/* Basic styles ------------ */
h1 {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
}

textarea {
	border: 1px #000 solid !important;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
}

blockquote {

	font-size: 12px;
	font-style: normal;
	color: #000;
margin-left:20px;
margin-right:20px;
padding-left:20px;
padding-right:20px;

}



.e-body object {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 12px; 12px; 0;
}

p img {
	margin-top: 0 !important;
	padding: 5px;
	border: 1px #999 solid;
}

/* Header ------------ */

#header {
	position: relative;
	background-image: none !important;
}

#site-title {
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#site-title a {
	display: block;
	width: 499px;
	height: 133px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/logo-consumerist-main.gif') no-repeat left top;
	overflow: hidden;


}

input#search-submit {
	background: transparent url(http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-search.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
	overflow: hidden;
}

input#search-submit:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

#nav #tipline {
	border-left: #000 1px solid;
}

#nav #tipline a {
	display: block;
	height: 43px;
	width: 311px;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/nav_tipline.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: hidden;
}

#nav #tipline a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -44px;
}

/* Sidebar ------------ */
.topic-title {
	margin-top: 0 !important;
}

/* Footer  ------------ */

#footer-nav a#cr {
	margin: 0 12px 0 0 !important;
}

/* Blog  ------------ */

blockquote .quote-open {
	display: block;
	border-top: 3px #424242 solid;
	height: 27px;
	text-indent: -9999em;
overflow: hidden;

		background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/quote-open.gif') no-repeat 0 10px;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
margin-left:-10px;
margin-right:-10px;
}

blockquote .quote-close {
	display: block;
	border-bottom: 3px #424242 solid;
	height: 27px;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/quote-close.gif') no-repeat right 0;
	margin-top: -10px;
margin-left:-10px;
margin-right:-10px;

margin-bottom: 12px;
}

blockquote p

{
margin-top: 12px;
}

blockquote.attributed .quote-close {
    height: 60px;
}

.attribution {
	text-align: right;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #333;
	margin-top: -50px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#category-breadcrumb {
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #999;
	line-height: 1;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#category-breadcrumb a {
	color: #999 !important;
}

div.shareArea {
	font-size: 10px !important;
}

.addthis_toolbox {
	float: right;
	margin-left: 5px;
	width: 200px;
	height: 16px;
}

.addthis_toolbox .label {
	float: left;
	margin-right: 5px;
}

.entry-container {
	margin-bottom: 20px !important;
}

.e-category {
	line-height: 1;
	padding: 5px !important;
}

.e-image {
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	margin: 6px 12px 4px 0;
}

/* e-images------------
.e-image.sm { width: 165px; }
.e-image.med { width: 300px; }
.e-image.lg { width: 652px; }
*/
.e-image img {
	padding: 5px;
	border: 1px #999 solid;
}







.e-image.sm img {


max-height: 150px;

}

.e-image p {
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height: 1.1em;
	color: #333;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	padding-top: 5px;
}

.entry-tags {
	font-size: 11px;
	clear: both;
}

.entry-tags-list {
	margin: 0;
}

.entry-tags .more-about {
	float: left;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-right: 3px;
}

.entry-tags .entry-tags-list li {
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.e-comments { line-height: 1; }

.comments-open-content {
	background: #E1E2E3;
	padding: 12px 12px 0 12px;
	position: relative;

}

#comments-open-text label { display: none; }

#comment-greeting {
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #333;
	padding-bottom: 12px;
}

.comments-open-header {
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-post-comment.gif') no-repeat left top !important;
	border-bottom: 3px #000 solid;
	margin-bottom: 3px !important;
	height: 12px;
	padding-bottom: 6px;
}

#comments-open-data {
	display: none;
}

#comments-open-text {
	text-align: right;
}

#comment-text {
	width: 98%; /* we really want 100% but browsers don't cooperate */
	height: 117px;
	text-align: left;
	margin: 0 0 12px 0;
}

#comments-open-footer {
	background: #E1E2E3;
	text-align: right;
	padding-bottom: 12px !msie;
}

#comment-preview {
	width: 85px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 12px 0 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-preview-comment.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

form>#comment-preview { height: 0; }

#comment-preview:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

#comment-submit {
	width: 77px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-submit-comment.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

form>#comment-submit { height: 0; }

#comment-submit:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

#comment-cancel {
	width: 76px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 12px;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-cancel.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

form>#comment-cancel { height: 0; }

#comment-cancel:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

.comments-header {
	position: relative;
	border-bottom: 3px #000 solid;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	margin-top: 40px !important;
}

.comments-header h3 {
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-comments.gif') no-repeat left top !important;
	text-indent: -9999em !important;
	height: 13px !important;
}

.comment-count {
	position: absolute;
	left: 100px;
	bottom: 0;
	color: #CC6600;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 14px;
}

.comments-options {
	float: none !important;
	position: absolute;
	right: 0;
	top: -9px;
}

.comments-options a {
	display: block;
	float: right;
	margin-left: 12px;
}

#collapse-all-comments, .reply-container {
	display: none;
}

.mt-comment-archive .reply-container {
	display:block;
}

#collapse-all-comments, #expand-all-comments {
	height: 17px;
	padding: 7px 0 0 0;
	float: right;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#collapse-all-comments:hover, #expand-all-comments:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#comments-subscribe {
	height: 17px;
	padding: 7px 0 0 30px;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-rss.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
}
#comments-subscribe:hover {
	background-position: 0 -26px;
}

#comments .comment .asset-meta {
	overflow: auto;
}

#comments .comment-header .asset-meta {
	overflow: hidden;
}

#comments .comment .comment-date {
	float: left;
}

.comment-moderate {
	font-size: 10px;
	float: right;
	overflow: hidden;
}

.comment-moderate span {
	display: none;
	float: left;
	padding-right: 4px;
}

.comment-moderate span.on {
	display: inline;
}

.comment .num-replies {
	background: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-expand-replies.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
	height: 22px;
	font-weight: bold;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.comment .num-replies:hover{
	background-position: 0 -22px !important;
}

.comment .num-replies.on {
	background: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-collapse-replies.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
}
.comment .num-replies.on:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px !important;
}

.num-replies , .num-replies.on {
	color: #B62E26;
	cursor: pointer;
	float: left;
}

.num-replies:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.comment .reply .reply-button a {
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-reply.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
	overflow: hidden;
}

.comment .reply .reply-button a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px !important;
}

/* Profile ------------ */

.field-header label {
	font-size: 13px
	font-weight: bold;
}

#signin_with_mt, .cta-register {
	background: #E1E2E3;
	padding: 12px;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
}

#signin-form #username-field,
#signin-form #password-field {
	float: left;
	width: 282px;
}

#signin-form .field-header {
	float: left;
	width: 78px;
}

#signin-form .actions-bar {
	float: right;
}

#signin-form .remember-me,
#signin-form .forgot-password {
	float: left;
	width: 206px;
	padding-left: 76px;
	font-size: 11px;
}

#signin-form .remember-me label { font-size: 11px; }

#signin-form .remember-me label { font-weight: normal; }

#signin-form .ti,
#signin-form .pw {
	width: 185px;
	margin: 0;
}

#signin-form .primary-button {
	width: 59px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-login.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#signin-form>.primary-button { height: 0; }

#signin-form .primary-button:hover { background-position: 0 -22px; }

#profile .primary-button {
	width: 58px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-save.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#profile>.primary-button { height: 0; }

#profile .primary-button:hover { background-position: 0 -22px; }

.cta-register {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.3;
}

.cta-register h2 {
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.register-fields,
#register-form div.legal,
#register-form .actions-bar,
.profile-fields,
#profile .actions-bar {
	background: #E1E2E3;
	padding: 12px;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
}

#register-form .field,
#profile .field {
	margin-bottom: 24px;
}

#register-form .ti,
#register-form .pw,
#profile .ti,
#profile .pw {
	float: left;
	width: 250px;
}

#register-form .field-header,
#profile .field-header  {
	float: left;
	width: 180px;
}

#register-form .legal {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.3;
}

#register-form .actions-bar,
#profile .actions-bar {
	text-align: center;
}

#register-form .primary-button {
	width: 83px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 22px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-register.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#register-form>.primary-button { height: 0; }

#register-form .primary-button:hover { background-position: 0 -22px; }

#follow-link {
	display: block;
	width: 140px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-follow.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#follow-link:hover { background-position: 0 -22px !important; }

#edit_profile_link {
	display: block;
	width: 137px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-edit-profile.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#edit_profile_link:hover { background-position: 0 -22px !important; }

#unfollow-link {
	display: block;
	width: 140px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-unfollow.gif') no-repeat 0 0 !important;
	cursor: pointer;
}

#unfollow-link:hover { background-position: 0 -22px !important; }

.mt-profile-view #follow-stuff .rss-button {
	display: block;
	width: 25px;
	height: 26px;
	padding: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	overflow: auto;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-rss-grey-bg.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
}
.mt-profile-view #follow-stuff .rss-button:hover {
	background-position: 0 -26px;
}


.topicListing li {
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height: 1.1;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

/* Archives ------------ */
#archive-search-module,
.module-content {
	background: #E1E2E3;
	padding: 12px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.browse-by-tag .module-content {
	background: transparent;
	padding: 0;
}

.module-header {
	border-bottom: 3px #000 solid;
	margin-bottom: 3px;
}

.module-header h3,
.company-directory .industry-filters h3 { /* includes default styles in case there is no graphic */
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	line-height: 1;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	height: 14px;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 0 0;
}

.browse-by-date h3 {
	text-indent: -999em;
	background-image: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-browse-by-date.gif');
}

.browse-by-author h3 {
	text-indent: -999em;
	background-image: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-browse-by-author.gif');
}

.browse-by-tag h3 {
	text-indent: -999em;
	background-image: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-browse-by-tag.gif');
}

.company-directory .industry-filters h3 {
	text-indent: -999em;
	background-image: url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-browse-by-industry.gif');
	padding-bottom: 5px;
}

.company-directory .industry-filters li {
	font-size: 11px;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
}

.company-directory .industry.all { text-transform: uppercase; }

.current-filter {
	background: #fff !important;
	color: #000 !important;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.company-directory .alpha-nav h3 {
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}

.company-directory .company { padding: 12px 0 !important; }

.company-details h2 {
	font-size: 16px;
	   font-weight: bold;
}

.company-details ul {
	margin: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 13px;
}

.company .company-details li a {
    color: #333;
}

#archive-search-module {
	text-align: right;
}

#archive-search-module label {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	font-size: 16px;
	color: #000;
}

input#archive-search{
	border:1px solid #666;
	padding:2px;
	margin-right: 6px;
	height:16px;
	vertical-align:top;
	width:390px;
}

input#archive-search-submit{
	background: transparent url(http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-search.gif);
	width:73px;
	height:22px;
	border:none;
	background-position: 0 0;
	overflow: hidden;
	cursor:pointer;
}

input#archive-search-submit:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

.browse-by-date ul {
	float: left;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.browse-by-date ul li {
	display: inline;
	padding-right: 25px;
	font-size: 13px;
}

.select-month {
	float: right;
	clear: none;
}

#month-selector,
#author-selector {
	margin: 0 !important;
}

.select-month label,
.select-author label {
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #000;
}

.select-submit {
	width: 40px;
	height: 22px;
	border: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 12px;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-go.gif') no-repeat 0 0;
	cursor: pointer;
	text-indent: -999em;
}

.select-submit:hover {
	background-position: 0 -22px;
}

/* copied from company directory styles */

.company-directory .industry-filters li {
	_width: 200px !important;
}

.mt-archive-index .alpha-nav h3 {
    margin: 1.5em 0 .5em;
}

.alpha-nav ul {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 12px 0 !important;
    overflow: hidden !important;
}

.company-directory .alpha-nav ul {
	padding-bottom: 0 !important
}

.alpha-nav li {
    float: left;
    padding-right: 5px;
    border-right: 1px solid #666;
    margin-right: 5px;
    list-style: none;
    line-height: 1em;
    font-size: 10px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.mt-archive-index .alpha-nav li.last {
    padding-right: 0;
    border-right-width: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
}

.index-tab {
    background: #ddd;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 3px 10px;
}

.index-tab h4 {
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000 !important;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.index-tab .top {
	padding-right: 12px;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/arrow-top.gif') no-repeat right 8px;
	font-size: 10px;
}

.index-tab .top:hover {
	background-position: right -12px;
	color: #b62e26 !important;
}

.mt-archive-index .index-tab h4 {
	text-transform: uppercase;
}


.mt-archive-index .index-tab .top {
    float: right;
}

.archive-tag-list {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 12px;
	list-style: none;
}

.archive-tag-list li {
	float: left;
	width: 149px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 8px 8px 0;
	font-size: 13px;
}

.archive-header {
	border-bottom: 3px #000 solid;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
	padding-bottom: 60px;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/header-subcat-icon.gif') no-repeat center bottom;
}

.archive-header h1,
.archive-header p {
	margin-bottom: 0;
}

.archive-header .select-category {
	float: right;
}

.subcat-header {
	background: #e1e2e3;
	padding: 3px 10px 5px 10px;
	margin-top: 30px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
}

.subcat-link {
	font-size: 11px;
}

/* System messages ------------ */
.msg { background: #f1f1f1; padding: 5px 5px 5px 20px; border: #00cc60 1px solid; position: relative; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.msg-error { border-color: #cc0000; color: #000; }
.msg .close-me {
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 5px;
	left: 5px;
	font-size: 1px;
	color:#f1f1f1;
	width: 10px;
    height: 0px !important;
    height /**/:10px; /* ie5/win hack */
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/css/images/button-close-msg.png') no-repeat top left;
	overflow: hidden;
	display: none; /* JS function is not working, so let's hide button and come back to this */
}


/* Utility ------------ */
/* wraps enclosing block element around inner floated elements */
.pkg:after, .widget:after, .asset-meta:after, .industry-filters ul:after { content: " ";display: block;visibility: hidden;clear: both;height: 0.1px;font-size: 0.1em;line-height: 0;}
.pkg, .widget, .asset-meta, .industry-filters ul { display: inline-block; }
/* no ie mac \*/
* html .pkg, * html .widget, * html .asset-meta, *html .industry-filters ul { height: 1%; }
.pkg[id], .widget[id], .asset-meta[id], .industry-filters ul[id] { height: auto; }
.pkg, .widget, .asset-meta, .industry-filters ul { display: block; }
/* */

.hint, .search-results-info {
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #000;
}

.hidden { display: none; }
.larger { font-size: 120%; }
.large { font-size: 110%; }
.small { font-size: 85%; }
.smaller { font-size: 70%; }
.tiny { font-size: 10px; }

/* hide comment form */
/* #comments-open { display:none; } */





#site-title2 {
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#site-title2 a {
	display: block;
	width: 664px;
	height: 133px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-indent: -999em;
	background: transparent url('http://static1.consumerist.com/images/kabletownpresents.jpg') no-repeat left top;
	overflow: hidden;
}



.centered img {
	padding: 5px;
	border: 1px #999 solid;
 width: 50%;
                margin-left: auto;
                margin-right: auto;
       margin-bottom: 15px;




}