body {
background-color: #999999; 
background: url('layout/jmc_metal4-2.png');  
text-align: center;  /* centering layout in IE */
color: #000000;
font-family: "times new roman", serif;
font-size: 90%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0
}

} 


/* ------ links ------ */

a:link {
color: #887C88;
text-decoration: none;
font-style: strong;
border-bottom: 0px dashed #000000;
border-top: 0px none;
}

a:visited {
color: #887C88;
text-decoration: none;
font-style: strong;
border-bottom: 0px dashed #000000;
border-top: 0px none;
}

a:hover, a:active {
color: #845E72;
text-decoration: none;
font-style: strong;
border-bottom: 0px dashed #000000;
border-top: 0px none;
}

.image a:link {
border: 0px none;
}

.image a:visited {
border: 0px none;
}

.image a:hover {
border: 0px none;
}

. image a:active {
border: 0px none;
}

. image {
border: 0px none;
}


p {      /* =main content text */
padding: 2px 7px 4px;
margin: 2px;
line-height: 140%;
}

#maincontent ul {      /* =main content lists */
list-style-image: url('sparkle.gif');
margin: 0;
line-height: 170%; padding-left:70px; padding-right:70px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px
}

img {
border: 0px none;
}

.credit { 
font-size: 80%; 
}

/*----Images----*/
#image-01 {
	background:url('layout/blog_button02.png'); 
	position:absolute;
	left:650px;
	top:700px;
	width:150px;
	height:152px;
	}