/*
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     INTERNET ARCHIVE ON 14:07:54 Apr 12, 2016.
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     ALL OTHER CONTENT MAY ALSO BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT (17 U.S.C.
     SECTION 108(a)(3)).
*/
/*- Baseline, courtesy of Eric Meyer
-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	outline: 0;
	font-weight: inherit;
	font-style: inherit;
	font-size: 100%;
	font-family: inherit;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
	outline: 0;
}
body {

	line-height: 1;
	color: black;
	background-color: white;
}
ol, ul {
	list-style: none;
}
/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table {
	border-collapse: separate;
	border-spacing: 0;
}
caption, th, td {
	text-align: left;
	font-weight: normal;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
	content: "";
}
blockquote, q {
	quotes: "" "";
}

/*-  Base styles
----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
body { color: #000; font-size: 75%; line-height: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;  margin: auto; text-align: center; }
a { color: #369; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; }
a:visited { color: #422E2E; }
a:hover, a:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }
p { margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
.icoDis{background:url("/web/20081109054549/http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/SITEWIDE/Icons/iDiscuss.gif") no-repeat left;padding-left:16px;text-decoration:none;position:static;} 
.adtag { color: #808080; }

.container { text-align: center; background-color: #FFF; background: url('/web/20081109054549/http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/Themes/Blogs/deepbackground/img/header.jpg') no-repeat top center; background-position: 50% 0; }
.header { width: 941px; height: 197px; margin: 0 auto; background: url('/web/20081109054549/http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/Themes/Blogs/deepbackground/img/header.jpg') no-repeat top center; font-size: 90%; overflow: hidden; }

.header .content { margin: 0 auto; padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px; }
.header .bloglogo { float: left; position: relative; bottom: 0px; }
.header .msnbc { float: left; }
.header .msnbc .logo { float: left; margin-right: 15px; position: relative; cursor: hand; }
.header .msnbc ul { width: 600px; text-align: left; }
.header .msnbc ul li { display: inline; }
.header .msnbc ul li h2 { display: inline; font-weight: normal; }
.header .msnbc ul li .separator { color: #808080; font-weight: bold; position: relative; bottom: 2px; padding: 0px 2px 0px 4px; }
.header a { font-weight: normal; cursor: hand; }
.header .msn .logo { float: right; position: relative; bottom: 6px; cursor: hand; }
.header .msn ul { float: right; padding-right: 20px; }
.header .msn ul li { display: inline; }
.header .msn ul li .separator { color: #808080; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px 4px 0px 6px; }
.header .msn a { color: #000; }
.header:after { content: ""; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; }

.content { width: 941px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; padding: 30px 0px 30px 0px; }
 .IE .content { padding-bottom: 0px; }
.content:after { content: ""; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; }
.content .left-col-container { float: left; width: 640px; }
.content .left-col { padding-right: 20px; margin-right: 20px; background: url("/web/20081109054549/http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/Themes/Blogs/deepbackground/img/line_solid.png") no-repeat bottom right; }
.content .right-col { width: 300px; float: left; }

.post { margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 70px 0px; zoom: 1; }
.post:after { content: ""; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; }
.post .info { float: left; text-align: right; font-size: 90%; background: url("/web/20081109054549/http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/Themes/Blogs/deepbackground/img/line_dotted.png") no-repeat bottom right; padding-right: 15px; margin-right: 15px; overflow: hidden; }
.post .info .textcontainer { width: 145px; }
.post .info h1 { font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 28px; font-weight: normal; }
.post .info h1 a { font-weight: normal; color: #C00; }
.post .info h1 a:visited { color: #422E2E; }
.post .info h1 a:hover, .post .info h1 a:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }
.post .info .author a { font-weight: normal; }
.post .info .comments { text-transform: lowercase; }
.post .info .date, .post .info .views { margin-top: 20px; }
.post .excerpt { width: 410px; float: left; text-align: left; }
.post .excerpt .more { margin-top: 20px; }
.post .excerpt .more a { color: #C00; }
.post .excerpt .more a:visited, .post .excerpt a:visited, .post .info .comments a:visited { color: #422E2E; }
.post .excerpt .more a.separator { color: #808080; position: relative; bottom: 2px; }
.post .excerpt .more a:hover, .post .excerpt .more a:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }
.post .excerpt ul { list-style: square; margin: .5em 1.5em; }

.entry { margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 50px 0px; zoom: 1; }
.entry:after { content: ""; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; }
.entry .info { font-size: 90%; }
.entry .info .textcontainer { width: 600px; text-align: left; }
.entry .info h1 { font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 28px; font-weight: normal; }
/*.entry .info .author { margin-top: -15px; }*/
.entry .info .author a { font-weight: normal; }
.entry .excerpt { width: 600px; text-align: left;  margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden; }
.entry .excerpt .more a { color: #C00;}
.entry .excerpt .more a:visited, .entry .excerpt a:visited { color: #422E2E; }
.entry .excerpt .more a.separator { color: #808080; position: relative; bottom: 2px; }
.entry .excerpt .more a:hover, .post .excerpt .more a:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }
.entry .excerpt ul { list-style: square; margin: .5em 1.5em; }

.CommonSinglePager { text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; }
.CommonSinglePager a { font-weight: normal; color: #C00; }
.CommonSinglePager a:hover, .CommonSinglePager a:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }

.module { text-align: left; font-size: 90%; padding-bottom: 30px; width: 300px; }
.module:after { content: ""; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; }
.module a { font-weight: normal; }
.module h2 { font-size: 130%; color: #999; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; }
.module .numposts { color: #666; }
.module .left-col { float: left; width: 140px; margin: 0; padding-right: 0px; background: none; }
.module .right-col { float: left; width: 140px; margin: 0; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 20px; }
.module ul { list-style: none; margin-bottom: 1em; }

.entrycomments { text-align: left; }
.entrycomments h2 { font-size: 130%; color: #999; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; clear: both; }
.entrycomments .comment { padding-top: 5px; }
.entrycomments .comment-message { color: #C00; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-top:10px; clear: both; }
.entrycomments .comment-footer { font-size: 90%; margin-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; }
.entrycomments .comment-form { font-size: 90%; clear: both; }

.footer { width: 100%; background-color: #EEE; clear: both; }
 .IE .footer .content { padding-bottom: 30px; }
.footer h2 { text-align: left; font-size: 130%; color: #999; font-weight: bold; }
.footer ul { float: left; text-align: left; margin-right: 18px; width: 170px; }
.footer ul li { font-size: 95%; margin-top: 15px; line-height: 13px; }

#ms-foot { padding-bottom: 4px; }
#ms-foot a { font-weight: normal; }
#ms-foot ul { width: 941px; }
 .IE .#ms-foot ul { width: 926px; }
#ms-foot ul li { margin: 0px; display: inline; padding: 0 6px 0 0; }

.CommonSubTitle { display: none; }
#ctl00___ctl00___Month___titleWrapper { text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.entrycomments-more { font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; padding: 30px 0px 30px 0px; }
a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___PrevLink, a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___NextLink { font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px; font-weight: normal; color: #C00; }
a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___PrevLink:hover, a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___PrevLink:visited:hover, a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___NextLink:hover, a#ctl00___ctl00___ctl00___CommentPager___NextLink:visited:hover { color: #C00; text-decoration: underline; border: none; }