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/* BODY LAYOUT AND DEFAULT-TYPE STYLES */
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BODY {
	background-color:#454343;
	background-image: url(images/bg.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	color: #000000;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 14px;
	}
	
BLOCKQUOTE {
	margin-right:10px;
	margin-left:10px;
	margin-top:10px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	padding-top:0px;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	padding-right:10px;
	padding-left:55px;
	width:400px;
	
	background-image: url(http://www.needlesandsins.com/images/blockquote_bg.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	
	color:#454343; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	line-height: 18px;
	font-size:12px; 
	font-style: italic;
	text-decoration:none;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	}	
	
.ad120_left {
	margin-right: 6px;
	}	

.ad120_right {

	}	

.adborder {
	border-width: 1px;
	border-color: #454343;
	border-style: solid;
	}
	
.archive_dropdown {
	background-color:#dc8009;
	border-style:solid;
	border-width:1px;
	border-color:#454343;
	color:#000000; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:14px; 
	padding: 4px;
	width:255px;
	}		
	
.bg_gradient {
	background-image: url(images/bg_gradient.gif);
	background-repeat: x-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	height: 600px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	z-index: -1;
	}	

.bio_body {
	width: 382px;
	margin-top: 9px;
	margin-right: 9px;
	}	
	
.bio_buffer {
	padding-left: 10px;
	}
	
.biopic {
	border-style:dotted;
	padding:2px;
	border-width:1px;
	border-color:#dc8009;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	}		
	
.centered_column {
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	width: 961px;
	padding: 0px;
	z-index: 1;
	position: relative;
	}
	
.corner_piece {	
	position: fixed;
	top:0px;
	left:0px;
	height:150px;
	width:150px;
	}		
	
.date_bar {
	width:644px;
	padding:9px;
	background-color: #aaaaaa;	
	height:26px;
	}

.date_holder {
	float:left;
	}		
	
.day {
	display: block; 
	float: right; 
	line-height: 28px; 
	font-size: 38px; 
	letter-spacing:-2px;
	}	
	
.divider1dots {
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-color: #dc8009;
	border-top-style: dotted;
	padding-bottom: 1px;

	}

.divider2dots {
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-color: #dc8009;
	border-top-style: dotted;
	padding-bottom: 9px;
	}	
	
.entry_top {
	border-top-width:1px;
	border-top-color:#aaaaaa;
	border-top-style:solid;
	padding:0px;
	width: 100%;
	}
	
.entry_body {
	width: 482px;
	margin-top: 9px;
	margin-right: 9px;
	}		
	
.entry_holder {
	display: block;
	position:relative;
	}	
	
.entry_writer {
	border-left-width:1px;
	border-bottom-width:1px;
	border-left-style:solid;
	border-bottom-style:solid;
	border-color:#aaaaaa;
	padding-left:9px;
	padding-top:9px;
	padding-bottom:9px;
	width:161px;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	}
	
.entry_writer_pic {
	float:right;
	}		
	
.entry_info {
	border-left-width:1px;
	border-left-style:solid;
	border-color:#aaaaaa;
	padding-left:9px;
	padding-top:9px;
	padding-bottom:9px;
	width:164px;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	}			
	
.entry_footer {
	background-color:#dbdada;
	margin-top:20px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
	height:42px;
	}	
	
.entry_footer_logo {
	float:left;
	}
	
.entry1line {
	border-top-width:1px;
	border-top-color:#aaaaaa;
	border-top-style:solid;
	padding-bottom:1px;
	width: 100%;
	}
	
.entry2line {
	border-top-width:1px;
	border-top-color:#aaaaaa;
	border-top-style:solid;
	padding-bottom:20px;
	width: 100%;
	}	
		
.footerbar {
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	width: 943px;
	padding: 9px;
	background-color: #454343;
	height: 200px;
	margin-top:9px;
	z-index: 1;
	position: absolute;
	}		

.header_logo {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	left: 0px;
	right: 0px;
	}
		
.left_column {
	margin: 0px;
	width: 680px;
	padding: 0px;
	top: 0px;
	height: 100px;
	position: static;
	}	
	
.main_content {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 9px;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	width: 662px;
	}
	
.media_icon {
	padding-right: 8px;
	}	

.month {
	width: 40px; 
	display: block; 
	float: right;	
	font-size: 16px; 
	line-height: 14px;	
	padding-left: 2px; 
	text-align: center; 
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	
.pagination_area {
	width: 644px;
	padding: 9px;
	background-color: #aaaaaa;
	}
	
.right_box {
	padding: 9px;
	margin-bottom: 9px;
	background-color: #e9e9e9;
	width: 255px;
	}	
	
.right_column {
	margin-left: 0px;
	padding: 0px;	
	top: 0px;
	left: 688px;
	height: 400px;
	width: 273px;
	position: static;
	}	
	
.search_area {
	margin-top: 32px;
	padding:0px;
	top: 0px;
	width: 273px;
	height:127px;
	}	
	
.searchbox {
	background-color:#dc8009;
	border-style:solid;
	border-width:1px;
	border-color:#dc8009;
	color:#ffffff; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:14px; 
	padding: 4px;
	width:200px;
	}	
	
.searchsubmit {
	background-color:#454343;
	border-style:solid;
	border-width:1px;
	border-color:#454343;
	color:#ffffff; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:14px; 
	padding: 3px;
	}		
	
.spacer9 {
	height:9px;
	}		
	
.submitbutton {
	background-color:#dc8009;
	border-style:solid;
	border-width:1px;
	border-color:#000000;
	color:#000000;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:10px; 
	padding:4px;
	margin-top:4px;
	}	
	
.top_nav {
	padding:0px;
	margin:0px;
	}

.year {
	font-size:16px;
	width: 40px;
	display: block;
	}	
		

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/* TEXT STYLES */
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.ad_text {	
	color: #454343;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 9px;
	line-height: 9px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	width:30%;
	}
	
.biopagecolumnlinks {
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	line-height:14px;
	padding-left:6px;
	top: 0px;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	}
	
.biopagecolumnlinks A:link {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 
	line-height: 14px;
	font-size:10px; 
	padding-left:6px;
	text-decoration:none;
	}

.biopagecolumnlinks A:visited {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 
	line-height: 14px;
	font-size:10px; 
	padding-left:6px;
	text-decoration:none;
	}			
	
.biopagecolumnlinks A:hover {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 
	line-height: 14px;
	font-size:10px; 
	padding-left:6px;
	text-decoration:none;
	}	
	
.byline {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#000000;
	font-size: 9px;
	line-height:12px;
	padding-bottom:4px;
	}
	
.byline A:link {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:11px; 
	line-height: 14px;
	text-decoration:none;
	}

.byline A:visited {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:11px; 
	line-height: 14px;
	text-decoration:none;
	}			
	
.byline A:hover {
	color:#dc8009; 
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; 
	font-size:11px; 
	line-height: 14px;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}		
		
.comment_bubble {
	top:0px;
	z-index: 0;
	float:left;
	}

.comment_count {
	width:38px;
	height:33px;
	padding-top:6px;
	z-index: 2;
	top:0px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.comment_count A:link {
	width:38px;
	height:33px;
	padding-top:6px;
	z-index: 2;
	top:0px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.comment_count A:visited {
	width:38px;
	height:33px;
	padding-top:6px;
	z-index: 2;
	top:0px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.comment_count A:hover {
	width:38px;
	height:33px;
	padding-top:6px;
	z-index: 2;
	top:0px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}	
	
.comment_holder {
	width:38px;
	height:33px;
	background-image: url(images/comment_bg.gif);	
	}					
	
.dateday {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 40px;
	line-height:30px;
	color:#000000;
	}		

.entrytext {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:18px;
	color:#000000;
	}
	
.entrytext A:link {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:18px;
	color:#dc8009;
	}
	
.entrytext A:visited {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:18px;
	color:#dc8009;
	}
	
.entrytext A:hover{
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:18px;
	color:#454343;
	text-decoration:none;
	}	
	
.entrytime {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color:#000000;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	}			
	
.entrytitle {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 20px;
	line-height:20px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	
.entrytitle A:link {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 20px;
	line-height:20px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.entrytitle A:visited {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 20px;
	line-height:20px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.entrytitle A:hover {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 20px;
	line-height:20px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}				
	
.entry_footer_link A:link {	
	margin-top:14px;
	float:left;
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right: 20px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#454343;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}	
	
.entry_footer_link A:visited {	
	margin-top:14px;
	float:left;
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right: 20px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#454343;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}	
	
.entry_footer_link A:hover {	
	margin-top:14px;
	float:left;
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right: 20px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}			
	
.entry_info_text {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height:16px;
	color:#000000;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	}
	
.entry_info_text A:link {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#454343;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}

.entry_info_text A:visited {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#454343;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	
.entry_info_text A:hover {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height:14px;
	color:#dc8009;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	text-decoration:none;
	}						
	
.footercopy {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	color:#e9e9e9;
	}
	
.footercopy A:link {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	color:#e9e9e9;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}
	
.footercopy A:visited {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	color:#e9e9e9;
	text-decoration:underline;
	}		
	
.footercopy A:hover {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	color:#dc8009;
	text-decoration:none;
	}		
	
.footertitle {
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 16px;
	color:#e9e9e9;
	margin-bottom:9px;
	}	
	
.pagination_text {
	color: #454343;		
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	
.pagination_text A:link{
	color: #454343;		
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}
	
.pagination_text A:visited{
	color: #454343;		
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	text-decoration: none;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}		
	
.pagination_text A:hover{
	color: #000000;		
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 16px;
	text-decoration: underline;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}	
	
.recent_entries {
	color: #454343;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	}

.recent_entries A:link {
	color: #454343;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
.recent_entries A:visited {
	color: #454343;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
.recent_entries A:hover {
	color: #dc8009;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	}		
	
.right_box_header {
	color: #454343;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	}