/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  RESET DEFAULT  */

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, sub, sup, tt, var, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	outline: 0;
	font-weight: inherit;
	font-style: inherit;
	font-size: 100%;
	font-family: inherit;
	vertical-align: baseline;
	}

:focus {
	outline: 0;
	}

ol, ul {list-style-type: none;}

table {
	border-width: 0;
	border-collapse: separate;
	border-spacing: 0;
	}

blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after {
	content: "";
	}

blockquote, q {
	quotes: "" "";
	}

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  TYPOGRAPHY */

h2 {
	font-size: 18px;	
	font-family:  Arial, sans-serif;
	font-weight:normal;
	color:#662D9E;
	}

h3 {font-size: 16px; color: #662D9E; font-weight: bold;}

p {
	color:  #000;;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 3px 10px 10px 0;
}

h4, h4 a { font-size: 15px; color: #E42B2D; font-weight: bold;}
h4 a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #E42B2D;}
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ENVIRONMENT  */
img, div { behavior: url(iepngfix.htc); border: 0; }


body { 
	background: #EBE2F6 url(/images/page-bg.png) repeat-x;
	font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	}

#outter {
	width: 933px;
	background: url(/images/outter-bg.gif) repeat-y;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding:0;
}

#site {
	width: 866px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding:0 16px 0 16px;
	/*background: url(/images/header-bg.png) repeat-x 5% 0px;*/
}

a {
	color: #8A1DA5;
	text-decoration: none;	
	}
a:hover {color: #000;}

.nbm {
	margin-bottom: 0 !important;
	}

.clear { 
	height: 0; 
	font-size: 0; 
	line-height: 0px; 
	clear: both; 
	}

.left {
	float: left; 
	}

.right {
	float: right; 
	}

.center {
	margin: 0 auto; 
	}

input, textarea {vertical-align: middle; background: #F7F3FB; margin-bottom: 5px;}
.txt {border: 1px solid #B6A2CC;}
label {color: #441E6F; font-size: 14px;}

.date, .date a {font-size: 14px; color: #662D9E;}
.date a:hover {text-decoration: underline;}
.addthis {margin-left: 220px;}

hr {color: #DAC7F7; height: 1px; border: none; background-color: #DAC7F7; width: 96%;}
/* HEADER
----------------------------------------------------------*/
#header {height: 127px; margin: 0 auto;}
#header #logo {margin-top: 19px; margin-right: 60px; margin-left: 5px;}
#header #headerImg {margin-top: 28px;}
#header #NLForm {
	width: 204px;
	height: 102px;
	float: right;
	margin-top: 10px;
}

#header h2 {padding-bottom:0;}

/* NAVIGATION
----------------------------------------------------------*/
#nav {
	width: 861px;
	background: url(/images/nav-bg.png) repeat-x;
	height: 35px;
	margin: 10px 0px 0 0;
	padding-left: 0px;
	}
#nav #menu {width: 600px; float: left;}
#nav #menu li {float: left; display: block; margin-top: 1px;}
#nav #menu li a {color: #fff;  height: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-transform: capitalize; padding: 9px 10px 9px 10px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; display: block; float: left; }
#nav #menu li a:hover, .selected {background: url(/images/menu-over.png) repeat-x;}

.sublink {display: inline;}
.sublink li {float: left; margin-top: 10px;}
.sublink li a {color: #fff; margin-left: 15px;margin-top: 10px;}
.sublink li a:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: #fff;}
#articlesub {width: 432px;}
#blogssub {width: 180px; margin-left: 486px;}
#articlesub, #blogssub {
	height: 33px;
	background: #8A0018 url(/images/subbg.gif) no-repeat top left;
}
/* AUTHORS
----------------------------------------------------------*/
#authors { width: 871px; background: #E3D2FF; height: 152px; margin-bottom: 20px;}
#authors img {border: 2px solid #8E66B3; margin: 8px auto; margin-left: 4px;}


#author {
	margin: 10px auto;
	width: 280px;
	height:auto;
	min-height:140px;
	background: #CFBAEA;
	padding: 10px;
	}

#author p {
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height: 14px;
	width: 280px;
	margin-top:0px;
	}
#author p b {
	color: #662D9E;
	font-size: 14px;
	}

#author h3 {
	color: #662D9E;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 0; margin: 0;
	width: 160px;
	}

#author img { 
	width: 100px; 
	padding: 0px;
	float: right;
	border:#BDB6C2 4px solid;
	}

/* LEFT SIDE
----------------------------------------------------------*/
#left {width: 553px; float: left;}
h2.border {border-bottom: 1px solid #EBE5F0; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px;}

/* round stuff*/
/* set millions of background images */
.rbroundbox { background: url(/images/nt.gif) repeat; }
.rbtop div { background: url(/images/tl.gif) no-repeat top left; }
.rbtop { background: url(/images/tr.gif) no-repeat top right; }
.rbbot div { background: url(/images/bl.gif) no-repeat bottom left; }
.rbbot { background: url(/images/br.gif) no-repeat bottom right; }

/* height and width stuff, width not really nessisary. */
.rbtop div, .rbtop, .rbbot div, .rbbot {
width: 100%;
height: 7px;
font-size: 1px;
}
.rbcontent { margin: 15px 25px; width: 480px; }
.rbroundbox { width: 533px; }
.rbcontent img {border:2px solid #fff; float: left; margin: 5px 20px 0 0;}
.rbcontent h3 {margin-bottom: 10px;}
.rbcontent p {font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%;}

#ask-question {margin-top: 10px;}
#ask-question input.txt {width: 165px;}
#ask-question .right {margin-right: 25px; margin-top:10px;}
#ask-question span input {background: #CFBAEA; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px; float: left; margin-top: 10px; color: #7A4790; outline: none; border: none;}

/* set millions of background images */
.rbroundboxx { background: url(/images/ntt.gif) repeat; }
.rbtopp div { background: url(/images/tll.gif) no-repeat top left; }
.rbtopp { background: url(/images/trr.gif) no-repeat top right; }
.rbbott div { background: url(/images/bll.gif) no-repeat bottom left; }
.rbbott { background: url(/images/brr.gif) no-repeat bottom right; }

/* height and width stuff, width not really nessisary. */
.rbtopp div, .rbtopp, .rbbott div, .rbbott {
width: 100%;
height: 7px;
font-size: 1px;
}
.rbcontentt { margin: 6px 15px; }
.rbroundboxx { width: 535px; margin: 10px 0;}


/* RIGHT SIDE
-------------------------------------------------------*/
#right {width: 307px; float: left;}

#nm-box {width: 307px; height: 259px; background: url(/images/nb-box.png) no-repeat; margin-bottom: 10px;}
#nm-box img {margin: 195px 0 0 100px;}


#addbottom {width: 870px; height: 137px; background: #E3D2FF; clear: both;}

#footer {
	width: 933px;
	height: 92px;
	background: url(/images/footer-bg.gif) no-repeat;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}

#footer p {color: #270B42; padding-left: 40px;}

#search {width: 238px; float: left; margin-top: 7px; color: #fff; margin-left: 20px;}

.col {width: 160px; float: left;}
.middle {margin-left: 35px; margin-right: 35px;}
.col img {border: 4px solid #E3D2FF;}
.col p {color:#000000;font-size:12px;padding:3px 10px 10px 0;}
.scnd {margin-top: -70px;}
.fst {margin-top: -120px}
.thrd {margin-top: -140px}
.frth { margin-top: 20px;}

#article-listing {
	width: 553px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	text-transform: capitalize;
	float: left;
	}

#article-listing div, .cat {
	width: 134px;
	float: left;
	height: 139px;
	margin-bottom: 30px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	}


.cat {
	width: 134px;
	float: left;
	height: 60px;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	}
#article-listing p {
	color: #662D9E;
	font-size: 16px;
	width: 134px;
	margin: 3px 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

#article-listing ul, .cat {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

#article-listing ul li a, .cat li a {
	background: url(/images/bullet.gif) no-repeat left center;
	color: #270B42;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding-left: 10px;
	display: block;
	height: 12px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	}
.cat1 {
	width: 300px;
	float: left;
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	}	
#article-listing ul, .cat1 {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

#article-listing ul li a, .cat1 li a {
	background: url(/images/bullet.gif) no-repeat left center;
	color: #270B42;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding-left: 10px;
	display: block;
	margin-top: 5px;
	}	

.short { height: 89px;}
#article-listing ul li a:hover, .cat li a:hover {color: #E42B2D;}

#experts-blog {
	width: 540px;
	border-top: 1px solid #EBE5F0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #EBE5F0;
	padding: 15px 0 15px 0;
	margin: 15px 0 15px 0;
}
#experts-blog h3 {
	font-weight: normal;
	color:#662D9E;
	font-size:14px;
}
#experts-blog .auth {border: 2px solid #E3D2FFl;float: left; margin-right:10px;}
#experts-blog div {width: 270px; float: left;}
#experts-blog div p {font-size: 13px; line-height: 140%;}
#experts-blog div p b {font-size: 14px; line-height: 140%;}
#experts-blog div a {cursor: hand;}

/* START POLL STYLE */
#poll {
	width: 308px;
	background:  #E3D2FF;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	}

#poll h2 {
	padding-top: 16px;
	margin-left: 24px;
	background: url(/images/poll-line.gif) no-repeat center bottom;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	height: 44px;
	width: 257px;
	}

#poll p.question {
	width: 256px;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #0D0D0D;
	padding: 0 0px 10px 24px;
	}

#poll input {
	border: 0;
	outline: none;
	margin-left: 24px;
	float: left;
	margin-right: 5px;
	background: #E3D2FF;
	}
input {vertical-align:middle;}

#questions p {
	width: 266px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0; font-size: 12px;
	}
#questions form span {
	font-size: 12px;
	margin-left: 40px;
	}

input.vote {
	margin: 10px 0;
	border:none;
	outline: none;}

.pollBar {
	margin-left: 40px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	height: 21px;
	background: url(/images/poll-bar-bg.png) repeat-x;
}
/* END POLL STYLE */

.video {width: 369px; margin:10px auto;}

.ad {
	width: 302px;
	height: 252px;
	border: 0px solid #441E6F;
	margin: 10px 0;
	}

#bottom-ad {
	width: 730px;
	height: 93px;
	clear: both;
	margin: 0 auto;
	}
span.ArticleHighlight {
	color: #672ba0;
	font-weight: bold;
	background: inherit;
}
	
span.ArticleTitle {
	color: #e42b2d;
	font-size: 21px;
	font-weight: bold;
	background: inherit;
	display: block;
}
span.ArticleTitle2 {
	color:#E42B2D;
	font-family:Arial,sans-serif;
	font-size:18px;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:5px 0 10px;
	display:block;
}
span.Highlight2 {
	color: #e42b2d;
	background: inherit;
}

span.ArticleBody {
	color: #0d0d0d;
	font-size: 13px;
	background: inherit;
}
span.ArticleBody p {
	font-size: 13px;
	background: inherit;
	text-align:left;
}
.articalImage	{
	border:2px solid #BDB6C2;
	margin-right:8px;
	float:left;
}
#letters {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
	list-style-type:none;
	width: 423px;
	float:left;
}

#letters li {
	display:block;float:left;margin:0 2px;
	}

#letters li a {
	color:#9A81C1;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size:16px;
	}

#letters li a:hover {
	color: #E42B2D;
	text-decoration: underline;
	}


#accordion {
	margin:20px 0px;
}
.entry {
	font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
}
.entry p {
	color:#0D0D0D;
	font-size:11px;
	line-height:13px;
}
#accordion a, .entry a {
	color: #E42B2D;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
.entry a:hover {color: #666;}
h3.toggler {
	cursor: pointer;	
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #E42B2D;
	margin: 0 0 4px 0;
	padding: 3px 5px 1px;
}

#accordion p {
	margin: 5px 0px;
	padding: 0 4px;
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height: 14px;
	color: #333;
}

#accordion hr {
	background-color: #999;
	outline: none;
	border: none;
	height: 1px;
	}


blockquote {
	padding:5px 20px;
}

h3.toggler {
	padding-top: 20px;
}
h4 {
	color: #E42B2D;
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 3px 3px 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	}

h5 {
	color: #7745A8;
	margin: 5px auto;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: normal;
	}
.backArtList {
color:#EA4865;
font-size:16px;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;
}	
.promo_text {
	font-size:13px;
}
.searchBtn {
background:transparent url('/images/go-btn.png') no-repeat scroll left top;
border:medium none;
cursor:pointer;
height:22px;
width:33px;
}

/* newly added - 28.09  */

.ad_long{ width: 288px; border: 1px solid #441E6F; margin: 10px 0; padding:10px; 
}

.ad_long p{ font-size:14px; color:#662d9e}

.ad_long .blurb{ margin:5px 0 10px 10px;}

.ad_long .testi{ font-size:11px;}

.ad_long #survey { background:#f8c6de; width:auto; margin:2px; padding:10px; color:#662d9e;}

#survey h2{ text-align:center; font-size:18px;  color:#b30642;}

#survey p{ font-size:12px;}

.cent{ text-align:center;}

#survey h3{ font-size:19px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; color:#b30642;}

#survey form{ margin:10px 10px 5px 20px;}

#survey .btn_reg{margin-left:40px;}

.new_poll input{ background:transparent;}