/*general font*/
a {	color: #7996A7; text-decoration: none }


/*main page text*/

/* main menu items on badhandwriting banner */

.menuitem                   { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none }
a.menuitem                  { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none }
a.menuitem:visited          { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none }
a.menuitem:hover            { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none }

/* cookie trail text below banner (about & search text) */

.cookietrail                { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-transform: lowercase; color: #7996A7; text-decoration: none }
a.cookietrail               { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-transform: lowercase; color: #7996A7; text-decoration: none }
a.cookietrail:visited       { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-transform: lowercase; color: #7996A7; text-decoration: none } 
a.cookietrail:hover         { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-transform: lowercase; color: #595959; text-decoration: none } 



/*-----------------------------------------css sheet now splits into main page and article template------------------------------------------*/

/* home page styles*/

/* welcome to this site message */

.homewelcome                { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none }

/* text in the 'featured articles' table at bottom of the page' */

.homesectiontitle           { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homesectiontitle          { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homesectiontitle:visited  { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a..homesectiontitle:hover   { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: lowercase }

.homearticletitle           { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homearticletitle          { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homearticletitle:visited  { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homearticletitle:hover    { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: lowercase }

.homearticledetail          { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; }

.homereadmore               { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homereadmore              { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homereadmore:visited      { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }
a.homereadmore:hover        { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #595959; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: lowercase }


/* ----------------------------------------------------------end of 'featured articles' box-------------------------------------------------- */

/* ----------------------------------------------------------end of home page styles -------------------------------------------------------- */


/* ---------------------------------------------------------- start of articles styles ------------------------------------------------------ */


.articletitle                { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; color: #595959;
                             border: 3px solid #A69877; vertical-align: top; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: #FFFFFF}
	
.articlepara                 { font-size: x-small; color: #595959; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
a.articlepara                { font-size: x-small; color: #7996A7; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }	
a.articlepara:visited        { font-size: x-small; color: #7996A7; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } 
a.articlepara:hover          { font-size: x-small; color: #595959; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }


/* ----------------------------------------------------------- end of articles styles ------------------------------------------------------- */



.indexedarticles            { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none }
a.indexedarticles           { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none }
a.indexedarticles:visited   { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none }
a.indexedarticles:hover     { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7996A7; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: none }


/* ------------------------------------------------------begin styles for RSS Feed--------------------------------------------------------- */

.rss_box                     {}
/*{ right-margin: 2px; right-margin: 1px; width: 98%; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 2px solid #A69877 }*/

.rss_items                   {
	font-size: x-small;
	color: #595959;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-align: justify;
	letter-spacing: normal;
	vertical-align: top;
	word-spacing: normal;
	white-space: normal;
	display: block;
	list-style:none;
	margin-left:0px;
}
.rss_title                   { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-transform: lowercase; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none }
.rss_item                    { padding: 0px;}
.rss_item a                  { font-size: x-small; color: #7996A7; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
.rss_item a:visited          { font-size: x-small; color: #7996A7; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
.rss_item a:hover            { font-size: x-small; color: #595959; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
.rss_date                    { font-size: 7pt; color: #595959; }

/* ---------------------------------------------------------end styles for RSS Feed---------------------------------------------------------- */


.copyright { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal; color: #E6E3DB }