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+elaine_theme <-  theme_bw() + theme(panel.grid.major=element_blank(),
+                                    panel.grid.minor=element_blank(),
+                                    legend.background=element_blank(),
+                                    legend.box.background=element_rect(color='black'),
+                                    legend.key=element_blank(),
+                                    legend.title=element_text(face='plain',size=14),
+                                    legend.text=element_text(size=12),
+                                    axis.title=element_text(size=15, lineheight=.9, vjust=.3),
+                                    axis.text=element_text(size=12),
+                                    axis.title.x=element_text(vjust=.2),
+                                    axis.title.y=element_text(vjust=.3),
+                                    plot.title=element_text(size=18, hjust=0.5))