body {
	background: rgba(231,231,180,0.75);
	}

#horizontal_menu ul {
	position:relative;
	top:215px;
	list-style: none;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	font: normal 15px Helvetica, Ariel, sans-serif;
	color: #333;
	background:none;
}
#horizontal_menu ul li {
	padding: 2px 5px;
	list-style: none;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	margin: 2px 10px 2px 0;
}
	
/* --- selectors --- */

#header {
	width:850px;
	height:245px;
	margin:0 auto;
	background:url(http://www.bentzenlab.ca/wp-content/themes/pblabs/images/dnastrands4.png) no-repeat;
}
#preamble h2 {
	/*text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #666;*/
	letter-spacing: 1.7px;
}
#preamble hr {
/*	text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #999;
	color:#ccc;*/
}
.pream { /*Text right under header (former #preamble.p1)*/
	position: relative;
	top: 25px;
	left: 45px;	
	width: 530px;
	text-align: justify;
	font-style:italic;
	color:#a8a781;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 16px; /* 12px */
	line-height: 1.4em;  
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
}	
.pream h3 {
		width:330px;
		height:14px;
		}
/* END Intro */
#main-content {
	margin-top:-20px;
}

#discussion {
	width:880px;	
	font: normal 14px/16px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	color: #444;
	margin: 40px 0 0 20px;
	}
#discussion h3 {	
	font-size: 1.5em;
	letter-spacing: 2px;
	font-weight: normal;
}
#discussion p {
	line-height:1.3em;
}
#explanation h3 {
	margin: 23px 0 0 0;
}
/* END discussion */

aside {
	top:295px;
	width:290px;
	right:30px;
	}
aside ul {
	margin: 0 0 1px 5px;
	font:normal 16px Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    text-align: left;		
	list-style-type: none;
}
aside ul li {
	padding:2px 0 4px 2px;
	margin-bottom:4px;
}
.widget_nav_menu li.current_page_item a{
	background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(202, 202, 163, 0.6);
	/*background-image: url(#);*/
	padding: 1px;
}

aside ul a {
	color:#006875;
	font:normal 15px Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
aside ul a:hover {
	color:#00CC99;
}
		
a {
	color:#489F86;
}