BODY { 
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  background-repeat: repeat-x; 
font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
background-color: white;
scrollbar-track-color:#ffffff;
color:#1a1a1a;}





	#outline {background-image:URL(stripe2.jpg);	border: 0px solid #1a1a1a; padding: 3px 3px 0px 3px;}
	#inside {background-color:white;	border: 0px solid #1a1a1a; }	
	#corner {background: transparent url("http://midlandauthors.com/corner_ll.gif");background-repeat: no-repeat;margin:0px;}


BOLD{color:#202020}



.special{background-color: #f4f4f4;color:#1a1a1a}

.wide {letter-spacing:3px;font-size:14px;color: #585858; 	
}

.spread{letter-spacing:2px;font-weight:bold; font-size:14px;color:#1a1a1a}
.FOOTER {font-size:12px; font-family:  Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;line-height:11px}	
	
	

HR{border-top: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #1a1a1a;
      color: #ffffff;
      background-color: #ffffff;
      height: 3px;}


	 TD { 
	font-size: 14px ; 
	}




  	P { font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;}

UL {font: 14px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 
			line-height: 19px; list-style-image: url(bullet.gif); list-style: square	}

OL {font: 14px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 
			line-height: 21px;  	}

  .topline { 	font: 14px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:2px;
background-color:#c9d7de;	color: #202020; 	
border-top:1px solid #1a1a1a;
border-bottom:1px solid #1a1a1a;padding-left:3px;padding-right:3px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;font-variant:small-caps;}
    	
    .story {font: 16px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 
background-color:#f5f5f5;	color: #3c3c3c; 	
border-top:1px solid #1a1a1a;
border-bottom:1px solid #1a1a1a;padding-right:4px}

 

H6 {letter-spacing:3px;
	font: 900 28px Times, georgia, serif;
       letter-spacing:3px;	
  	color:#1a1a1a;
  	text-decoration: none;  
  	background: transparent;text-align:left;
  	MARGIN-top: 50px; margin-bottom:0;  padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; }





 H2 {font-family:Times, georgia, serif; font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:5px;font-size:16px;
	font-weight:bold;  	color: #ffffff;text-align:right;
   	background-color: #1a1a1a;
padding: 2px 10px 2px 0px;	MARGIN:0 0 5px 0; }

H3 {background-color: #e8e8e8;color: #1a1a1a;letter-spacing:2px;
	font: bold 12px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;MARGIN: 0px;margin-left:10px; margin-right:5px; padding-left:9px; padding-right:5px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;width:100%
}

H4{background-color:#1a1a1a; color: #e5e5e5;LETTER-SPACING:3PX;font: bold 12px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; width:75%}

	
.bord {border: 1px solid #1a1a1a;margin: 0px; }

.caption{font: 11px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;}



a.menu:link, a.menu:visited, a.menu:active {background-color: transparent;color:#1a1a1a;display:block;font-size:12px;line-height:19px; 
text-decoration: none;}
 
a.menu:hover {font-size:12px;line-height:19px;background-color: #1a1a1a;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;}
 

B.menu{text-transform:uppercase;color:#1a1a1a;font: normal 12px Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center;background-image:URL(grey.jpg);padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;letter-spacing:1px;line-height:27px}

  
A:link{background-color:transparent;background:transparent;font-size: 14px; color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline}
A:visited{background-color:transparent;background:transparent;font-size: 14px; color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:underline}
A:hover {background-color:#1a1a1a;background:#1a1a1a;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none}
A:active{background-color:#1a1a1a;background:#1a1a1a;color:#c0c0c0;text-decoration:none}


a.reg:link, a.reg:visited, a.reg:active
 {font-size: 14px ;font-face:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; background-color:transparent;border: 0px;text-decoration:underline}
a.reg:hover {font-size: 14px ;background-color:#e3eaee;color:#1a1a1a;text-decoration:none}


.bg {background-color:#eeeeee;FONT: bold 13PX verdana, arial, helvetica;color:#3b3b3b}
B {color:#3c3c3c;font-weight:bold}
MARQUEE {COLOR:#1a1a1a;FONT: 10PX verdana, arial, helvetica}

.byline{font-size:14px}

a.but:link, a.but:visited, a.but:active  {color:#1a1a1a;padding:3px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
background-color: #e2e2e2;
border-top: 1px #ffffff solid;
border-left: 1px #ffffff solid;
border-bottom: 1px #c3c3c3 solid;
border-right: 1px #c3c3c3 solid;
}


 a.but:hover {background-color: #c9d7de;
border: 1px #e3eaee solid;}