@charset "utf-8";
/* CSS Document */

imgs { border: 0; }

#news_block { position: relative; height: 1083px; width: 950px; background-image: url(../images/side_border.png); overflow: hidden; }

/* left column */

#news_left_col_bg { position: absolute; left: 9px; top: 8px; height: 1600px; width: 234px; background-color: #e5eae5; }

#news_left_col { position: relative; width: 195px; top: 22px; left: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #878787; }

#news_left_col a { color: #3a6a24; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-size: 9px; }
#news_left_col a:hover { color: #d7821f; }
#news_left_col h2 { color: #003300; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; }
#news_left_col h3 { color: #003300; font-size: 10px; margin: 2px 0; }
#news_left_col p { margin: 2px 0; }
#news_left_col .line { margin: 8px 0; }

#news_top_pic { position: absolute; left: 260px; top: 8px; height: 136px; width: 679px; }

/* article area */

#article_area { position: absolute; left: 262px; top: 162px; width: 415px;}

/* right column */

#news_right_col { position: absolute; left: 720px; top: 144px; width: 228px; height: 1600px; xborder: 1px dotted red;background-image: url(../news_updates/images/left_border.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-position: left; }

/* sign up form */

#news_signup_form { margin-left: 12px; margin-top: 16px; width: 206px; }
#news_signup_form form { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#news_signup_form form input { border: 1px solid #dbdbdb; margin-top: 7px; width: 100%; height: 24px; font-size: 11px; color: #878787; line-height: 24px; }
#news_signup_form a.privacy { font-size: 9px; color: #b4b4b4; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; }
.required { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #878787; }
#news_signup_form a.privacy:hover { color: #5a5a5a; text-decoration: none; }

#news_archives { position: absolute; left: 13px; top: 253px; width: 206px; height: 1500px; background-color: #e5eae5; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #878787;}

#news_archives_inner { position: relative; left: 15px; top: 15px; width: 174px; height: 634px; background-color: #e5eae5; }

#news_archives_inner h2 { color: #003300; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; }
#news_archives_inner p { margin: 2px 0;}
#news_archives_inner .line { margin: 8px 0; }

#news_archives_inner ul { margin: 0; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; }
#news_archives_inner li { margin-bottom: 6px; }  
#news_archives_inner h3 { color: #13421a; font-size: 10px; margin: 5px 0; }
#news_archives_inner a { text-decoration: none; color: #003300; }
#news_archives_inner a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #FF9900; }

/* article area */

#article_container { width: 415px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
#article_container p { font-size: 12px; color: #878787; line-height: 1.3; } 
#article_container h1 { color: #002300; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 2px; }
#article_container h2 { color: #003300;  font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3; xfont-weight: normal;}
#article_container .article_date { color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9px; }
#article_container a { color: #003300; text-decoration: none; }
#article_container a:hover { color: #FF9900; }

a.news_link { color: #339933 !important; }
a.news_link:hover { color: #ff9900 !important; }

#article_footer_note { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 70px;color: #878787; }
#article_footer_note p { font-size: 10px; }
#article_footer_note a { color: #003300; text-decoration: none; }
#article_footer_note a:hover { color: #FF9900; }

.article_quote { color: #041d28; }