.menu li.current a, .custom ul.menu li.current-cat a {color: #999999; border:none; padding-bottom:0.6em;background:none;}
.custom .menu li {padding: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:none;}
.custom .menu a {background: none; border:none; font-size:10px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.3em; margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom:0em; margin-right:1em; color:#999999; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; border-bottom:none;}
.custom .menu .rss { float: right; }
.custom .menu .rss a, .menu .rss a:hover { padding-bottom:0.6em; padding-right:0.6em; border: none; }
.custom .menu .rss a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
/***NAV MENU END***/

/***SIDEBAR AND WIDGETS***/
.custom li.widget {list-style: none; text-indent: 0; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0; padding-left:0; margin-left:1em;}
li.widget h3 {color:#666; font-size:21px; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0;}
.custom #multimedia_box {margin-bottom:0;}
.custom .sidebar ul.sidebar_list {position:relative; padding:0; margin:0;}

.custom div.subscriber {text-indent:0; background: #FFF0DA url(subscribe-bg.png) no-repeat; border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; border-top: 1px solid #bbb; padding:1em; margin-left:-1em; margin-right:1em;}
.custom div.subscriber h3{text-indent: 0; }

.custom div.bluefader {text-indent: 0; padding:1em; background: #E5F2FF url(blue-bg.gif) repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; margin-left:-1em; margin-right:1em;}
.custom div.bluefader h3{text-indent: 0; }

.custom div.grayfader {text-indent:0; padding:1em; background: #fff url(fade.gif) repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; margin-left:-1em; margin-right:1em;}
.custom div.grayfader h3{text-indent:0;}

.custom div.lightorange {text-indent:0; padding:1em; background: #fffaed; border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; margin-left:-1em; margin-right:1em;}
.custom div.lightorange  h3{text-indent:0;}

.custom div.sblist1 a {display: block; color:#000000; margin-left:-0.9em; margin-right:-0.9em; padding-left: 1em; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; font-family:georgia; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;}
.custom div.sblist1 a:hover {background-color: #eee; color: #000; text-decoration: underline;}
/***SIDEBAR AND WIDGETS END***/


/***CONTENT AREA MODS***/
.custom .entry-title {color: #333; font-family: arial; font-size: 24px; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:0;}
.custom .entry-title a{text-align: center !important; color: #333; font-family: arial; font-weight:bold;}
.custom .entry-title a:hover {color: #990000; }
.custom .headline_area {text-align:center; margin-bottom:15px;}
.custom #archive_info {text-align:center;}
.custom .post_box{margin-left:15px;}
.custom .format_text h3 a {color: #000; text-decoration:none; border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;}
.custom .format_text h3 a:hover {color: #990000;}
.custom .format_text .code1 {color:#990000;}

.custom div.welcome_box { border: 2px solid #ddd; background: #E5F2FF url(blue-bg.gif) repeat-x; margin:0; padding: 0.4em; padding-bottom:0;margin-left:0.5em; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px;}
/***CONTENT AREA MODS END***/

/***OTHERS MODS***/
.custom #adblock img {margin:1px;}
.custom div.adblock a:hover img {border:3px solid #bebebe;}
.custom div.adblock a img {border:3px solid #ddd;}
.custom div.adblock img {padding: 1px; }

.custom #image-block img {background: #eee; padding: 0.8em; border:1px solid #ddd;}
.custom div.image-block a:hover img {background: #ddd; border:1px solid #bebebe;}
.custom div.image-block a img {background: #eee; border:1px solid #ddd;}
.custom div.image-block img {background: #eee; padding: 0.8em; border:1px solid #ddd;}
/***OTHERS MODS END***/

/***FOOTER***/
.custom #footer_area, #footer_area .page{background: #222;} 
.custom #footer_area {color: #ccc; padding-top: 0em; text-align:center; border-top: 3px solid #666;} 
.custom #footer {border-top:none; text-align:center; color:#555555;} 
.custom #footer a {color: #555555; border-bottom:1px solid #555555;}
.custom #footer a:hover {color: #888888; text-decoration: none; } 
.custom #footer_1 {text-align:left; border-bottom: 1px solid #333; }
.custom #footer_1 ul.sidebar_list li.widget {text-indent:0; color: #eee; width:23%; margin-right:0%; float:left;}
.custom #footer_1 ul.sidebar_list li.widget h3 {text-indent:0; padding-top:0.2em; color:#ccc; font-size:22px; font-family:georgia;}
.custom #footer_1 ul.sidebar_list li.widget a {color: #fff; border-bottom:0; padding:0.2em;}
.custom #footer_1 ul.sidebar_list li.widget a:hover {color:#ccc; padding:0.2em;}
/***FOOTER END***/



.widget_recent_entries .custom li.widget ul {
text-indent: 0; padding:1em; background: #E5F2FF url(blue-bg.gif) repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; margin-left:-1em; margin-right:1em;}


.custom ul#mc_menu_3 { list-style:none; padding:5px; font-size:10px;}

.custom #mc_menu_3 li { display:inline; padding:5px; }

.custom #mc_menu_3 li a { color:#555555; }

.custom .ass_post {margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:10px;}

.custom .comments_closed p {display:none;}

.custom .format_text .to_comments { display:none; }

.custom .youtubevid {margin-bottom: 10px; text-align:center;}

/* begin styles for RSS Feed */

.rss-box {
	 margin: 10px 5%;
	 padding: 4px 8px;
	 width: 525px;
	 background-color: #ededed;
	 border: 2px dashed #7485CA;
}

.rss-title, rss-title a {
	font-family: "American Typewriter", "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Lucida, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding: 0;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
}

.rss-items {
  
}

.rss-item  {
  font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight : bold; 
  margin: 8px 0;
}

.rss-item a:link, .rss-item a:visited, .rss-item a:active {
	text-decoration : none;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ededed;
	color: #88b;
	}

.rss-item a:hover { 
	text-decoration : none;
	color: #e0861e;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #e0861e;
	}
	
.rss-date {
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight : normal;
	color: #F60;
	}