/*---:[ Thesis CSS reset ]:---*/
* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	word-wrap: break-word;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
	font-weight: normal;
}
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0;
}
img, abbr, acronym, fieldset {
	border: 0;
}
code {
	line-height: 1em;
}
pre {
	overflow: auto;
	clear: both;
	word-wrap: normal;
	-moz-tab-size: 4;
	tab-size: 4;
}
sub, sup {
	line-height: 0.5em;
}
img, .wp-caption {
	max-width: 100%;
	height: auto;
}
iframe, video, embed, object {
	display: block;
	max-width: 100%;
}
img {
	display: block;
}
.left, .alignleft, img[align="left"] {
	display: block;
	float: left;
}
.right, .alignright, img[align="right"] {
	display: block;
	float: right;
}
.center, .aligncenter, img[align="middle"] {
	display: block;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	text-align: center;
	float: none;
	clear: both;
}
.block, .alignnone {
	display: block;
	clear: both;
}
.wp-smiley {
	display: inline;
}
body { font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #111; }
a { color: #d00; text-decoration: none; }
#container { width: 900px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; margin-top: 25px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
.menu { position: relative; list-style: none; z-index: 50; }
.menu li { position: relative; float: left; }
.menu ul { position: absolute; visibility: hidden; list-style: none; z-index: 110; }
.menu ul li { clear: both; }
.menu a { display: block; }
.menu ul ul { position: absolute; top: 0; }
.menu li:hover ul, .menu a:hover ul, .menu :hover ul :hover ul, .menu :hover ul :hover ul :hover ul { visibility: visible; }
.menu :hover ul ul, .menu :hover ul :hover ul ul { visibility: hidden; }
.menu ul, .menu ul li { width: 150px; }
.menu ul ul, .menu :hover ul :hover ul { left: 150px; }
.menu a { font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 9px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 13px; }
.menu ul a { width: auto; }
.menu a, .menu .current ul a, .menu .current-cat ul a, .menu .current-menu-item ul a { color: #111; }
.menu a:hover, .menu .current ul a:hover, .menu .current-cat ul a:hover, .menu .current-parent a:hover, .menu .current-menu-item ul a:hover, .menu .current-menu-ancestor a:hover { background-color: #ddd; }
.menu .current a, .menu .current a:hover, .menu .current-cat a, .menu .current-cat a:hover, .menu .current-menu-item a, .menu .current-menu-item a:hover { background: #fff; }
#header { font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; border-width: 2px 0 2px 0; border-style: solid; border-color: #424040; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 13px; }
#header {height: 70px;}
.headline_area_home { height: 80px; display:  block; }
.byline { height: 20px; display: block ; }
#site_title { font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; }
#site_title a { color: #111; }
#site_title a:hover { color: #d00; }
#site_title a:hover{ text-decoration: underline; }
#site_tagline { font-size: 20px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: #0A0A0A; }
.columns, .columns > .content, .columns > .sidebar { -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
.columns > .content { width: 680px; float: left; padding-right: 3px; }
.columns > .sidebar { width: 219px; float: right; padding-top: 25px; padding-right: 13px; padding-left: 13px; }
.columns { background: url('images/dot-ddd.gif') 680px 0 repeat-y; }
.post_box, .post_box h4 { font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; }
.post_box h1, .post_box .headline { font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; }
.post_box .post_content h2, .post_box h3 { font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 35px; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.post_box h5, .post_box .small { font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; }
.post_box .drop_cap { font-size: 40px; line-height: 1em; margin-right: 7px; float: left; }
.post_box p, .post_box ul, .post_box ol, .post_box blockquote, .post_box pre, .post_box dl, .post_box dd { margin-bottom: 23px; }
.post_box ul { list-style-type: square; }
.post_box ul, .post_box ol { margin-left: 23px; }
.post_box ul ul, .post_box ul ol, .post_box ol ul, .post_box ol ol { margin-left: 23px; }
.post_box ul ul, .post_box ul ol, .post_box ol ul, .post_box ol ol, .wp-caption p { margin-bottom: 0; }
.post_box .left, .post_box .alignleft, .post_box .ad_left { margin-bottom: 23px; margin-right: 23px; }
.post_box .right, .post_box .alignright, .post_box .ad { margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 23px; }
.post_box .center, .post_box .aligncenter { margin-bottom: 23px; }
.post_box .block, .post_box .alignnone { margin-bottom: 23px; }
.post_box .stack { margin-left: 23px; }
.post_box { padding: 5px 25px 0 13px; border-top: 1px dotted #bbb; }
.top { border-top: 0; }
.headline_area { margin-bottom: 5px; }
.headline_area p { color: #888; margin-bottom: 0; }
.headline a, .headline_area p a:hover, .num_comments { color: #111; }
.headline a:hover { color: #d00; text-decoration: underline; }
.headline_area p a { color: #888; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
.author_by, .date_on, .post_cats_intro { font-style: italic; }
.headline_area p a, .post_author, .post_date { text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.post_edit { margin-left: 6px; }
.post_content h4 { font-weight: bold; }
.post_content a { text-decoration: none; }
.post_content a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.post_content .frame { padding: 13px; background: #eee; border: 1px solid #ddd; }
.post_content blockquote { margin-left: 13px; padding-left: 13px; color: #666; border-left: 1px solid #ddd; }
.post_content blockquote.right, .post_content blockquote.left { width: 45%; border: 0; }
.post_content blockquote.right p, .post_content blockquote.left p { margin-bottom: 0; }
.num_comments_link { color: #666; text-decoration: none; }
.num_comments_link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.bracket, .num_comments { font-size: 14px; }
.bracket { color: #8C8888; }
.post_box .post_image { margin-bottom: 25px; }
.post_box .post_image_box, .post_box .wp-caption { margin-bottom: 10px ; padding: 3px ; background: #eee; border: 1px solid #ddd; }
.post_box .post_image_box img, .post_box .wp-caption img { display: block; margin-bottom: 13px; }
.post_box .wp-caption p { font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0; }
.post_box .wp-caption p a { text-decoration: underline; }
.post_box .wp-caption p a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
.post_box .post_tags { color: #666; }
.post_box .post_tags a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.post_box .alert, .post_box .note { margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 13px; }
.post_box .alert { background: #ff9; }
.post_box .note { background: #eee; }
.post_box .alert p:last-child, .post_box .note p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.post_box pre { padding: 13px; background: #eee; overflow: auto; clear: both; }
.post_box P { margin-bottom: 8px; }
.headline {font-weight:bold; }
/*added to style read more link */
a.more-link  { color: #12c; ); font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; }
a.more-link:hover { text-decoration: none; }
/* social buttons */
#social_button { float: left; height: 30px; width: 638px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; }
#facebook_like { float: left; width: 90px; height: 20px; margin-top: 5px; padding-right: 19px; }
#twitter_button { float: left; width: 106px; height: 20px; margin-top: 5px; padding-right: 12px; }
#google_plus { float: left;  width: 105px; height: 24px; margin-top: 3px ; } 
#pininterest { float: left; width: 40px; height: 20px; padding-right: 40px; margin-top: 5px; }
#tumblr_button { float: left; width: 20px; height: 20px; padding-right: 40px; margin-top: 5px; }
#linkedin_box { float: left; width: 97px; height: 23px; margin-top: 5px ; }
/* added to control blockquote margin bottom */
.post_box blockquote { margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px;  }
.post_content blockquote.right, .post_content blockquote.left { font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #666; }
.comments_intro { font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #666; padding-right: 25px; padding-left: 13px; }
.comments_intro a { text-decoration: underline; }
.comments_intro a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
.comments_closed { font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; color: #888; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 13px; }
.comment { font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; border-width: 0 0 1px 0; border-style: dotted; border-color: #bbb; padding-top: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 13px; }
.comment .comment_author { font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; }
.comment .comment_aux { font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; }
.children .comment { list-style-type: none; border-width: 0 0 0 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #ddd; margin-top: 25px; padding-left: 25px; }
.bypostauthor { background-color: #e7f8fb; }
.children .bypostauthor { background-color: transparent; border-width: 0 0 0 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: #bde0e6; }
.comment .comment_text ul { list-style-type: square; }
.comment .comment_text ul, .comment .comment_text ol { margin-left: 25px; }
.comment p, .comment .comment_text ul, .comment .comment_text ol, .comment .comment_text blockquote, .comment .comment_text pre { margin-bottom: 25px; }
.comment .comment_text li ul, .comment .comment_text li ol { margin-left: 25px; margin-bottom: 0; }
.comment .comment_text .left, .comment .comment_text .alignleft { margin-bottom: 25px; margin-right: 25px; }
.comment .comment_text .right, .comment .comment_text .alignright { margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 25px; }
.comment .comment_text .center, .comment .comment_text .aligncenter { margin: 0 auto 25px auto; }
.comment .comment_text .block, .comment .comment_text .alignnone { margin: 0 auto 25px 0; }
#comments { list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 50px; border-top: 1px dotted #bbb; }
.children .comment { padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
.comment .avatar { float: right; margin-left: 13px; }
.comment .comment_head { margin-bottom: 13px; }
.children .comment_head { margin-bottom: 0; }
.comment_date { font-size: 12px; color: #888; margin-left: 13px; }
.comment_edit { float: right; }
.comment_date a { color: #888; }
.comment_text a, .comment_head a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.comment_text a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
.comment-reply-link, .comment_edit { font-size: 12px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #888; }
.comment-reply-link:hover, .comment_edit:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
#commentform { font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 50px; padding-right: 25px; padding-left: 13px; }
#commentform label { display: block; }
#commentform p { margin-bottom: 13px; }
#commentform p a { text-decoration: underline; }
#commentform p a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
#commentform p .required { color: #d00; }
.comment_moderated { font-weight: bold; }
#commentform .input_text { width: 50%; }
#commentform textarea.input_text { width: 100%; }
.comment #commentform { padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; }
.comment #comment_form_title { margin-top: 0; }
.children #commentform, .children #comment_form_title { margin-left: -25px; padding-left: 25px; }
#comment_form_title { font-size: 20px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #666; border-width: 0 0 1px 0; border-style: dotted; border-color: #bbb; margin-top: 50px; margin-right: -25px; margin-left: -13px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 13px; }
.input_text { font-size: inherit; line-height: 1em; font-family: inherit; color: #111; background-color: #eee; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #aaa; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
.input_text:focus { background-color: #fff; border-style: solid; border-color: #777; }
.input_text { border-right-color: #ddd; border-bottom-color: #ddd; }
.input_text:focus { border-right-color: #ccc; border-bottom-color: #ccc; }
textarea.input_text { line-height: 25px; }
.input_submit { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1em; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; background-image: url('images/submit-bg.gif'); border-width: 3px; border-style: double; border-color: #999; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; }
.input_submit:focus { border-style: solid; }
.input_submit { border-top-color: #ccc; border-left-color: #ccc; cursor: pointer; overflow: visible; }
.input_submit:hover { color: #090; }
#cancel-comment-reply-link { font-size: 11px; line-height: 1em; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #fff; background-color: #d00; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: #ac0000; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 7px; }
#cancel-comment-reply-link { border-top-color: #fa5a5a; border-left-color: #fa5a5a; float: right; }
.login_alert { font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; background-color: #eee; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #ddd; }
#archive_intro { font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; border-width: 0 0 2px 0; border-style: solid; border-color: #ddd; }
.archive_title { margin-bottom: 25px; }
.prev_next { font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; color: #666; border-width: 2px 0 0 0; border-style: solid; border-color: #ddd; padding-top: 25px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 13px; }
.prev_next { clear: both; }
.prev_next a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.prev_next .next_posts { float: right; }
.prev_next:after { content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; }
.previous_posts, .next_posts { font-size: 18px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-transform: lowercase; letter-spacing: 2px; }
.previous_posts a, .next_posts a {text-decoration: underline; }
.previous_posts a:hover, .next_posts a:hover {text-decoration: none; }
.sidebar, .sidebar h4 { font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; }
.sidebar h1, .sidebar .headline { font-size: 24px; line-height: 39px; }
.sidebar .post_content h2, .sidebar h3 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 31px; font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-top: 36px; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.sidebar h5, .sidebar .small { font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; }
.sidebar .drop_cap { font-size: 48px; line-height: 1em; margin-right: 8px; float: left; }
.sidebar p, .sidebar ul, .sidebar ol, .sidebar blockquote, .sidebar pre, .sidebar dl, .sidebar dd { margin-bottom: 24px; }
.sidebar ul ul, .sidebar ul ol, .sidebar ol ul, .sidebar ol ol { margin-left: 24px; }
.sidebar ul ul, .sidebar ul ol, .sidebar ol ul, .sidebar ol ol, .wp-caption p { margin-bottom: 0; }
.sidebar .left, .sidebar .alignleft, .sidebar .ad_left { margin-bottom: 24px; margin-right: 24px; }
.sidebar .right, .sidebar .alignright, .sidebar .ad { margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 24px; }
.sidebar .center, .sidebar .aligncenter { margin-bottom: 24px; }
.sidebar .block, .sidebar .alignnone { margin-bottom: 24px; }
.sidebar .stack { margin-left: 24px; }
.sidebar p {margin-bottom: 10px;}
.sidebar ul {margin-bottom: 10px;}
.sidebar a:hover{ text-decoration: underline; }
.widget { font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; }
.widget .widget_title { font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-transform: lowercase; }
.widget p, .widget ul { margin-bottom: 21px; }
.widget li ul { margin-bottom: 0; }
.widget ul { list-style-type: none; }
.widget li a:hover, .widget p a { text-decoration: underline; }
.widget p a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
.search-form .input_text { width: 100%; }
/* added to control widgets */
.widget {margin-bottom: 10px;}
.widget ul {margin-bottom: 5px;}
.widget p {margin-bottom: 5px;}
.widget h2 {margin-top: 8px;}
.widget_links {padding-top: 10px; }
.post, .type-post, .status-publish, .format-standard, .category-uncategorized {padding-top: 10px; }
.entry-title {font-size: 14px; }
.widget_title {color: rgb(255, 128, 0) ;  }
/*added to style "previous entries" label */
.widget2_title {color: rgb(255, 128, 0) ; font-size: 17px ; }
.widget2_title p { margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px ; }
/* google search box styling */
.thesis_widget_google_cse 
{ height: px; padding-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; 
border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191);
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-left-color: rgb(191, 191, 191);
border-left-style: solid;
border-left-width: 1px;
border-right-color: rgb(191, 191, 191);
border-right-style: solid;
border-right-width: 1px;
border-top-color: rgb(191, 191, 191);
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: 1px;  }
#___gcse_0 .gsc-control-cse .gsc-control-cse-en {height: 30px; line-height: 0px; }
.gsc-control-cse {line-height: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; }
.gsc-control-cse-e {line-height: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; }
/* social icons */
.iire_social_widget {margin-top: 5px;  }
/* linkage */
ul.xoxo.blogroll a {color:  #d00 ; } 
ul.xoxo.blogroll a:hover {text-decoration: underline; }
.widget_archive { margin-top: 13px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
/* archives */
.tagcloud { padding-top: 4px; }
.textwidget { padding-bottom: 10px; }
#footer { font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px; font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: right; color: #888; border-width: 3px 0 0 0; border-style: double; border-color: #ddd; padding-top: 13px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 13px; }
#footer a { color: #888; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
#footer a:hover { color: #111; }
.logo { width: 90px; background-image: url('images/lang_metropolis_logo.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; }
.logo {height: 70px;}
.logo {float: left; clear: right;}
.logo {vertical-align: middle;}
#titlestyle { text-align: left; padding-left: 120px; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
#titlestyle {vertical-align: middle;}

/* added as per http://codex.wordpress.org/Wrapping_Text_Around_Images */
/* turned off 17 March img.alignright {float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; }
img.alignleft {float:left; margin:0 1em 1em 0; }
img.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
.alignright {float:right; }
.alignleft {float:left; }
.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;} */
/* added to make 3 thumbnails centered in a line */
.threeimg {  position: relative; height: 230px;float: left; width: 100%;}
.threeimg img { padding-right: 10%; float: left; clear: right; }
/* added to make 2 thumbnails centered in a line */
.twoimg {  position: relative; float: left; width: 100%;}
.twoimg img { float: left; clear: right; }
.sml_subscribe { font-family: Calibri, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 20px; }
.sml_subscribe { width: 150px ; }
.sml_subscribe { border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; }
.sml_subscribe { border-left-color: rgb(191, 191, 191);border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; }
.sml_subscribe { border-right-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; }
.sml_subscribe { border-top-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; }
.columns:after, .left_header:after, .post_box:after, .post_box .post_content:after, .sidebar:after, .sidebar .post_content:after, .menu:after, .comment .comment_text:after { content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; }