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width: 100%;
padding-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.popup_notice .reader_comments {
padding: 0px;

}

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.popup_notice .g-recaptcha {

margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;

}

.reader_comments_header {

display: block;
float: left;
font-size: 30px;
width: 100%;
padding-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 30px;

}

.column_votes {

display: block;
float: right;
font-size: 14px;
}

.ann_quotes_module {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
font-size: 30px;
width: 100%;
background: #ffffff;
border: 2px solid #000000;
margin-bottom: 50px;
}

.ann_bio_module {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
font-size: 30px;
width: 100%;
background: #ffffff;
border: 2px solid #000000;
margin-bottom: 60px;
padding: 44px;
}

.wide_ad_display {

margin-bottom: 50px;

}

.ann_ai {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
padding: 30px;
border: 2px solid #000000;
margin-bottom: 50px;

}

.featured_column_wrap {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 50px;

}

.read_more_wrapper {

border-bottom: 2px solid #AAC5FF;
padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.featured_column {

padding-bottom: 0px;

}

#submit_comments

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color: #799DEB!important;

}

#nav_search2 input::placeholder {

color: #799DEB!important;

}

.submit_question_form input::placeholder {

color: #799DEB!important;

}

.submit_question_header_img {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 185px;

}

.submit_question_header_text {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: calc(100% - 185px);

padding-right: 40px;
}

.submit_question_header_text1 {

font-size: 30px;

}

.submit_question_header_text2 {

font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sanserif;
font-size: 19px;
line-height: 36px;

}

.column_votes td {

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.column_tease {
background: none;
border: none;
}

.read_more_box a {

padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;

}

.response_helpful {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 45%;

}

.teaser_item {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 30%;
margin-right: 5%;
border: 2px solid #000000;
background: #dee7fb;
xaspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
xheight: 312px;

}

.teaser_item .column_pic {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
}

.teaser_item img {
width: 100%;

}

.teaser_heading_wrapper {

display: block;
float: left;
aspect-ratio: 1 / .5;
xmax-height: calc(13vh);

}

.teaser_heading1 {

-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 4;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
white-space: normal;

}

.teaser_heading {

-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-line-clamp: 4;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
white-space: normal;
xmax-height: calc(10vh);

}

.teaser_item:nth-child(3) {

margin-right: 0%;

}

.column_tease_header {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 30px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;

}

.column_tease_left {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 60%;
}

.column_tease_right {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: right;
width: 40%;
font-size: 20px;
text-align: right;
}

.reader_comments {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
padding-top: 12px;

}

.reader_comments_col1 {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;

}

.reader_comments_col2 {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: right;
padding-top:10px;

}

.reader_comments_col2a {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: right;
width: 50%;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-right: 40px;
}

.reader_comments_col2a input[type="checkbox"], .response_wrapper input[type="checkbox"], .response_share input[type="checkbox"] {
outline: 1px solid black;
transform: scale(1.5);
-ms-transform: scale(1.5);
-webkit-transform: scale(1.5);
-o-transform: scale(1.5);
-moz-transform: scale(1.5);
transform-origin: 0 0;
-ms-transform-origin: 0 0;
-webkit-transform-origin: 0 0;
-o-transform-origin: 0 0;
-moz-transform-origin: 0 0;
margin-right: 15px;

}

.response_user_options, .response_share {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 30px;

}

.response_share {

width: 180px;
float: right;

}

.submit_question_wrapper {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;

}

.response_wrapper {

padding-top: 30px;
margin-top: 15px;
border-top: 2px solid #AAC5FF;

}

.al_nav table {

border-top: 2px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;

}

.al_nav tr {

margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;

}

.al_nav td {

padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 16px;
padding-bottom: 16px;
margin: 0px;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
border-left: 2px solid #000000;
font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;

}

.al_nav td:first-child() {

border-left: none!important;

}

.al_heading_top_row {

height: 74px;
padding-top:0px;
width: 100%

}

.al_heading_top_row_left {

box-sizing:border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 52px;
height: 90px;
margin-left: 20px;
}

.al_heading_top_row_ad {

box-sizing:border-box;

display: block;
float: left;
width: 75%;

}
.al_heading_top_row_right {

box-sizing:border-box;

display: block;
float: right;
width: 370px;
padding-top: 20px;
height: 90px;
margin-right: 20px;
vertical-align: top;
z-index:1000;
position: relative;

}

.al_heading_main_left {

display: block;
float: left;
width: calc((100% - 1440px) / 2 ) ;
background: url('images/left_new2b.png') ;
background-repeat: repeat-x ;

}

.al_heading_main_center {

display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
max-width: 1440px;

}

.al_heading_main_center img {
max-width: 1440px;

}

.al_heading_main_right {

display: block;
float: left;
width: calc((100% - 1440px) / 2 ) ;
background: url('images/right_new2b.png') ;
background-repeat: repeat-x ;

}

.key_button {

background: #000000;
color: #ffffff;
border: none!important;
border-radius: 10px;
font-family: 'novelaregular', serif!important;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 24px!important;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding-left: 50px!important;
padding-right: 50px!important;
padding-bottom: 7px!important;
}

.key_button:hover {

background: #799DEB;
color: #ffffff;
border: none!important;
border-radius: 10px;
border: none;

}

.hamburger {

margin-top: 5px!important;
width: 50px;
margin: auto;

}

.hamburger_line {

width: 100%;
height: 4px;
background: #000000;
margin-bottom: 10px;

}

.al_popup_menu {

display: none;
float: right;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
right: 0;
width: 100%;

}

.popup_menu_wrapper {

display: block;
float: right;
position: relative;
z-index: 1100;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.popup_menu {

display: block;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 10000;

}

.popup_notice_wrapper {

border-box: box-sizing;
display: block;
float: right;
position: relative;
z-index: 1100;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

.popup_notice {

border-box: box-sizing;
display: block;
position: relative;
z-index: 10000;
background: #ffffff;
width: 440px;
margin:auto;
margin-top: 40px;
padding:30px;
}

.popup_notice_close {

display: block;
float: right;

}

.al_popup_email, .al_popup_ai {
border-box: box-sizing;
display: none;
float: right;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
right: 0;
width: 100%;

}

.page_content_col2 {

padding-top: 0px;

}

.learn_nore {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 24px;
letter-spacing: 2px;

}

.social_table {

margin-left: 0px;

}

.social_label a {

font-size: 14px!important;

}

.teaser_item .column_pic {

padding-right: 0px;

}

.side_bar_email {

border-top: 2px solid #AAC5FF;
padding-top: 20px;
margin-top: 10px;
font-size: 24px;
font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
line-height: 36px;

}

.side_bar_email input {

margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;

}

.side_bar_email .key_button {

font-size: 20px!important;
padding-top: 5px;

}

.response_share_wrapper {

display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
}

.response_share_left {

display: block;
float: left;
width: 45%;

}

.response_share_right {

display: block;

}

.share_colum_box {

display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;

}

.ann_quote_small {

padding-left: 30px;
padding-right: 30px;

width: calc(100% - 300px);

}

.page_content_col1b {

height: 30px;
background-color: #F7F1ED;

}

.page_content_col1_content {

padding-right: 90px;

}

h4 {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 20px;
margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;

}

.column_heading h2 {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 32px;
margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;

}

h3, h3 a {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 24px;
font-style: normal;
margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;
letter-spacing: 2px;
padding-top:17px;
padding-bottom:0px;

}

.top_banner {

background: #dee7fb;
margin-bottom: 0px!important;

}

.sidebar_heading2, .r2r_header {

padding-bottom: 25px;

}

.submit_question_header_text1 h2 {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 300;
font-style: italic;
font-size: 36px;
margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;
padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.page_header {
font-family: 'novelaregularitalic', serif!important;
font-weight: 300!important;
font-size: 48px!important;
font-style: normal!important;
margin-block-start: 0em!important;
margin-block-end: 0em!important;
padding-bottom: 42px!important;

}

.topic-item a {

font-size: 19px;

}

.sidebar_items td a {

font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', serif;
font-weight: 300;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 19px;
line-height: 160%;

}

.response_share_wrapper .share_colum_box {

margin-top: 0px;
border: none;
float: left;

}

.featured_column_tease .column_header {

xmax-height: 130px!important;

}

.featured_column_tease h3 {

margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;
padding-top: 0px;

}

.featured_column_tease h3 a {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 24px;
margin-block-start: 0em;
margin-block-end: 0em;
line-height: 140%;
padding-top: 0px;
-webkit-line-clamp: 2!important;

}

.show_comments_button {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif!important;
font-weight: 500!important;

padding: 11px;
font-size: 20px!important;

margin-top: 11px!important;
text-transform: Capitalize!important;
border: 2px solid #799deb;
}

.al_footer_col2 a, .al_footer_col3 a {

font-family: 'novelaregular', serif!important;
font-weight: 500!important;
font-size: 20px;

}

.al_footer_col4 {

// font-family: 'novelaregular', serif;
// font-family: 'novelaregularitalic', serif;
font-family: 'noveladisplay', serif;
// font-family: 'novelablack', serif;

font-weight: 100;
font-style: italic;
font-size: 36px;
line-height: 120%;
}

.al_footer_col4 .email_box {

padding-top: 20px;

}

.footer_notices {

display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;

}

.copyright {

font-weight: 100;

}

.teaser_hover {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
z-index: 1000;
position: relative;
float: left;
width: 100%;
display: none;
background: #dee7fb;
padding: 10px;
xmargin-top: -2px;
xmargin-left: -2px;
border: 2px solid #000000;
aspect-ratio: 1 / .5;

}

.popup_menu {

width: 300px;

}

.featured_column_tease {

xmax-height: 400px!important;
xmin-height: 400px!important;
position: relative!important;

}

.featured_column_tease .column_text {

max-height: 200px!important;
min-height: 200px!important;

}

.featured_column_tease .read_mode_floatx {

position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.featured_column_tease .column_heading h2 a {

-webkit-line-clamp: 2!important;

}

.popular_tease {

border-top: 2px solid #AAC5FF;
padding-top: 20px;
font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
width: 100%;

}

.popular_tease:first-child {

border-top: none!important;

}

#body_column .popular_tease:first-child {

border-top: none;

}

#body_column .popular_heading {

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.popular_tease:nth-child(5) {
padding-bottom: 20px;

border-bottom: 2px solid #AAC5FF!important;

}

.popular_tease_counter, .r2r_tease_counter {

font-family: 'novelareglar', serif;
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 48px;
padding-top: 15px;

}

.popular_heading {

padding-bottom: 25px;
radius: 0px!important;
border-top-right-radius: 0px;
border-top-left-radius: 0px;

}

.popular_heading.recent_comments {

background-color: #DEFBBE;
background-color: #B5E1C6;

}

.popular_heading.staff_picks {

background-color: #E3E4FF;
background-color: #CDDBFF;

}

.popular_heading.most_liked {

background-color: #FCDCBB;

}

.r2r_questions .column_text_extra {

border-bottom: 2px solid #aaC5FF;

}

.view_more {

font-family: 'novelasemibold';
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 24px;
text-transform: uppercase;
line-height: 200%;
}

.r2r_tease_counter {

}

.hamburger {

display: none;

}

.submit_comments {

margin-bottom: 50px;

}

.ann_quotes_image {

width: 300px;

}

.ann_column_pic {

background-image: none!important;
background-size: none!important;
border-radius: 0%!important;

}

.ann_quote_image_wrapper {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 40%;

}

.submit_question_header_text3 {

display: none;

}

#body_ask-ann .ann_ai {

margin-bottom: 0px;

}

.column_votes_horz {

display: none;

}

.column_heading_wrapper {

margin-left: 0px;

}

.r2r .column_heading_wrapper {

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.featured_column_tease .column_heading_wrapper {

width: calc(100% - 100px)!important;
padding-top: 0px;

}

.featured_column_tease .column_header {

padding-left: 0px;
}

.column_date {

padding-top: 30px;

}

.search_results table {

padding-left: 0px!important;
padding-right: 0px!important;

}

.r2r.featured_column {
box-sizing: border-box;
border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
padding-bottom: 30px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
padding-top: 0px;

}

.r2r .submit_question_header_text {

padding-left: 0px;

}

.popular_tease_question {

width: calc(100% - 80px!important);

}

.popular_tease_question a span {
font-weight: 700;
}

/* Flip Columnns */

.page_content_col2 {

float: left;
xpadding-left: 60px!important;
min-width: 310px!important;
max-width: 310px!important;
padding-right: 0px!important;

}

.page_content_col1 {

float: right;
xpadding-right: 60px;

}

.page_content_col1_content {
padding-right: 0px!important;
padding-left: 50px!important;

}

.ann_bio_module {

margin-bottom: 0px;

}

.popular_heading.violet_header {
background-color: #CDDBFF;
}

.email_menu_submit_mobile {

font-size: 19px;
display: none;
background: blue;
color: white;
}

#body_ann-landers-archives .popular_tease:nth-child(5) {

border-bottom: none!important;
padding-bottom: 0px!important;

}

.quote_page {

font-style: italic;

}

.al_heading_top_row_ad {

width: 100%!important;

}

.top_banner {

box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
float: left;
width: 100%;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 20px;

}

.large_banner {

width: 100%;
display: block;
max-height: 90px;
height: 90px;
}

.large_top_banner {

display: block;
width: 100%;
max-width: 2000px;
margin: auto;

}

.email_form {
position: absolute;
z-index: 9000;
background: #ffffff;
padding: 20px;
border: 2px solid #000000;
margin-left: 20%;
margin-left: calc(50% - 600px);
margin-top: 60px;
display: none;
width: 60%;
max-width: 600px;
background: #CDDBFF!important;
}

#body_ann-landers-archives .popular_tease_question {

width: 100%!important;

}

.search_col1 {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;

}

.search_col1 img {

min-width: 150px;

}

.result_text {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
width: 100%!important;
}

.rating-wrapper {

display: block;
float: left;

}

.rating-container {
display: block;
align-items: center;
gap: 15px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
width: 200px;
margin-top: 10px;
}

.rating-submit {
display: block;
float: right;

}
.star-rating {
display: block;
gap: 5px;
float: left;
}

.star {
font-size: 24px;
color: #ddd;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
text-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.star.active,
.star.hover {
/* Base styling - colors will be overridden by rating classes */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}

.star.rating-1 {
color: #e74c3c !important; /* Red */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(231, 76, 60, 0.4) !important;
}

.star.rating-2 {
color: #f39c12 !important; /* Orange */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(230, 126, 34, 0.4) !important;
}

.star.rating-3 {
color: #f39c12 !important; /* Yellow-Orange */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(243, 156, 18, 0.4) !important;
}

.star.rating-4 {
color: #9ACD32 !important; /* Yellow */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(241, 196, 15, 0.4) !important;
}

.star.rating-5 {
color: #27ae60 !important; /* Green */
text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(39, 174, 96, 0.4) !important;
}

.rating-info {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 10px;
font-size: 14px;
color: #666;
}

.submit-btn {
background: #007bff;
color: white;
border: none;
padding: 8px 16px;
border-radius: 4px;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 14px;
}

.submit-btn:hover {
background: #0056b3;
}

.submit-btn:disabled {
background: #ccc;
cursor: not-allowed;
}

.rating-result {
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 4px;
display: none;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1440px) {

.al_heading_main_right, .al_heading_main_left {

display: none!important;

}

}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1400px) {

#body_ann-landers-archives .popular_column .header_search_div {

display: none!important;
background: red!important;

}

}

@media only screen and (max-width:1300px) {

.submit_question_header_img {

display: none;

}

.submit_question_header_text {

padding-left: 0px!important;
width: 100%!important;

}

.submit_question_header_text2 {

padding-bottom: 20px;

}

}

@media only screen and (max-width:1200px) {

.column_pic {

display: none;

}

.column_header {

padding-left: 0px;

}

.column_heading_wrapper {

width: calc(100% - 100px)!important;

}

.page_content_col1_content {

padding-left: 30px;
padding-right: 40px;
padding-top: 0px;

}

.page_content_col2 {

padding-right: 30px;
padding-top: 0px;

}

.sidebar_wrapper {

margin-top: 30px;

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