/* ---------------------------------------------
Military Kids Speak;
Version:1.20.11.09;
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body{
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
background:#000064 url(../RootImages/bg.jpg) no-repeat center top;
color:#010145;
margin:0px;
}
	
/* Reset Styles
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div, li, ul, dl, dt, form, input, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, blockquote, label{margin:0px;padding:0px;}
ul, ol{list-style:none;}
/* Alignment Classes
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.f_left{float:left;}
.f_right{float:right;}
.c_both{clear:both;}

.bord-none-L{border-left:none !important;}
.bord-none-R{border-right:none !important;}
/* Link Styles
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a{text-decoration:none;outline:none;color:#8a0009;}
a:hover{color:#000000;}
/*a:visited{color:#993333;}
a:active{color:#993333;}*/

/* Header Styles
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h1{padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;font-family:"Myriad Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:21px;color:#010155;border-bottom:solid 1px #7495c4}
.meronColr{color:#b71111;}

h4.pal-redfont{}
h2.pal-large-redfont{font-size:30px;color:#d3373c;}
h1.redhead{margin:0px !important;font-size:60px;}


/* Template Styles
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#wrapper{width:1000px;margin:0 auto;position:relative;}

#header{height:122px;background:transparent url(../RootImages/header-bg.png) repeat-x left bottom;position:relative;}
.logo{position:absolute;left:0px;}
	.logo a{width:479px;height:122px;background:transparent url(../RootImages/logo-militarykids.png) no-repeat left top;text-indent:-9999px;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:20px;display:block;}
	
.navmenu{list-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;right:6px;bottom:0px;width:497px; border:0px solid red; text-align:right; border:0px yellow solid}
	.navmenu li{float:left;height:37px;background:#cc090f;}
	.navmenu li a{text-indent:-9999px;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;display:block;height:37px;}
	.navmenu li a:hover{background-position:0px -37px !important;}
	.navmenu li a.act{background-position:0px -37px !important;}
	.navmenu li.home-btn{width:119px;margin-right:3px;}
	.navmenu li.home-btn a{background:url(../RootImages/home-btn.jpg) no-repeat 0px 0px;}
	.navmenu li.blog-btn{width:119px;margin-right:3px;}
	.navmenu li.blog-btn a{background:url(../RootImages/blog-btn.jpg) no-repeat 0px 0px;}
	.navmenu li.books-btn{width:119px;margin-right:3px;}
	.navmenu li.books-btn a{background:url(../RootImages/books-btn.jpg) no-repeat;}
	.navmenu li.contact-btn{width:131px;margin-right:0px;}
	.navmenu li.contact-btn a{background:url(../RootImages/contact-btn.jpg) no-repeat;}
	.navmenu li.essay-btn{width:193px;}
	.navmenu li.essay-btn a{background:url(../RootImages/essay-btn.jpg) no-repeat;}
	
#content-wrap{background:transparent url(../RootImages/content-wrap-bg.png) no-repeat center top;overflow:hidden;} 
	.content-container{background:#fff url(../RootImages/content-container-bg.jpg) repeat-y left top;width:988px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;}
	.left-content{float:left;width:706px;overflow:hidden;height:100%;background:url(../RootImages/left-content-bg.jpg) repeat-x left top;padding:0px 14px;}
	img.family-pic{margin-right:39px;}
	.side-panel{float:left;width:226px;overflow:hidden;height:100%;background:url(../RootImages/side-panel-bg.jpg) repeat-x left top;padding:0px 14px;color:#e1e1ff;text-align:justify}
	.julie-bigpic{text-align:center;}
	.julie-bigpic img{border:solid 3px #FFFFFF;}
	h3.bigpic-head{background:url(../RootImages/sidepanel-julie-name.png) no-repeat center top;height:31px;text-indent:-9999px;text-align:center;}

	
.footer-mks{background:#01016c url(../RootImages/footer-bg.jpg) repeat-x left top;padding:12px 0px;font-size:11px;color:#f1f1f1;}
	.footer-inner{width:988px;margin:0 auto;position:relative;height:20px;}
	.foot-left{width:300px;padding-left:15px;position:absolute;left:0px;}
	.foot-right{width:400px;padding-right:15px;position:absolute;right:0px;}

.textbold{ font-weight:bold; }	

a.btm_ad_link{ color:#f5f5f5; text-decoration:none;}
a.btm_ad_link:hover{ color:#f5f5f5; text-decoration:none;}

#side-panel a{color:#FFFFFF;}
#blog-pager { margin-bottom:20px;}


/* Posts
----------------------------------------------- */
.date-header {
  margin:0 28px 0 43px;
  font-size:85%;
  line-height:2em;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing:.2em;
  color:#357;
  }
.post {
  margin:.3em 0 25px;
  padding:0 13px;
  border:1px dotted #bbb;
  border-width:1px 0;
  }
.post-title {
  margin:0;
  font-size:135%;
  line-height:1.5em;
  background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders/icon_arrow.gif") no-repeat 10px .5em;
  display:block;
  border:1px dotted #bbb;
  border-width:0 1px 1px;
  padding:2px 14px 2px 29px;
  color:#333;
  }
a.title-link, .post-title strong {
  text-decoration:none;
  display:block;
  }
a.title-link:hover {
  background-color:#ded;
  color:#000;
  }
.post-body {
  border:1px dotted #bbb;
  border-width:0 1px 1px;
  border-bottom-color:#fff;
  padding:10px 14px 1px 29px;
  }
html>body .post-body {
  border-bottom-width:0;
  }
.post p {
  margin:0 0 .75em;
  }
p.post-footer {
  background:#ded;
  margin:0;
  padding:2px 14px 2px 29px;
  border:1px dotted #bbb;
  border-width:1px;
  border-bottom:1px solid #eee;
  font-size:100%;
  line-height:1.5em;
  color:#666;
  text-align:right;
  }
html>body p.post-footer {
  border-bottom-color:transparent;
  }
p.post-footer em {
  display:block;
  float:left;
  text-align:left;
  font-style:normal;
  }
a.comment-link {
  /* IE5.0/Win doesn't apply padding to inline elements,
     so we hide these two declarations from it */
  background/* */:/**/url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders/icon_comment.gif") no-repeat 0 45%;
  padding-left:14px;
  }
html>body a.comment-link {
  /* Respecified, for IE5/Mac's benefit */
  background:url("http://www.blogblog.com/rounders/icon_comment.gif") no-repeat 0 45%;
  padding-left:14px;
  }
.post img {
  margin:0 0 5px 0;
  padding:4px;
  border:1px solid #ccc;
  }
blockquote {
  margin:.75em 0;
  border:1px dotted #ccc;
  border-width:1px 0;
  padding:5px 15px;
  color:#666;
  }
.post blockquote p {
  margin:.5em 0;
  }