body { background: #fff; color:#666; text-align: center; font: 11px Arial, Verdana;}
* { padding: 0; margin: 0; }

/*---:[ global elements ]:---*/

a { color: #666666; text-decoration: underline; }
a:visited {text-decoration: underline; }
a:hover { color: #47996b; text-decoration: underline; }
a img { border: none; }

blockquote { font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: #555; margin: 0 30px 1.5em 30px; padding: 0 0 0 10px; border-left: 1px solid #aaa; }

abbr, acronym { border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; text-transform: uppercase; cursor: help; }

code { color: #090; font-family: Courier, monospace; }

pre { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; overflow: auto; font-size: 1.3em; clear: both; }

p.center { text-align: center !important; }
p.bottom { margin: 0 !important; }
p.unstyled { font-size: 1.4em; }

.flickr_blue { color: #007ae4; text-transform: lowercase; }
.flickr_pink { color: #ff2a96; text-transform: lowercase; }

.green { color: #090; }
.red { color: #f00; }
.orange { color: #f40; }
.purple { color: #909; }

/*---:[ headlines ]:---*/

h1{font-size:24px; color:#aac1b4; font-family:Arial, Verdana;}
h1 a {color: #aac1b4;text-decoration: none;}
h1 a:hover {color:#666666; text-decoration:none;}
h1 a:visited {color:#aac1b4; text-decoration:none;}
h5 {font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #9ab0a4; font-size:15px; line-height:22px; font-weight:normal; margin-bottom:1em;}
h6 {font-size:32px; color:#aac1b4; font-family:Arial, Helvetica;}

#masthead h1 { padding: 0.4em 0 0.2em 0; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; clear: both; }

h2{color: #47996b; font: 12px Arial, Arial, sans-serif; display:inline;}

h2.archive_head { font-weight: bold !important; font-size: 1.4em !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; letter-spacing: normal !important; margin: 0 0 1.8em 0 !important; padding: 0.4em 2px !important; background: url('images/hr_dot_black.gif') 0 100% repeat-x !important; }

h3 { font-size: 1.0em; text-transform: uppercase; }
#masthead h3 { margin: 0 0 0.75em 0; font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.8em; text-transform: none; color: #888; text-align: center; }
.posts h2 {font-size:18px}
.entry h2 {color: #47996b; font: 12px Arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold;}
.entry h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.5em 0; }
.entry h3.top { margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0 !important; }
h3.comments_headers { font-size: 18px; text-transform:none; font-weight:normal; margin-bottom:5px; }

h4 { font: italic 1.2em Arial, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: #888; }
h4 a, h4 a:visited { color: #888; text-decoration: none; }
h4 a:hover { color: #888; text-decoration: underline; }
h2 a {color:#47996b; text-decoration:none;}
h2 a:hover {color: #888; text-decoration:none;}
h2 a:visited {text-decoration:none;}
.posts h4 { margin: 0 0 1.25em 0; padding: 0 0 1.0em 0; background: url('images/hr_title_sep.gif') 0 100% no-repeat; }

/*---:[ core layout elements ]:---*/

#rightGreen {
background-color:#46996b;
height:175px;
}


#container { width: 790px; margin: 5px auto 0 auto; }

#content_box { text-align: left; margin-left:20px; float: left; }
#content { width: 425px; padding: 0 0 20px 20px; float: left;   }

#sidebar { width: 172px; float: right; margin-top:40px; text-align: left;padding-left:15px; border-left:1px solid #CCCCCC}
#sidebar_tips { width: 159px; border-left: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding-left:10px; float: right; margin-top:60px}

#l_sidebar ul.sidebar_list {border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;}


#l_sidebar { width: 105px; float: left; float: left; clear: both; }
#l_sidebar ul a {color: #636363;display: block;border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font: 11px Arial, sans-serif;text-decoration: none;text-align: left;}
#l_sidebar ul a:hover {color: #47996b;text-decoration: none;}
img {border:none}


/*---:[ header styles ]:---*/

#masthead { width: 780px; height: 200px;}

#logo {width: 200px; text-align:left; float:left; vertical-align:bottom; margin-bottom:10px}

/* #masthead a { display: block; width: 780px; height: 100px; } */ /* uncomment this line if you use a graphic in the header - make sure the height of your header graphic is equal to the height declared in this line of code! */

ul#nav { list-style: none; width: 790px; float: right; clear: both; text-align:right;}
ul#nav li { padding-left:15px; font: 11px Arial, sans-serif; float: right; }
ul#nav li a, ul#nav li a:visited {color: #636363; display: block;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font: 11px Arial, sans-serif;text-decoration: none; text-align: right; }
ul#nav li a:hover {color: #47996b;}

			
#header_img { position: relative; margin: 0 0 30px 0; float: left; clear: both; left:20px;}
#header_img img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */

#slogan {width:575px;position: relative; margin: 0 0 1em 0; float: left; text-align:left; letter-spacing:-1px; font: 14px Arial, Arial, sans-serif;}

#slogan img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */

#subslogan {position: relative; margin: 0 0 1em 0; float: left; text-align:left; letter-spacing:-1px;font: 16px Arial, Arial, sans-serif;}
#subslogan img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */

#emailfriend_topbanner {
	margin-left:15px;
	margin-bottom:15px;
}

#breadcrumbs {
	float:left;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	padding-left:5px;
}

#breadcrumbs a{
	text-decoration:none;
}

/*---:[ content styles ]:---*/

#content p {font:Arial, Arial; font-size:12px}
#slogan p {font:Arial, Arial; font-size:14px; line-height:22px}
.entry blockquote { font-size: 1.0em; }
.entry blockquote.right { width: 200px; font-style: normal !important; font-size: 1.3em !important; margin: 0.3em 0 0.3em 15px !important; padding: 0.3em 0 !important; border: 3px double #aaa; border-width: 3px 0; text-align: center; float: right; }
.entry blockquote.left { width: 200px; font-style: normal !important; font-size: 1.3em !important; margin: 0.3em 15px 0.3em 0 !important; padding: 0.3em 0 !important; border: 3px double #aaa; border-width: 3px 0; text-align: center; float: left; }
.entry blockquote.right p, .entry blockquote.left p { margin: 0 !important; line-height: 1.4em !important; }
.entry p { margin: 0 0 10px 0; }
.entry ul, .entry ol { margin: 0 0 1.5em 40px; }
.entry ul { list-style-type: square; }
.entry li { margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; }
.entry ul li ul, .entry ul li ol, .entry ol li ul, .entry ol li ol { margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 30px; }
.entry dl { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; }
.entry dt { font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; }
.entry dd { margin: 0 0 1.5em 20px; }
.entry .ad { margin: 0 0 0.5em 15px; float: right; }
.entry .ad_left { margin: 0 15px 0.5em 0; float: left; }
.entry img.left { padding: 3px; margin: 0.5em 15px 0.5em 0; border: 3px double #bbb; float: left; clear: left; }
.entry img.right { padding: 3px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 15px; border: 3px double #bbb; float: right; clear: right; }
.entry img.center { display: block; padding: 3px; margin: 0 auto 1.5em auto; border: 3px double #bbb; float: none; clear: both; }
.entry img.off { padding: 0 !important; border: none !important; }
.entry img.stack { clear: none !important; }
.margin {margin-bottom:20px};



.tagged { padding: 0.4em 0 0 0; background: url('images/hr_tag_sep.gif') no-repeat; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6em; color: #888; clear: both; }
.tagged a, .tagged a:visited { padding: 0.25em; color: #333; text-decoration: none; }
.tagged a:hover { color: #fff; background: #333; text-decoration: none; }

.navigation { width: 450px; font-size: 1.4em; float: left; }

.previous { padding: 0 20px 0 0; float: left; }

.next { float: right; }

.clear { width: 500px; height: 1px; clear: both; }

.rule { background: url('images/hr_tag_sep.gif') no-repeat; }

.flat { margin: 0 0 2.0em 0 !important; }

.whitespace { margin: 0 0 3.5em 0 !important; }

.starthere {margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;}


/*---:[ sidebar styles ]:---*/

ul.sidebar_list { list-style: none; }
ul.sidebar_list li.widget, ul.sidebar_list li.linkcat {width: 120px; margin: 0 0 2.5em 0;line-height: 1.4em; float: left;}
li.widget h2, li.linkcat h2 { font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.077em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0 0 0.8em 0; padding: 0.4em 2px; border-top: 3px solid #000; background: url('images/hr_dot_black.gif') 0 100% repeat-x; }
li.widget p { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; padding: 0 10px; }
li.widget ul, li.linkcat ul { list-style: square; margin: 0 0 0.5em 20px; }
li.widget ol, li.linkcat ol { margin: 0 0 0.5em 20px; }
li.widget li, li.linkcat li { margin: 0 0 0.7em 0; }
li.widget li a, li.widget li a:visited, li.linkcat li a, li.linkcat li a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
li.widget li a:hover, li.linkcat li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
li.widget li .recent_date { padding: 0 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold; color: #888; }
li.widget ul.flickr_stream { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px; }
li.widget ul.flickr_stream li { margin: 0; padding: 0 5px 5px 0; display: inline; }
li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a img { padding: 3px; }
li.widget ul.flickr_stream li a:hover img { background: #ff2a96; }
.lsidebarimg {margin-bottom:10px }

.findlowestrate {margin-top:20px;}

/*---:[ tips styles ]:---*/

.linktips {text-align:left; width:220px;}
ul.sidebar_list li.linktips, ul.sidebar_list li.linktips a{font: 10px Arial, sans-serif; color:#999999; text-decoration:none;}
ul.sidebar_list li.linktips a:hover {color: #47996b;}
li.linktips h2{font: 12px Arial, sans-serif; color:#999999; font-weight:bold; padding-top:-20px;}


/*---< FlickrRSS styles for the widget only >---*/

li.widget_flickrrss { }
li.widget_flickrrss a img { margin: 0 5px 5px 0; padding: 3px; }
li.widget_flickrrss a:hover img { background: #ff2a96; }

/*---< Calendar widget styles >---*/

#calendar_wrap { font-size: 1.3em; }

/*---:[ footer styles ]:---*/


#footer { width:790px; float:left;margin-top:27px;margin-bottom:20px;}
ul#footer { list-style: none; width: 610px; border-top: 1px solid #CCC; text-align:left;}
ul#footer li {margin-top:5px; padding-left:10px; font: 11px Arial, sans-serif; float: right; }
ul#footer li a, ul#footer li a:visited {color: #666666; display: block;font: 10px Arial, sans-serif;text-decoration: none;text-align: right; }
ul#footer li a:hover {color: #47996b;}

/*---:[ comment styles ]:---*/

#comments { width: 450px; float: left; clear: both; border-top:1px solid #8d8d8d; padding-top:15px}
ul#comment_list { list-style: none; margin: 0 0 4.0em 0; float: left; }
ul#comment_list li.comment { width: 450px; padding: 1.2em 0 0 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #8d8d8d; padding-bottom:15px; float: left; }
ul#comment_list li.trackback { width: 420px; padding: 1.2em 15px 0 15px; background: url('images/trackback_bg.gif'); }
.comment_meta { margin: 0 0 1.2em 0; }
.comment_num { padding: 0 15px 0 20px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.4em; float: right; }
.trackback .comment_num { padding: 0 0 0 20px; }
.comment_num a, .comment_num a:visited { color: #888; text-decoration: none; }
.comment_num a:hover { color: #df0000; text-decoration: none; }
.comment_meta strong { font-size: 1.6em; }
.comment_time { font: normal 1.1em Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #888; }
.comment .entry { padding:0; }
.comment .entry p { margin: 0 0 0 0; }

/*---:[ comment form styles ]:---*/

#comment_form {width:450px; float: left; }
#comment_form p { }
#comment_form label {font-size: 12px; }
#comment_form .text_input { width: 200px; height:15px; padding: 3px; color: #444; font: normal 12px Arial; border:1px solid #d5d5d5; }
#comment_form .text_area { width: 410px !important; height:100px; margin-top:15px;}
#comment_form .text_input:focus { border:1px solid #d5d5d5; }
#comment_form .form_submit {float:right;}
#comment_form p.subscribe-to-comments { font-size: 1.4em; }
#comment_form p.subscribe-to-comments label { font-size: 1.0em; }

/*---:[ search form styles ]:---*/

#s {width:170px}
#searchinputRaise {}
#search_form .search_input {color: #666666; font: arial; border: 1px solid #d5d5d5; border-left: 1px solid #999;}
li.widget .search_input { font-size: 1.1em !important; }
#search_form .search_input:focus { border:1px solid #d5d5d5; }
#inputsearch {
float:left;
padding-left:9px;
padding-top:9px;
  
}


#searchtop {
background-image:url('images/searchTop.gif');


background-position:left;
 background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:238px;
margin-right:-3px;

float:right;
padding-left:2px;
padding-right:7px;
text-align:right;
height:40px;

}

/*---:[ newsletter ]:---*/




#newsletter {
background: url(images/newsletterbg.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
width:172px;
height:204px;
padding-top:26px;
}

#newsletter img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */

.newsletterPad {padding-top:120px; padding-left:7px;}
#newsletter .cleardefault {width:140px; padding: 3px;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #333333;font-size: 11px;text-indent: 2px;margin-bottom:3px; margin-top:7px}
.submit {margin-top:5px; margin-left:75px}
/*---:[ Form Widgets ]:---*/

#form_home {
width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px; padding-top:60px; float:right; margin-top:20px;
}

#form_debt {
background: url(images/form_debt.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px;
}

#form_homeequity {
background: url(images/form_homeequity.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px
}

#form_homepurchase {
background: url(images/form_homepurchase.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px; 
}

#form_credit {
background: url(images/form_credit.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px
}

#form_refinance {
background: url(images/form_refinance.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px
}

#form_secondary {
background: url(images/form_secondary.jpg); width:172px; height:187px; margin-bottom:15px
}

.widgetform {
margin-bottom:20px;
}

.stepone {margin-left:60px; margin-top:9px;}

#helpfullinks {
background: url(images/articlearchive1.gif);
width:156px;
height:27px;
margin-bottom:15px;
padding:0;
}

#helpfullinks img { display: block; } /* this is really just an IE 6 and 7 hack in disguise */

/*---:[ siFR ]:---*/

/* These are standard sIFR styles... do not modify */

.sIFR-flash {
	visibility: visible !important;
	margin: 0;
}

.sIFR-replaced {
	visibility: visible !important;
}

span.sIFR-alternate {
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	top: 0;
	width: 0;
	height: 0;
	display: block;
	overflow: hidden;
	visibility:hidden;
}

/*---:[ Application and Sidebar input ]:---*/

.sidebarform input {margin-top:3px; width:140px; font-family:Arial; color: #333; font-size:11px; padding:2px;
margin-left:9px;}

.style1 {color: #FFFFFF}
.style2 {color: #FF0000}
select {
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
	padding: 3px;
	font:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #666666;
}

.textinput {
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
	padding: 3px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #666666;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-indent: 4px;
}
.textinput:focus{
  background-color: #FFFFA6;
}
.form_labels {

	font-weight: normal;
	font-size:16px;
	background:transparent url(images/border_dotted.gif) repeat-x scroll left bottom;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.form_titles {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.radio_text {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
}

#form_center {width:580px}

.apptable {background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Arial}

.apptable tr {background-color:#D8E9DF;}

.apptablePad {padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;}

/*---:[ NewsMedia Pages ]:---*/

#newsmedia_topbanner {
	margin-left:15px;
	margin-bottom:40px;
}

.featured_video {
background:url(images/newsmedia/newsmedia_featuredvid.gif) no-repeat;
width:95px;
height:66px;
margin-top:30px;
margin-bottom:15px;
}

.latest_comments {
background:url(images/newsmedia/newsmedia_latestcomments.gif) no-repeat;
width:117px;

height:62px;
margin-top:10px;
margin-bottom:15px;

}

.lr_blog {
background:url(images/newsmedia/lr_blog.gif) no-repeat;
width:83px;
height:35px;
margin-bottom:20px;
}

.index {
background:url(images/newsmedia/newsmedia_index.gif) no-repeat;
width:71px;
height:29px;
margin-bottom:20px;

margin-top:25px;
}

#categories {
font-size:11px;
list-style:none;
text-transform:uppercase;
margin-left:3px;
text-align:left;
}

#categories a {
text-decoration:none;
}

#categories a:hover {
color: #47996b;
}

#categories li {
list-style:none;
}

h7 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:18px;
color:#636363;
}

#blogTitle a

{
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:18px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#636363;}


#blogTitle 


{
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:18px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#636363;}



h7 a {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:18px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#636363;}

h7 a:hover {
color:#47996b;
text-decoration:none;
}

#left_banner {
margin-top:20px;
}

#right_banner {
margin-top:25px;
margin-left:15px;
float:left;
}

.postinfo {
font-size:11px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#8d8d8d;
text-transform:uppercase;
margin-top:10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}

.postinfo a {
color:#8d8d8d;
text-decoration:none;
}

.postinfo a:hover {
color:#47996b;
text-decoration:none;
}

.add_comment {display: block; float: left; color:#47996b; margin-bottom:20px}

.add_comment a {color:#47996b; text-decoration:none}
.add_comment a:hover {color:#636363; text-decoration:none}

.latest_news {
background:url(images/newsmedia/newsmedia_latestnews.gif) no-repeat;
width:134px;
height:31px;
margin-bottom:20px;
}

.videothumb {
width:100px;
height:75px;
border:1px solid #47996b;
margin-bottom:5px;
}

.play {
float:left;
margin-top:3px;
margin-right:3px;
}

#l_sidebar p {
margin-bottom:10px;
}

.continue {
margin-bottom:30px; 
}

.continue a {
color:#47996b;
text-decoration:none;
}

.continue a:hover {
color:#636363;
text-decoration:none;
}

.recentcomments {
margin-left:3px;
}

.recentcomments li, ul{
list-style:none;
text-align:left;
}

.commentsmore {
clear:left;
margin-top:3px;
margin-bottom:5px;
}

.commentsmore a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#47996b;
}

.commentsmore a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
color:#636363;
}