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

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

body {
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    line-height: 1.53;
    font-size: 16.15px;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.29;
    margin-bottom: 0.54em;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.95em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2.04em;
}

/* 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 {
    margin-bottom: 0.8em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    padding: 0 19.58px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 17.2px 0;
    margin-bottom: 28.31px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.banner-area .inner {
    gap: 14.84px !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
}
.brand-mark {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 25.23px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.51px;
}
.main-menu {
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    gap: 26.86px;
}
.main-menu a {
    font-size: 13.33px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.two-col {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    display: grid;
    margin-bottom: 78.29px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.main-post {
    padding: 45.96px;
    border-radius: 13.7px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.main-post h1 {
    font-size: 37.76px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 11.16px;
}
.main-post h2 {
    margin-bottom: 7.76px;
    font-size: 23.53px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-top: 14.93px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.main-post h3 {
    font-size: 20.15px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 17.1px;
}
.pub-info {
    margin-bottom: 37.74px;
    padding-bottom: 7.94px;
    gap: 15.25px;
    font-size: 13.76px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: flex;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.post-body {
    line-height: 1.61;
    font-size: 17.18px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.author-title {
    font-size: 11.53px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
}
.post-body a {
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.shared-stack {
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 14.74px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 27.11px;
    font-style: italic;
    border-radius: 6.64px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.shared-stack a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.right-col {
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
    align-self: start;
}
.info-card {
    margin-bottom: 27.86px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 25.09px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 12.46px;
}
.section-head {
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    padding-bottom: 11.87px;
    margin-bottom: 22.56px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 20.78px;
}
.fresh-list {
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.fresh-list li {
    margin-bottom: 11.56px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 12.43px;
}
.fresh-list li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.fresh-list a {
    margin-bottom: 4.15px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.fresh-list a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.article-link {
    padding: 14.77px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.article-link:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.article-link a {
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 6.79px;
    font-size: 13.26px;
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.39;
}
.article-link a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date-label {
    font-size: 11.55px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 11.25px;
}
.past-entries a {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    font-size: 14.52px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.item-total {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.label-group {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    display: flex;
    gap: 12.54px;
}
.term-badge {
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 5.99px 12.66px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    font-size: 12.13px;
    display: inline-block;
    border-radius: 8.44px;
}
.term-badge:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

/* Footer */
.base-bar {
    font-size: 14.57px;
    padding: 42.99px 0;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
}
.fluid-unit {
    font-size: 13.51px;
    margin-top: 11.49px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.fluid-unit a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.fluid-unit a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.fluid-unit .upper-panel {
    margin: 0 5.17px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .two-col { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .right-col {
    position: static;
}
    .main-post h1 {
    font-size: 32.85px;
}
}