#blog{
 background-image:url(../images/blog_bg2.jpg); 
 background-repeat:repeat-x; 
 background-color:#ebe8e5;        }

#horizontal_banner {
  background-color:#225d8c;
  color: White;
  height:25px;
  text-align:center;
  font-size:14px;      
  font-weight: bold;
  padding-top:3px; 
  letter-spacing:.3em;
  margin:0                     }

#title   {
  font-family:Arial, MS Sans Serif;
  margin-top:-21px;
  padding:0;
  font-size:60px;
  font-weight:900;
  letter-spacing:3pt; 
  text-align:left;  
  padding-left:300px; } 
    
#blog_wrap   {
    /*  background-color  : #E0E0E1;   */
    width: 730px; /*734px;*/
    width: 100%; 
    min-height: 630px; 
    height: auto !important;
    height: 630px;
    text-align: left; } 
    
#NavMenu    {
    min-height: 630px; 
    height: auto !important;
    height: 630px;
    text-align: left; 
    width:180px;    }
    
#siteFooter
  { color: #777777;  }
    
#siteFooterText a
  { color: #777777;  }


    
.headline    {
   font-family: font-family: lucinda sans, Tahoma, MS Sans Serif;
   font-size:1.8em;  
   font-weight:bold;
   padding:10px 0 10px 0;               }
   
.orange     {
  color: #ea8b49;    }
    
.gray
{  color:#777777;    }
 
.blue   {
  color:#225d8c;   }
  
.blogImage   {
  margin:0 10px 10px 0;    }
  
.blogContent   {
  font-size:14px;
  line-height:1.5em;
  font-family:Georgia, Century, MS Serif;
  /* font-size:1.1em;  */
  margin-bottom:10px;     }
  
.blogCaption   {
  font-family:Georgia, Century, MS Serif;
  color:#777777;
  font-style:italic;
  font-size:.9em;    }
  
#blogCredits    {
  margin:10px 0 10px 0;
  line-height:1.3em;     } 
  
.small   {
  font-size: .8em    }
  
.blogHeading
{  
   font-size:1.1em;
   font-weight:bold;
   color:#ea8b49; 
   margin:10px 0 2px 0;    }
   
.blogCategories
{   font-size:12px;
    color: #777777; 
    line-height:14pt;   
    font-weight:bold; }
         
.lnkBlog   {
    color:#777777;
    text-decoration:none;  
    font-size:.9em;       }
    
.lnkBlog:hover    {
    color:#225d8c;
    text-decoration:underline;     }

.noDec  {}
    
.noDec  a
{   text-decoration:none;   
    color:#225d8c;  }
    
.noDec a:hover
{   text-decoration:underline;    }
  
/*------------ DISTRICT HOME -------------*/

#homeHorizontal_banner, #homeHorizontal_bannerModal {    /* homepage of District site */
  background-color:#225d8c;
  color: White;
  height:16px;
  text-align:center;
  font-size:11px;      
  font-weight: bold; 
  letter-spacing:.2em;
  line-height:normal;
  padding:0;
  margin:0 ;        }
  
#homeTitle, #homeTitle_Modal   {    /* homepage of District site */
   font-family:Arial, MS Sans Serif;
   padding:0;
   font-size:38px;
   font-weight:900;
   letter-spacing:2pt; 
   text-align:left;  
   line-height:28px;
   margin:0;  }