html,body {
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  background-color:#FFF;

}

body {
  font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;
  text-align:center;
  color:#333;
  font-size:15px;
}

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
}

p {
  margin:0px;
  padding:0px;
  padding-bottom:12px;
  line-height:13pt;
}

ul,UL {
  margin-top:0px;
  line-height:13pt;
}

li,LI {
  list-style: square outside;
}

a {
  color:maroon;
  text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover{
  padding:0px;
  color: red;
  text-decoration:underline;
}

/* THE MAIN CONTAINER */

.container {
  width:1000px;
  background-repeat:repeat-x;
  background-color:white;
  margin:0 auto;
  /* margin-top:10px; */
  /* margin-bottom:10px; */
  text-align:left;
}

.date {
  color:gray;
  font-size:12px;
}

/* THE HEADER AND FOOTER */

div#footer{color: #333;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #999;padding:10px;clear:both;}
div#footer p{margin:0;padding:2px;font-size:11px;}
div#footer a{display:inline;padding:0;color: maroon;}

/* comments */

.comment_box {
  border-top:3px solid gray;
  border-bottom:3px solid gray;
}

.replies {
  margin-left:40px;
  padding:5px;
}

.comments { width: 100%;
  background-color: #EFEFEF; 
}

.comment_date { font-size: 10px; float:right; }

.comment_header { background:#ddd; padding:5px; }

.reply_header {
  background:#eee;
  padding:5px;
  margin-bottom:5px;
}
    
.subject { 
  font-weight:bold; 
}

.header	{
  position:relative;
  height:97px;
  width:950px;
}


.print_title {
  display:none;
}

.bigheadline {
  margin:25px;
  text-align:center;
}

.bigheadline h1 {
  font-size:35px;
}


.article_topbox {
  width:115px;
  float:right;
  margin:10px; 
  font-size:14px; 
  border: 1px solid gray; 
  padding: 5px;
}

.rate_box {
  margin-top:2px;
}

.retweet_box {
  float:left;
  width:110px;
  margin-top:8px;
  text-align:center;
}

.view_box {
  margin:5px; 
  font-family:verdana; 
  font-size:11px;
}

.textsize_box {
  margin:5px; 
  display:inline;
  font-family:verdana; 
  font-size:11px;
}

.makecomment_box {
  margin-top:10px; 
  font-family:verdana; 
  font-size:11px; 
}

.facebook_box {
 width:130px;
 float:left;
 margin-left:15px;
 margin-top:8px;
 margin-bottom:10px;
}

.googleplusone {
 width:75px;
 float:left;
 margin-top:8px;
 margin-bottom:10px;
}

.stumble {
 width:75px;
 float:left;
 margin-top:10px;
 margin-bottom:10px;
}

.reddit_box {
 margin-top:8px;
}

.stumble_box {
 margin-top:5px;
}



#logo {
  margin: 20px 0px 20px 15px;
}

#logo a {
  border: none;
}

#searchbox {
  position:relative;
  float: right;
  text-align:center;
  top:35px;
  margin-right:5px;
}

#searchbox p {
  font-size:14px;
  font-weight:bold;
}

#searchbox form {
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
}


.searchtext {
  font-size:12px;
  width:195px;
}


/* THE SPACERS */

.spacer{clear:both;height:15px;overflow:hidden;}
.clear{clear:both;height:0px;overflow:hidden;}

/* AUTHOR BUTTONS */

div.authorlink {
	float: left;
	height: 20px;
	margin:0px 25px 0px 1px;
}


div.authorlink a {
	color:maroon;
}



/* MENU BUTTONS */

div.button {
/*	background: url('http://images.energyandcapital.com/button.gif') 0px 0px no-repeat;  */
	float: left;
	width: 80px;height: 30px;
	margin:0px 20px 0px 1px;
}


div.button span {
	display: block;
	margin-top:0px;padding:0px;
	color:#ffffff;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:15px;
	text-align:center;
	height: 20px; 
	
}


div.button a:hover {
/*	background: url('http://images.energyandcapital.com/button.gif') -134px 0px no-repeat; */
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:15px;
	text-align:center;
        text-decoration:none;
	border-top:4px solid #fff;
	margin:0px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px;
}

div.button a {
/*	background: url('http://images.energyandcapital.com/button.gif') top left no-repeat;  */
	display: block;
        height: 30px;
	overflow:hidden;
	margin:4px 0px 0px 0px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px;
	border:none;
	color:#DDD;
}


/* MENU AKA TOOLBAR */

#toolbar{

	width:950px;
        background: #000;
	position:absolute;
	top:60px;
	margin:0px;
        margin-left:15px;
	padding:2px;
        height:30px;
}


#menu {
    font-family:courier new,courier,mono;
    height: 30px;
}

#authors {
    display:block;
    margin-top:18px;
    margin-left:7px;
    font-size:10px;
    font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif;
    height: 20px;
    color:#maroon;
}

.searchtext {
  font-size:12px;
  width:210px;
}


/* MAIN PAGE STUFF */



.middle p {}
.middle .smaller {font-size:11px;}
.middle .smaller p {font-size:11px;}
.middle h1 {font-family: baskerville,palatino,'palatino linotype',georgia,serif;font-size:30px;font-weight:bold;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;clear:both;margin-bottom:10px;}
.middle h1 a {border:none;}
.middle h1 a:hover {color:#CC0000;border:none;}
.middle h2 {font-family: baskerville,palatino,'palatino linotype',georgia,serif; font-size:26px;font-weight:bold;padding:0px;margin-top:6px;padding-bottom:6px; margin-bottom:8px;}
.middle h3 {font-size:16px;color:#970000;margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:4px;}
.middle h3 a {color:#970000;border:none;}
.middle h3 a:hover {border-bottom:1px dashed #970000;}
.middle h4 {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold; margin-top:-10px; margin-bottom:10px;}
.middle h5 {font-size:12px;color:#970000;margin-bottom:2px;margin-top:-10px;}
.middle h5 a{color:#970000;text-decoration:none}



.copy .huge {
	font-size:42px;
	font-family:Georgia;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:center;
	margin-bottom:30px;
	margin-top:10px;

}

.copy {
   margin: 6px 8px 0px 8px;
   font-size: 12px;
   line-height: 16px;
}


.main  {
   height: auto;
   margin-top: 5px;
   margin-left:10px;
   width: 980px;
}

.main .sidebar {
   float: left;
   width: 300px;
   margin-right: 0px;
   margin-left:10px;
   background-color: #ffffff;
}


.main .middle {
   float: left;
   width: 625px;
   margin-left: 5px;
   margin-right: 20px;
}

.main .articlePost .articleFooter {
   text-align:center;
   font-size:11px;
}

.main .articlePost .left {
   float:left;
}

.main .articlePost .right {
   float:right;
   text-align:right;
   margin-right:10px;
   font-weight:bold;
   font-size:14px;
}

/* OTHER CONTAINERS */

#bottom_signup {
  margin-top:20px;
  border:1px solid #ddd;
  background: #eee;
  padding:10px;
}


div.content {
   background:url('http://images.wealthdaily.com/copy-back.gif');
   background-repeat:repeat-x;
   border: solid 1px #ccc;
   padding:5px;
   margin-bottom:10px;
   line-height:4pt;
}

div.content ul {
  padding-top: 5px;
}

div.content image {
   margin-top:0px;
   margin-bottom:0px;
   text-align:center;
}
div.content image a {border:none;}

div.content p {
   font-size:12px;
}
div.content smaller {
   font-size:11px;
}

div.content list {margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:8px;font-size:10px;}
div.content item {margin:0px 0px 0px 10px;font-size:11px;line-height:1.1;}
div.content item a {border:none;}
div.content image a {border:none;}
div.content huge a {border:none;}

div.content h1 {
   height: 31px;
   margin: 0px 6px 0px 6px;
   border-bottom: solid 1px #cccccc;
   font-size: 16px;
   font-weight: bold;
   line-height: 31px;
   text-indent: 3px;
}


.article_textad {
  margin:10px 0px 20px 0px;
}


a.dont-show {
	position: absolute;
	top: 7px;
	right: 3px;
	background: url(/images/close-btn.png) no-repeat 0 0;
	display: block;
	height: 26px;
	width: 26px;
	text-indent: -9000px;
}

a.dont-show:hover {
	background-position: 0 bottom;
}

a.close-meerkat {
	position: absolute;
	top: 5px;
	right: 3px;
	background: #FFF;
	border: 2px solid #FFF;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 0px 4px 1px 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	color: #71adb1;
}

a.close-meerkat:hover {
	border: 2px solid #2e2a22;
	color: #2e2a22;
}