:root {
    --spacing-container: 1200px;
    --color-muted: #000000;
    --color-bg: #ffffff;
    --color-text-light: #000000;
    --color-accent: #000000;
    --font-main: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
    /* No gray, only black */
    --color-border: #000000;
    --color-text: #000000;
}

* {
    /* Force all borders black */
    outline-color: #000000 !important;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 0;
    border-color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0;
}

body {
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.47;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 15.17px;
}

a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: underline;
    opacity: 1;
}

img {
    max-width: 100%;
    display: block;
    height: auto;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    line-height: 1.29;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 0.28em;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.95em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.96em;
}

/* Remove empty spacers generated by rich text editors/CMS */
p:empty, .post-body p:empty {
    display: none !important;
}
.post-body > br {
    display: none !important;
}

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.65em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.page-wrap {
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 19.99px;
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 20.92px 0;
    margin-bottom: 29.95px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.banner-area .page-wrap {
    display: flex !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    gap: 16.14px !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
}
.home-brand {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 25.83px;
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
}
.main-menu {
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    gap: 27.66px;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 14.08px;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Main Grid */
.dual-panel {
    margin-bottom: 81.06px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    display: grid;
}

/* Mega Article */
.feature-post {
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 13.22px;
    padding: 46.94px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.feature-post h1 {
    margin-bottom: 12.19px;
    font-size: 37.87px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.feature-post h2 {
    margin-bottom: 10.71px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 23.66px;
    margin-top: 15.48px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.feature-post h3 {
    margin-top: 18.64px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 19.88px;
}
.date-line {
    font-size: 13.81px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 41.59px;
    display: flex;
    padding-bottom: 11.32px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    gap: 13.01px;
}
.post-body {
    line-height: 1.58;
    font-size: 16.59px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.author-title {
    font-size: 11.95px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
}
.post-body a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.page-tile {
    margin-top: 28.43px;
    border-radius: 9.27px;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding: 13.3px;
    font-style: italic;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.page-tile a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.right-col {
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
    top: 40px;
}
.widget-box {
    margin-bottom: 30.68px;
    border-radius: 13.07px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 25.89px;
}
.block-heading {
    font-size: 19.13px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding-bottom: 12.49px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    margin-bottom: 21.06px;
}
.new-items {
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.new-items li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    padding-bottom: 9.54px;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 7px;
}
.new-items li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.new-items a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 1.9px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
}
.new-items a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.article-link {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 11.27px 0;
}
.article-link:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.article-link a {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: block;
    font-size: 13.12px;
    margin-bottom: 4.08px;
    line-height: 1.35;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.article-link a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.entry-date {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 11.74px;
}

.date-index {
    list-style: none;
}
.date-index li {
    margin-bottom: 12.51px;
}
.date-index a {
    font-size: 13.55px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.post-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.tag-area {
    gap: 12.24px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    display: flex;
}
.topic-chip {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.91px;
    border-radius: 6.38px;
    padding: 3.25px 14.1px;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #ffffff;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.topic-chip:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.closing {
    padding: 37.28px 0;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #fff;
    font-size: 14.49px;
}
.custom-band {
    font-size: 12.64px;
    margin-top: 12.94px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.custom-band a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.custom-band a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.custom-band .flex-wrap {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 6.51px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .dual-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .right-col {
    position: static;
}
    .feature-post h1 {
    font-size: 31.38px;
}
}