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

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

body {
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    line-height: 1.5;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 16.6px;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.39em;
    line-height: 1.24;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.03em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.95em;
}

/* 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: 0.81em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 20.45px;
}

/* Header */
.banner-area {
    margin-bottom: 30.64px;
    padding: 22.01px 0;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.banner-area .inner {
    display: flex !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    gap: 14.65px !important;
}
.brand-mark {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 25.29px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.51px;
}
.primary-nav {
    align-items: center !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
    gap: 22.62px;
}
.primary-nav a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 13.86px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.primary-nav a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.layout-grid {
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    display: grid;
    margin-bottom: 79.03px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.feature-post {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 13.75px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 45.01px;
}
.feature-post h1 {
    font-size: 38px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 13.75px;
}
.feature-post h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-top: 12.6px;
    margin-bottom: 8.59px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 24.69px;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.feature-post h3 {
    font-size: 19.23px;
    margin-top: 22.83px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.post-info {
    font-size: 13.88px;
    gap: 13.7px;
    padding-bottom: 11.24px;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
    margin-bottom: 39.05px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.post-body {
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.55;
    font-size: 17.06px;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-size: 11.72px;
}
.post-body a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.core-bar {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    margin-top: 31.81px;
    padding: 13.34px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 9.13px;
    font-style: italic;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.core-bar a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.info-panel {
    align-self: start;
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
}
.info-card {
    padding: 22.09px;
    margin-bottom: 27.4px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 10.8px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.label {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 19.24px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 21.3px;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    padding-bottom: 12.66px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.latest-entries {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 9.47px;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 12px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    text-decoration: none;
    margin-bottom: 4.07px;
    display: block;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.entry-row {
    padding: 13.55px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.entry-row:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.entry-row a {
    font-size: 13.97px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.39;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 2.32px;
}
.entry-row a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.date-label {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.57px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 8.31px;
}
.past-entries a {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 14.98px;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: #000000 !important;
    display: flex;
}
.entry-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.chip-group {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 12.86px;
}
.chip {
    font-size: 13.64px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 6.1px 13.35px;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    border-radius: 6.07px;
    font-weight: 600;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.chip:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
}

/* Footer */
.page-bottom {
    padding: 42.02px 0;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    font-size: 14.32px;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.fluid-section {
    font-size: 12.45px;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 13.06px;
}
.fluid-section a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.fluid-section a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.fluid-section .master-strip {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 6.75px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .layout-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .info-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .feature-post h1 {
    font-size: 32.05px;
}
}