#alt_topic_bar{
	background: #efefef;
/*	height: 2em; */
	margin:0;
	padding: 0;
/*	padding-top: .6em;*/
	font-size: 1.1em;
	width:100%;
	border-bottom: 1px solid silver;
	float:left;
	margin-top: -.3px;
	}

#nav {margin: 0; }

#menu {
        width: 100%;
        background:     #ffffff  url(/images/lt_gr_grad.jpg) repeat-x 0 0;
        background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #ffffff), color-stop(1, #dddddd));
        background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff,  #dddddd); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
        filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#dddddd'); /* for IE */
        border-bottom: 1px solid silver;
        padding: 0;
        margin: 0;
        clear: both;

        }

/* this margin stuff if because ie sucks */
*html #menu{
        margin-top: 0;
}






#topic_bar {
        background:     #eee  url(/images/lt_gr_grad.jpg) repeat-x 0 0;
/*	height:         2em; */
         margin:         0;
        padding:        0;
/*        padding-top:    .5em;
        padding-left:   2em;
        padding-bottom: .4em; */
	float: left;
        font-size:      1.2em;
        width:          auto;


}


#topic_bar {
        background:     #ffffff  url(/images/lt_gr_grad.jpg) repeat-x 0 0;

	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #ffffff), color-stop(1, #dddddd));
        background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff,  #dddddd); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
        filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#dddddd'); /* for IE */
        margin:         0;
        padding:        0;
        float: left;
        font-size:      1.2em;
        width:          100%;
        width:          auto;
}







#topic_bar ul { /* all lists */
	float: left;
	width: auto;
	
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: 1.4em;
/*	position:absolute; */
	z-index:2;
}

#topic_bar a {
	padding-left: .3em;
	padding-right: .3em;
	display:block;
/*	width: 10em;
	width: auto; */
}


#topic_bar li {
        list-style:     none;
        width:          auto;
        float:          left;
        margin-left:    .5em;
        padding-top: 6px;
   	padding-bottom: 6px;

}

#topic_bar li ul li {
	padding-bottom: 0px;
}

#topic_bar li a {
        color:  #4086aa;
        padding-right: 3px;
        padding-left: 3px;
        padding-top: 1px;
	padding-bottom: 0;
}


#topic_bar li a:hover {
        background:     white;
        border-left:    1px solid silver;
        border-right:   1px solid silver;
        border-top:     1px solid silver;
        position:       relative;
        z-index:        2;;
        padding-left: 2px;
        padding-right: 2px;
        padding-top: 0;

}

#topic_bar li ul {
        position:       absolute;
        background:     white;
        width:          20em;
        padding:        .3em;
        border-bottom:  3px solid #aaa;
        border-right:   2px solid #aaa;
        border-left:    1px solid silver;

	display:        none;
        z-index:        2;
}






#topic_bar li ul li{ clear: both; }
#topic_bar li ul a{
		display: block;
		color: #555;
}

#topic_bar li ul a:hover {
        color:          red;
/*      font-weight:    300; */
        background:     #eee;
        border:         0;
        padding-top: 1px;
        padding-left: 3px;
        padding-right: 3px;
}



#topic_bar li:hover ul, #topic_bar li.sfhover ul { /* lists nested under hovered list items */
	left:auto;
	top: auto;
display: block;
width: auto;
 background-position: 0 0; 
	z-index: 2;
}













.a_item {  margin-top:1em;
	   margin-left:4em;
	 /*  width: 60em;*/
	   margin-bottom: 1.5em;
	   width: 97%;
	   }

.a_hed	{ font-size: 1.3em;
	  font-weight: 600;
}

.a_dets { font-size: 1.2em;
	  border-bottom: 1px solid silver;
	  float:left;
	  margin-bottom: .6em;
	   }
.a_dets a {
		 color: #777; }

#current_ad{
	border: 1px dotted silver;
	margin: 1em;
	padding: 1em;
	margin-left: 6em;
	font-size: 1.3em;
	width: 50%;
}

.ad_hed {
	font-weight: 600;
	font-size: 1.1em;
	margin-bottom: 1em;
	}
.txt_block{
	float:left;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	width:80%;

	}
.th_img{
	float:left;
	width: 85px;
	margin-right: 1em;
}




#read { padding-left: .5em;}
#read h1 { font-size: 2.4em;
	   font-weight: normal;
	   }
#read a{ 
	font-weight: normal;
}

#write { padding-left: .5em;}
#write h1 { font-size: 2.4em;
	   font-weight: normal;
	   }
#write a{ 
	font-weight: normal;
}

#share { padding-left: .5em;}
#share h1 { font-size: 2.4em;
	   font-weight: normal;
	   }
#share a{ 
	font-weight: normal;
}

#shop { padding-left: .5em;}
#shop h1 { font-size: 2.4em;
	   font-weight: normal;
	   }
#shop a{ 
	font-weight: normal;
}