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}

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.footerbody {
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.commentlists li {
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	font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;	
	border-bottom: 1px #eaeaea solid;		
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}
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}
.author_description {
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}

.trackback_url {
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	font-size:10px;
}

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}
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	font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;	
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}

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ul.blogroll li.descripted p {
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}
img.by_cf {
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img.joyent {
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.caption {
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	font-size: .85em;
	display: block
}
img.page_image {
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}

#story_text p img {border: 2px solid #555;margin-right: 8px;}
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}

.story_image {
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}

/* currently centered since we only have one ... */
.instream_ad {
	width:325px;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

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}

img.property_sponsor {
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	vertical-align:top;
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