* {margin:0;padding:0;}

body {	
color: #333;	
font: 1.2px 'arial';	
margin:0;
padding:0;

}

.utw {
text-transform:lowercase;
}

#wrap {
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
width:960px;
margin:0 auto;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

.adwrap {
border-style:solid;
border-width:1px 0;
margin:0 0 1em;
margin-bottom:10px;
padding:0 0 10px 0;
}

#header {
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
width:960px;
margin:0 auto;
height:65px;
border-bottom-width: 2px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #425AAD;
}

.postmetadata {
clear: left;
}

#adsense {
padding:0 0 0 0;
}

#logo {
background:url(http://mer-information.com/images/logo.gif) no-repeat;
height:100%;
witdth:50%
}

#logo h3 {
	clear:both;
	text-align:right;
	font: 'arial';
	color: #FFFFFF;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-bottom: auto;
	margin-left: auto;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#blogname {
padding-top:40px;
float:right;
margin: auto 38px auto auto;
text-align:right;
}

#blogname h1 a {
	color:#425AAD;
	font-size:24px;
	cursor:pointer;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:right;
	font: 'arial';
	padding-top: 50px;
}

#blogname h1 a:hover {
	color:#FF9900;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#content {
	color:#333;
	display:inline;
	float:left;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.5em;
	text-align:left;
	width:700px;
	margin:3px 3px 3px 3px;
	padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;
	font: 'arial';
}

#content1 {
	color:#333;
	display:inline;
	float:left;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.5em;
	text-align:left;
	width:730px;
	margin:0 3px 3px 3px;
	padding:0 3px 3px 3px;
	font: 'arial';
}


#content2 {
	color:#333;
	display:inline;
	float:left;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.5em;
	text-align:left;
	width:560px;
	margin:3px 3px 3px 3px;
	padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;
	font: 'arial';
}

#content3 {
	color:#333;
	align:center;
        font-size:12px;
	line-height:1.5em;
	width:730px;
	margin:50px 50px 50px 50px;
	padding:100px 100px 100px 100px;
	font: 'arial';
}

#sidebar {
display:inline;
background-color:#fff;
float:none;
width:780px;
line-height:1.4em;
margin:0px;
font: 11px 'arial';
}

#sidebar1 {
display:inline;
background-color:#fff;
float:none;
width:780px;
line-height:1.4em;
margin:0px;
font: 11px 'arial';
}

#l_sidebar{
width:160px;
float: left;
padding-right: 10px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#r_sidebar{
width:175px;
float: right;
height: 100%;
background-color:#EEF1F9;
padding-bottom: 10px;
padding-left: 25px;
padding-right: 25px;
}

#f_sidebar{
width:175px;
float: right;
height: 100%;
background-color:#EEF1F9;
padding-bottom: 10px;
padding-left: 25px;
padding-right: 25px;
}

#footer {
position:center;
align:center;
overflow:hidden;
font-size:11px;
font: 'arial';
color:#FFFFFF;
line-height:1.7em;
text-align:center;
width:960px;
margin:5px 0 0 0;
padding:5px 0 0 0;
height:35px;
}

#footerimg {
background:url(http://mer-information.com/images/footer.gif) no-repeat;
position:center;
align:center;
height:100%;
width:100%;
}

.c2:link{
 color:#FF9900;
}
.c2:active{
 color:#FF9900;
}
.c2:visited{
 color:#FF9900;
}
.c2:hover{
 color:#FF9900;
}

.c3 {
margin:0 0 0 0;
padding:0 0 0 0;
}
.c3:link{
 color:#EEF1F9;
}
.c3:active{
 color:#EEF1F9;
}
.c3:visited{
 color:#EEF1F9;
}
.c3:hover{
 color:#EEF1F9;
border-bottom:1px dotted #EEF1F9;
}

.cat {
color:#F60802;
font-size:20px;
fontL 'arial';
}

h2 {
color:#FF9900;
font-size:20px;
font: 'arial';
}

h4 {
color:#FF9900;
font-size:11px;
text-align:left;
font:'verdana';
font-style:italic;
padding:10px 0 12px 65px;
margin:30px 10px 30px 10px;
background-image:  url(http://mer-information.com/images/tip.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

h5 {
color:#425AAD;
font-size:12px;
font: 'verdana';
}

ol#commentlist {
list-style:none;
padding:0;
}

.commenttext {
background:#F3F2F3 url(images/comm.gif) no-repeat left top;
min-height:90px;
width: 540px;
}

.commenttext .authorcomment{
padding:10px;
margin-top:3px;
background:#fff;
min-height:90px;
border-right:10px solid #FF0084;
}

* html .commenttext {
height:90px;
overflow:visible;
}

.commentp {
margin-left:0px;
padding:22px 12px 10px 10px;
}

.commenttext p {
margin:0 0 15px;
padding:0;
line-height:1.5em;
}

#commentblock ol li {

margin-bottom:30px;
}

#commentsform p {
margin-bottom:5px;
margin-top:5px;
}

h1.entrytitle,h1 {
color:#425AAD;
display:block;
font-size:20px;
font-weight:bold;
line-height:100%;
padding-bottom:1px;
margin:0;
font: 'arial';
}



h2.category,h2 {
color:#FF9900;
display:block;
font-size:20px;
line-height:100%;
padding-bottom:1px;
margin:0;
font: 'arial';
}

h1.entrytitle a,h1.entrytitle a:visited,h1 a {
color:#425AAD;
font-weight:400;
text-decoration:none;
text-transform:none;
}

h1.entrytitle a:hover,h1 a:hover {
color:#FF9900;
}

.entry {
margin-bottom:0px;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-top: 10px;
}

.entrybody {
	margin:0;
}

.entrybody img {
	margin-bottom: 0px;
        padding-right: 0px;
}

.entrybody p {
margin-bottom:15px;
text-align:left;
}

code {
padding:5px;
font-size:11px;
}

.entrymeta {

	color:#CCCCCC;
	font-size:11px;
	margin-bottom:5px;
	margin-top:3px;
}

.entrymeta a {
color:#CCCCCC;
}

.entrymeta-single {
color:#CCCCCC;
margin-bottom:20px;
margin-top:3px;
font-size: 11px;
}

#sidebar ul#feed {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
margin:3px 0;
padding:0;
}

#sidebar ul#feed li {
padding-bottom:3px;
padding-top:3px;
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
}

#sidebar ul#feed li a {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
background: url(images/feed-icon-16x16.png) no-repeat left 50%;
padding-left:25px;
border-style:none;
}

.entrybody ul,.entrybody ol {
margin-bottom:0px;
margin-left:12px;
margin-top:10px;
padding-left:10px
}

.entrybody li {
padding-bottom:2px;
padding-top:2px;
padding-left:5px;
line-height: 1.2em;
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);  
}

.entrybody ul li{
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
}

#sidebar h2 {
border-bottom:1px dotted #FF9900;
color:#3A3B40;
margin:15px 0 5px 0;
font:13px 'arial';
}

#sidebar h2 a {
color:#FF9900;
}

#sidebar h4 {
color:#425AAD;
font-size:16px;
font: 'arial';
}

#sidebar p {
margin-bottom:15px;
margin-top:15px;
}

#sidebar ul {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
margin:0 0 5px 20px;
}

#sidebar li {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
margin-top: 10px; 
}

#sidebar ul li a {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
color:#425AAD;
margin:0;
}

#sidebar ul li a:hover {
list-style-image: url(http://mer-information.com/images/list-icon.gif);
color:#FF9900;
margin:0;
border-bottom:1px dotted #FF9900;
}


#searchdiv {
font-weight:700;
margin-bottom:15px;
margin-top:6px;
padding:0;
}

.adwrap,.adwrapwide,.adwrap-lu,.adwrapbutton {
background:#fff;
border-color:#d5d7d0;
border-style:solid;
border-width:1px 0;
margin:0 0 1em;
padding:20px 0;
}

.adwrap object {
height:280px;
width:336px;
}

.adwrapwide iframe,.adwrapwide object {
height:65px;
width:468px;
}

.adwrap-lu {
float:right;
width:180px;
margin:0 0 1em 1em;
}

.adwrap-lu object {
height:90px;
width:180px;
}

.adwrapbutton iframe,.adwrapbutton object {
height:150px;
width:180px;
}

.navigation {
clear:both;
padding-left:20px;
padding-top:10px;
height:27px;
font-size:12px;
margin:0 auto;
}

.navigation li {
line-height:22px;
float:left;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
}

.navigation a:link,.navigation a:visited {
color:#425AAD;
height:22px;
background:#FF9900;
margin-right:2px;
padding-left:10px;
text-decoration:none;
padding-right: 10px;
}
.navigation a:link,.navigation a:link span,.navigation a:visited,.navigation a:visited span {
cursor:pointer;
display:block;
float:left;
}

.navigation a:hover {
color:#FF9900;
height:22px;
padding-left:10px;
text-decoration:underline;
font-weight: bold;
padding-right: 10px;
}

blockquote {
color:#666666;
font-style:italic;
padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
}

h1,h2,h3,h4,#comments {
font-weight:400;
}

h3,#commentblock h2 {
font-size:14px;
padding-bottom:20px;
font-weight: bold;
}

.entrybody a:link,.entrybody a:visited {
color:#425AAD;
text-decoration:none;
}

.entrybody a:active,.entrybody a:hover {
color:#FF9900;
}

a,a:visited {
color:#425AAD;
text-decoration:none;
}


a:hover {
color:#FF9900;
margin:0;
}

.navigation a:link span,.navigation a:visited span,.navigation a:hover span {
height:25px;
padding-right:15px;
}

div .sociable {
margin:5px 0 0;
padding:5px;
font-size:10px;
padding-right:10px;
text-align:left;
padding-left:8px;
border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

div .sociable img{
border:0;
}

span.sociable_tagline {
position:relative;
}

.sociable ul {
display:inline;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

.sociable li {
background:none;
display:inline;
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:2px;
}

.subscribe img {
padding-right:3px;
padding-bottom:3px;
}

#rssicon {
padding-bottom:10px;





}




.relatedposts {
border-top-width: 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-top-style: dotted;
border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-top-color: #CCCCCC;
border-bottom-color: #CCCCCC;
padding:10px 20px 10px 20px;
margin-top: 10px;
}


.home {
border-style: none;
}



.style5 {
	border-style: solid;
	border-right-width: 10px;
	border-color: #EEF1F9;
}

.style6 {
	border-width: 0;





}
.style7 {

	background-color: #EEF1F9;
	padding-top: 8px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	padding-right: 8px;
	padding-bottom: 8px;
}
.style8 {
	background-color: #EAEAEA;
	text-align: left;
	padding-top: 8px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	padding-right: 8px;
	padding-bottom: 8px;
}
.style9 {
	text-align: center;
}
.style10 {
	border: 5px solid #FFDBA4;
}
.style11 {
	text-align: left;
}
.style12 {
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #EEF1F9;
	text-align: left;
	padding-left: 10px;
	
}
.style13 {
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #EAEAEA;
	padding-top: 8px;
	padding-left: 8px;
	padding-right: 8px;
	padding-bottom: 8px;
}
.style14 {
	border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
	padding: 8px;
	background-color: #EEF1F9;
}

.style21 {
	padding-right:10px
}






/* Begin Images */
p img {
	padding: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
	}

/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
	will of course center the image. This is much better than using
	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	}

img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
	}

img.alignleft {
	padding: 7px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 0;
	display: inline;
	}

.alignright {

	float: right;
	}

.alignleft {
	float: left
	}
/* End Images */



@import 'categories.css';

#categories {
	margin: 15px 0 5px;
}
* html #categories {height: 1%;}
#categories:after {
	content: '.';
	display: block;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
	height: 0;
}
#categories .column {
	float: left;
	width: 175px;
	margin-right: 5px;
}
#categories li {
	list-style: none;
	line-height: 17px;
}
#categories li ul {
	margin: 2px 0 10px;
}
#categories li li {
	font-size: 1em;
	background: url(i/arrow.gif) 9px 7px no-repeat;
	padding: 0 0 0 19px;
}
#categories li div {
	padding: 3px 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	border: 2px solid #EEE;
}
#categories li li ul {
	margin: 2px 0 2px -7px;
}
#categories li li a {
	color: #808080;
}
#categories li li a:hover {
	color: #AA0001;
}