body {
  margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
  background:#FFFFFF;  
  }
 A   { color: #445766; text-decoration: none; } 
 A:link  { color: #445766; text-decoration: none; } 
 A:visited { color: #445766; text-decoration: none; } 
 A:active { color: #B8CDDD;  } 
 A:hover { color: #B8CDDD;  }
 
 h1, h2, h3 {
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
 }
 
 #banner {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#FFF;
  font-size:x-large;
  font-weight:normal;
background:url(http://www.islife.info/archives/20041212.jpg) no-repeat;

  }
 
 #banner a,
        #banner a:link,
        #banner a:visited,
        #banner a:active,
        #banner a:hover {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: x-large;
  color: #FFF;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
 
.description {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#EEE;
  font-size:12px;
  background:#FF6633; 
  text-transform:none; 
  letter-spacing: none;   
  } 

#content {
  float:left;
  width:70%;
  background:#fff;
  border-right:1px solid #FFF;
  margin-right:10px;
  padding-bottom:20px;
  }
 
 #links {
  background:#697D8C;
  padding-right:15px;
  margin-left:70%;  
  }
  
 .blog {
    padding-left:15px;
    padding-top:15px;
    padding-right:15px;   
  } 
 
 .blogbody {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#000000;
  font-size:16px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#E3ECF2;
    line-height:140%;
    padding-left:50px; 
    padding-right:290px;
    padding-top:35px;   
  }
 

 .blogbody a,
 .blogbody a:link,
 .blogbody a:visited,
 .blogbody a:active,
 .blogbody a:hover {
  font-weight: normal;
  text-decoration: none;
 }
 
blockquote { 
color:#000000; 
font-family:verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 
font-size:16px; 
border:1px solid #DAE5EE;
background:#DAE5EE; 
padding:25px; }
 
 
div.float {
  float: left;
  }
  
div.float p {
   text-align: center;
   }
div.spacer {
  clear: both;
  }

 .title { 
  font-family: verdana, arial; 
  font-size:30px;
  color: #CC0000; 
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight:bold; 
  }   
  
 #menu {
    font-size:12px;
    color:#666666;
    margin-bottom:13px;
  background:#FFF;         
  } 
  
.date { 
  font-family:georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
  font-size:12px; 
  color: #fff; 
  background:#697D8C;
  border:1px solid #fff;
  padding:5px;
  margin-bottom:10px;
  font-weight:normal;
  }   
  
 .posted { 
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
  font-size: 12px; 
  color: #999;
  margin-bottom:15px; 
  }
  
  
 .calendar {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#fff;
  font-size:9px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#697D8C;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:2px;
    text-align:center; 
  }
 
 .calendarhead { 
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#FFF;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:bold;
    background:#697D8C;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:2px;    
  } 
 
 .side {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#B8CDDD;
  font-size:11px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#697D8C;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:2px;    
  } 
  
 .sidetitle {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#FFF;
  font-size:12px;
    background:#222C33;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:2px;
    margin-top:10px;
    text-align:center;
    text-transform:uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .2em;       
  }  
 
 .syndicate {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  font-size:13px;
  line-height:140%;
    padding:2px;
    margin-top:10px;
    text-align:center;
    background:#EEE;    
   } 
  
 .powered {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#336699;
  font-size:13px;
  border-top:1px solid #CCC;
  border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;  
  line-height:140%;
  text-transform:uppercase; 
  padding:2px;
  margin-top:10px;
  text-align:center;
  letter-spacing: .2em       
  } 
  
 
 .comments-body {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#181818;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#B8CDDD;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:20px;   
  }  
 
 .comments-post {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#181818;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:normal;
  background:#B8CDDD;   
  } 
 
 .trackback-body {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#526A7B;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#FFF;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:10px;   
  }  
 
 .trackback-url {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#526A7B;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#FFF;
    line-height:140%;
    padding:10px;
    border:1px dashed #526A7B;   
  }
 
 .trackback-post {
  font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#526A7B;
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:normal;
    background:#FFF;   
  }
 
  
 .comments-head { 
  font-family: georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
  font-size:13px; 
  color: #551C1C; 
  border:1px solid #EFEFEF;
  padding:5px;
  font-weight:normal;
  margin-top:10px;  
  }  
 
 #banner-commentspop {
  font-family:georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
  color:#FFF;
  font-size:12px;
  font-weight:bold;
  border-bottom:1px dotted #FFF;
  border-top:3px solid #99CCFF;
    background:#336699;
    padding:15px; 
  }